Breastfeeding has a positive impact on the physical and mental development of infants. A new study suggests that breastfeeding may protect against the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in childhood. The study is reported in Breastfeeding Medicine, the Official...
My 5-year-old is finally weaned. Think that’s shocking? It’s good you didn’t know me when she was a baby. Because the length of time her breastfeeding continued is nothing compared to the frequency of her breastfeeding as a newborn. Most babies eat every three hours or so, but she was more...
While breastfed babies initially awaken more during the night for feedings, their sleep patterns -- falling asleep, staying asleep and total sleep time -- stabilize in later infancy and become comparable to non-breastfed babies, according to an abstract presented Monday, Oct. 17, at the American...
Doctors have been prescribing codeine for postpartum pain management for many years, and, until recently, it was considered safe to breastfeed while taking the opioid. But the death of an infant exposed to codeine through breast milk has many health care providers questioning the safety of the...
Babies fed only on breast milk up to the age of six months have a lower risk of developing asthma-related symptoms in early childhood, and this appears to be independent of infectious and allergic diseases, according to a study by researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam in The...
Feeding a baby on only breast milk and for up to 6 months after birth can reduce their risk of developing asthma-related symptoms in early childhood, according to new research. The study, which is published online 21 July 2011 in the European Respiratory Journal, looked at the impact of the...
I'm breastfeeding my baby who is almost 4 weeks old and was wondering at what point I should introduce him to a bottle of expressed milk.
I would like it if he would take a bottle once in a while from about 3 months of age. He is already a good feeder with a good latch. He has been given...
This is my husband last holiday before he deploys again and we are visiting our family for over 2 weeks! I wanted to know what is a good formula to use? She has been strictly breastfeed and just wanted to know how everyone supplements and what work for them! I have a hard time pumping but my...
So my husband's family has "girl trips" every year where the women in the family go on vacation together. I already missed Europe because I was preggo. In about a month we're gong to New York City for 5 days. I do not want to stop breasfeeding my baby, but she can't come with us because my...