JESS RHEA, Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK Originally published March 2015 and republished with the express permission of the author. Great start Breastfeeding was always something I’d planned on doing, yet it’s not something I’d given much thought to before Lola arrived. I had heard from others that it might not be easy and “some people just … Read More
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Queridas Monitoras, Durante muchos años, y especialmente recientemente, las Monitoras han tenido que enfrentarse con las diferencias en la interpretación de los criterios para la acreditación. En algunos casos, solo se toleró una separación mínima de la madre y el bebé; En otros lugares, las madres que trabajaban a tiempo completo eran fácilmente acreditadas. Los … Read More
TERESA PITMAN Originally published October 2013, updated January 2016 and republished with the express permission of the author. What your baby knows about breastfeeding may surprise you … Most mothers imagine breastfeeding is something they do. They figure out when it’s time to feed again, they bring the baby to the breast, they put the … Read More
ALISON JONES, OXFORD, UK Originally published May 2016 and republished with the express permission of the author. Connections Your loving arms are all the charms I need when you keep me close, feed me at the breast, I won’t protest if you hold me all the time, I’m yours and you’re mine, we are together, … Read More
ALISON JONES, Oxford, UK Originally published April 2016 and republished with the express permission of the author. Breasts Here on my chest are these things called breasts, I spent many years waiting for them to appear, a sign of womanhood clear to see, a curvaceous indication of puberty and attainment of the adult state, I … Read More
Alison Jones, Oxford, UK Originally published May 2016 and republished with the express permission of the author. A Shout Out for the Mothers Give me a shout for all the mothers, biological and others, who do the mothering thing, who feed and nurture and cook and look up everything, to make their right choices, in … Read More
Natalie D. Preston-Washington Excerpted from from Free to Breastfeed: Voices of Black Mothers published by Praeclarus Press, used with permission. Photo: Jeanine-Valrie-Logan There is no legacy of breastfeeding on my side of the family. I am my parent’s only child and my mother did not breastfeed me. Nor did her sister breastfeed her daughter, which explains why … Read More
PROFESSOR HELEN BALL, Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, UK Originally published September 2016, updated November 2016 and republished with the express permission of the author. Photo: Belle Verdiglione Infant sleep: sleep development Infant sleep is different from that of adults. Babies don’t sleep all night, fall asleep differently, and have shorter sleep … Read More
Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Linda J. Smith, Teresa Pitman Photo: Weaver by Lisa on Location Photography Excerpted from Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family, Chapter 2: The Safe Sleep Seven, by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Linda J. Smith, Teresa Pitman, a La Leche League International book, Ballantine Books, 2014. Wah! Wah! Wah! Drag … Read More