A baby may refuse to feed on a bottle for the most obvious reason, there is nothing like the comfort of being attached to mom, which is more than understandable! Breastfeeding provides valuable nutrition for the growing infant. Breastfeeding also...
Two of the most common conditions that young babies suffer from are reflux and colic. What do reflux and colic have in common? Reflux is fairly well understood. Simple reflux occurs when the stomach contents are regurgitated into the mouth...
Let me start off by saying my dad is going to hate that I’ve written a post about my breastfeeding journey. Now in his 70’s, a father of two children who were only ever bottle fed, he’s sure I’ve been...
Issue #1 Nipple Confusion What is nipple confusion? It manifests in two ways: (1) when a baby prefers the bottle to the breast (2) when a baby no longer knows what to do on the breast. Nipple confusion is a...
Are you finding it difficult or even impossible to get your baby to feed on a bottle? Did you factor this in as one of the possibilities with caring for your newborn? If you are reading this your response to the first question is yes and no to the second.
Are you nervous about nipple-confusion taking away your right to breastfeed your baby? A baby’s bottle is to fit in with the feeding journey, not set the pace of the journey. Sadly many moms are robbed of this through no...
We brought Mateo home and I started to supplement because I wasn’t producing enough breast milk, and he didn’t have enough wet diapers. It started to concern us quite a bit as parents...
A baby bottle cannot solve all the feeding challenges a baby may experience, but it can help to prevent some and manage others. This can be achieved depending on the bottle used when faced with challenges and refusal.
