<—– 11. Emergency Tactics In utero babies are held in a small space without the ability to flail their arms and legs around the way they can once they are born. This tight, secure hold is comfortable and safe for them. If a baby is swaddled correctly (with an inability to break out of the [...]

Breast feeding does not come with an instruction manual, and although it is natural for a mother to want to nurse her own child sometimes it is not possible. There are many different conflicting opinions on the merits of breastfeeding; some thirty years ago women were told that bottle feeds were best for their child, [...]

Breastfeeding is a wonderful, natural, inexpensive and healthy way to feed an infant. But it seems that after thousands of years of mothers breastfeeding, modern people have forgotten how to do this natural, even instinctual, method of feeding. It doesn’t have to be taboo, it doesn’t have to be shameful, and it doesn’t have to [...]

Breastfeeding can be confusing the first time a new mother attempts it. Although it is one of the most natural things in the world and many mothers feel like they should be born knowing how to effectively nurse a child at the breast, it can be hard to know exactly what to do or how [...]