1. If you’re breastfeeding, the following things could trigger colic.

What you eat. If you’re breastfeeding, what you eat goes into your breast milk. Chocolate, dairy products, spicy food, caffeine (found in coffee, tea, cola and some other drinks), and some fruits and vegetables may bother your baby and bring on colic.

A medication that [...]

Breastfeeding and smoking is an issue a lot of people ask me about. I’m assuming you know you should not smoke while you’re pregnant! The nicotine you ingest smoking will go through your body and into your baby’s body, addicting it just as surely as you’re addicted. Not only might your child suffer from the [...]

There are no scriptures that would tell you what to eat and what to avoid during breastfeeding. However, it’s essential that a breastfeeding mother consumes a balanced diet, rich in all the vital nutrients. There are no do’s and don’ts about what foods to consume during breastfeeding and what foods to strictly avoid. Barring excessive [...]

It is universally acknowledged that breastfeeding your baby gives her the best start in life. The nutrients and antibodies in the mother’s bloodstream are passed onto her child through breastfeeding, thus helping her baby to develop its own natural defences against infection. However there are some dangers and risks of breastfeeding that mothers should be [...]

There are no hard and fast rules regarding foods to avoid while breastfeeding. But as a nursing mother you can gauge the reactions of your baby when you consume a particular type of food. If you find that your baby shows displeasure by crying you can be sure that the food that you’ve taken has [...]