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Breastfeeding — Starting Out Right (Resources)

KellyMom — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:24:42 +0000

Breasfeeding -- Starting Out Righ

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Breastfeeding Support Groups

KellyMom — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:06:37 +0000

Breastfeeding Support Groups

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Breastfeeding: It’s So Easy

KellyMom — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:39:46 +0000

You hear a lot about how breastfeeding is so good for your baby... and it sure is. But in the stressful days of early motherhood, maybe you’d like to know about something that’s easy for you. The good news is that breastfeeding is just as easy for Mom as it is healthy for baby! What a divine design!

Sweet Sleep

The convenience factor came up in a conversation around my kitchen table last week, she nursing her 8-week-old boy and I nursing my almost-3-years-old girl. “I just can’t imagine having to get out of bed in the middle of the night to go get a bottle, and waiting in the cold kitchen for it to warm up. Meanwhile the baby’s crying, cause when he’s hungry, he wants it right away.”

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Dads and Breastfeeding (Resources)

KellyMom — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:22:11 +0000

Dads and Breastfeeding

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Encouraging Teen Moms to Breastfeed

KellyMom — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:42:42 +0000

Some ways to encourage teen moms to breastfeed:

Suggest that she try breastfeeding for a few days or weeks. This may encourage her to breastfeed when she might otherwise never even start. Unless she brings up how long she plans to nurse, you might want to avoid discussing long-term commitments to breastfeeding. Avoid being judgmental.

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Financial costs of not breastfeeding

KellyMom — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:22:48 +0000

Financial costs of not breastfeeding
...or cost benefits of breastfeeding

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How Breast Milk Protects Newborns

KellyMom — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:45:45 +0000

Doctors have long known that infants who are breast-fed contract fewer infections than do those who are given formula. Until fairly recently, most physicians presumed that breast-fed children fared better simply because milk supplied directly from the breast is free of bacteria. Formula, which must often be mixed with water and placed in bottles, can become contaminated easily. Yet even infants who receive sterilized formula suffer from more meningitis and infection of the gut, ear, respiratory tract and urinary tract than do breast-fed youngsters.

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How breastfeeding makes life easier for mom

KellyMom — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:20:04 +0000

Going Out

Breastfed babies are incredibly portable, particularly in the first six months or so before they become mobile and before they are eating solids.

Breastfeeding moms can travel light. It will take less time to pack the diaper bag - all you need is a diaper & wipes, and perhaps a change of clothes for baby. I keep a couple of diapers, wipes and a change of clothes for baby in a backpack or hip pack (which doubles as my purse), but I don't even take these with me if I'm going on a short shopping trip. I leave the bag in the car, put money and keys in my pocket and baby in the sling, and we're off. For longer trips we'll take the bag and sometimes a stroller.

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How does milk production work?

KellyMom — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:26:20 +0000

To understand how to effectively increase (or decrease) milk supply, we need to look at how milk production works...
For the most part, milk production is a "use it or lose it" process.
The more often and effectively your baby nurses, the more milk you will make.

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Information is Your Ally in preparing to breastfeed: 10 Tips for Success

KellyMom — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:28:44 +0000

One of the most common questions a breastfeeding support person gets asked is "How do I prepare to breastfeed?" In the bad old days, sometimes moms were told to toughen their nipples - descriptions of which were enough to make even the most breastfeeding inclined mom shiver and reach for a bottle. Scientific research has shown, to our relief, that no toughening is needed. But there is still a lot to do in order to prepare -

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