Weaning 101

The short answers are when you and your baby decide you’re ready and gradually. But short answers don’t begin to address the myriad of circumstances in which weaning occurs.

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via National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB): “Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a vaccine-preventable disease. Let’s work together to change that. We are proud to support and share the UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign.http://shotatlife.org/”

Does Breastfeeding or Genetic Factors Influence a Baby’s Mental Development?

I don’t have to remind anyone of the many advantages of breastfeeding, but not everyone is convinced that breast milk improves a child’s mental development, often because the differences reported in prior studies were small.

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Public Health initiative establishes on-campus lactation stations

‎3rd yr. law student Gill Egan, mom of two, wears a cover to avoid exposure when nursing in public. She said that she is regularly approached and asked to move or stop when n.i.p. 

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Parenting 104: Week 30: Family Dinner

My questions are two-fold: What well-balanced meals can provide essential nutrients and be quickly served? How can I protect dinnertime—the end-of-the-day coming together time we all enjoy—from the mad dash such evenings seem to entail?

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Breastfeeding During Pregnancy – Common Concerns About Safety

Pregnant mothers who continue to breastfeed often have questions about whether it is safe to nurse throughout pregnancy as well as what effects it will have on the health of their nurslings, their unborn babies, and themselves.

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