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24/02/2022

A new study claims that an early start on solids can help babies sleep – but established research has proven the risks outweigh any benefit.

24/02/2022

If you’re currently bouncing on an exercise ball, hoarsely singing “You are My Sunshine” while your arms burn from swaying your baby back and forth in a futile effort to force those eyes closed, take heart.

One mom shares everything she did to prepare herself and her baby to sleep–but sometimes babies just don't sleep. It's just a season, mama.

05/01/2022

LC's: You asked, we delivered! We now have a downloadable handout to counsel moms on the while . Find it on www.infantrisk.com/infantrisk-center-resources

Find a collection of references here:https://www.infantrisk.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/References_COVID-19_Vaccine_Breastfeeding_Flyer.pdf

10/10/2021

‘Breastfed infants are exposed to multiple allergens before starting solids. This is through the mother's individual diet as well as their environment.’

It influences the immune system development of babies.

13/08/2021

Reflux is very common in infants.

Spitting up can trigger a host of worries in new parents, some related to their role in this behavior and others to do with baby’s growth and health. Was it something I did? Was it something I ate? Will my baby’s weight gain suffer with the loss of so much milk? Does my baby have reflu

12/08/2021

Haha……Love this

Random people on on the internet be like 👆🏻🐄Seriously 🤦🏼‍♀️ How long did your child breastfed for ?

Let’s give the internet some context.

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05/08/2021

so cute

14/06/2021

Toddlers only need breast milk or if not breastfeeding then the cows milk in your fridge.

Sales are way up, but nutrition experts say they're unnecessary.

17/04/2021

During this precious time in your life honoring your body and its current needs should take precedence over vigorous workouts. Do what feels right for your body on any given day. Whether it’s a brisk walk around the block or simply turning on your favorite tunes and dancing around with your precio...

16/03/2021

The complexity of breastmilk. It is a living substance and a unique gift to your baby ❤️❤️

is a living, ever-changing substance with many components, not all of which are known. Human milk cannot be duplicated in a lab.

15/02/2021

https://www.today.com/parents/winning-birth-photo-contest-images-show-childbirth-t208612?fbclid=IwAR1y2HWie-v6kyKoK5K1Tv6tZgWptFUMofhirvNOzb5TipW6rxn20ykRc8s

These winning images provide a beautiful glimpse into parenthood.

14/10/2020

A great historical perspective on introducing solid and the power of the baby food manufacturers on selling their products.

In 1929 Ge**er began an advertising campaign to convince dieticians and pediatricians that canned baby food was just as nutritious as homemade food, and even better because it was scientifically prepared.
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As part of the campaign, doctors received free Ge**er products for patients. Ge**er also funded research touting the health benefits of their food. That research—vaguely worded and devoid of peer review—was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, positioning it as scientific fact.
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Alongside these efforts, Ge**er stated that women who prepared their own baby food were neglecting their husbands—and babies. One 1933 ad read, “For Baby’s Sake, Stay Out of the Kitchen!”
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Alongside these efforts, Ge**er advocated for starting solids at 3 months old. And by the 1950’s—after 20 years of advertising—the average age of introducing solids fell to just 6 weeks old.💔
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Since then the medical community realized that too-early introduction of solids displaced valuable nutrition from breast milk/formula. The consensus among medical institutions today (AAP, U.S. National Institutes for Health, and World Health Organization) is that it’s best to introduce solids at 6 months old. It is at this time that most babies are developmentally ready to eat and need more iron. Conveniently, 6 months is also when babies are capable of feeding themselves.
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Baby food was invented. Mom guilt was marketed.
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There is no perfect order of introducing solids. No no need for “stages” of thickness. These were all constructs in the name of profit.
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Convenience has its place. I love a good yogurt pouch and rely on Cheerios when traveling. But the idea that real food has to be hard isn’t good for anyone. Babies don’t need banana pudding or pricey pouches—a banana is fine!
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There is a reason feeding feels complicated. Corporations spent the last century telling your grandmothers and great-grandmothers that they would be bad moms and wives if they didn’t buy pre-prepared baby food. So the next time you feel a twinge of guilt for feeding your baby YOUR way, remember that it’s not you. It’s history.

07/10/2020

The longer women breastfeed the more they hear comments suggesting that breastfeeding is depleting their nutrients and contributes to their fatigue. The opposite is true. Continuing breastfeeding is good for female health. Here is one recent example from a study done by Dr. Ramos-Roman (published in Diabetes in August 2020) which discusses ways in which breastfeeding plays a role in protecting women from Type 2 diabetes even many years after they have stopped breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding changes the insulin sensitivity of organs that supply or demand sugars and fat in the breastfeeding women's bodies. This protects women against insulin resistance not only at the time when they are breastfeeding but long after they have stopped. This study suggests that it is prolactin - the hormone that is involved in breastmilk production - that causes breastfeeding women to have lower levels of fatty acids in their blood and lower amounts of fat in their livers.

07/09/2020

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫!!! ⁣⁣
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A newborn who’s “refusing” to latch is a newborn who’s unable to latch, so if you’ve been given the advice to keep waiting until baby is hungry, then absolutely disregard that advice! A starving baby can turn into a dehydrated baby who’s doesn’t even have energy to latch. ⁣⁣
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Similarly, if your newborn is too sleepy to nurse frequently (at least every 2-3 hours in the early days), getting feeds into them will help them perk up and become more active. ⁣⁣
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Whatever the scenario, these steps help you on your way to a healthy breastfeeding journey:⁣⁣
▪️𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲: spoon, syringe or cup⁣⁣
Are preferred. Expressed milk is first choice, donor milk or artificial milk are other options. ⁣⁣
▪️𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: hand express, start early and often. If you’re not sure how often, that’s where the IBCLC comes in. Be sure to check my video on hand expression for the proper technique. Use a pump after hand expressing if available to stimulate the breasts even more. ⁣⁣
▪️𝐃𝐨 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧: Take your top off, undress baby down to the diaper, and just put them on your bare chest. It doesn’t have to be feeding time to do this! there’s no limit on how often and how long you can do skin to skin. There’s also no expiry date on when this stops working. Skin to skin is the mother of all reset buttons, whenever there’s a problem with breastfeeding. ⁣⁣
▪️𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐁𝐂𝐋𝐂: while it’s very important for your pediatrician to be involved in assessing the situation, I can almost guarantee you that you will get inappropriate feeding advice from a physician, unless they also hold some lactation credentials. So if or human milk feeding is a priority to you, call an IBCLC as soon as possible. ⁣⁣
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If you’re having trouble with latching your newborn, (or any age baby), give me a call. Even through virtual appointments, I am able to support you through the situation and guide you into finding a solution!
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26/08/2020

When breastfeeding mothers get sick, have a migraine or a fever or are in pain, they need help.

Many people imagine that recommending stopping breastfeeding and giving the baby bottles is a way to help sick breastfeeding mothers. Giving the baby bottles or stopping breastfeeding is
often seen as a solution to everything. The idea seems to be that breastfeeding is what is making the mother’s life difficult and that her rest and recovery will be made easier by taking
away the “burden of breastfeeding”.

Breastfeeding is not a burden or it should not have been if mothers had received good help and advice when initiating breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a way mothers take care of their babies. And life
situations can be worked around the mother’s and baby’ s need to breastfeed and be breastfed.

It just requires a different mindset. It takes seeing breastfeeding as essential. Indispensable.

Breastfeeding is not the reason the mother is sick. It is not making her illness worse. It is not making her life difficult. A sick breastfeeding mother has the right to rest, to sleep, to get relief,
to get time to herself, to take medications if needed to get better.

So, when a breastfeeding mother is sick, it is time for family members to step up and provide help that works around making sure breastfeeding is maintained. Being able to continue
breastfeeding reassures the mother. Bottles will make her breastfeeding complicated or impossible in the long run.

How can you help a sick breastfeeding mother?

1. Make food for her.
2. Ask the mother what she needs.
3. Help with the baby – diapering, playing with the baby, carrying the baby in a baby carrier or baby wrap and putting the baby to sleep and then placing the sleeping baby next to the mother.
4. Help the mother hold the baby when breastfeeding if the mother is unable to do so.
5. Help the mother at night so the baby can breastfeed, and all the care of the baby except
the breastfeeding is being done by someone else.
6. Help the mother breastfeed lying down with the baby beside her and breastfeed side by side. In this way, the mother does not have to get up.

You can read a lot more about breastfeeding and maternal illness and reasons to continue breastfeeding in my new book called Breastfeeding: Empowering Parents: my eBook https://ibconline.ca/ebook/

20/08/2020

I have said this before and I'll say it again! If you can delay weaning your child, it is more important than ever to keep breastfeeding. Whether you are exclusively breastfeeding, or mixed feeding both formula and breastmilk. During the pandemic of COVID-19, we are in a global emergency and HOW we feed our children matters.

05/06/2020

Why give cows milk at 12 months when you have a wonderful unique milk specially made for your baby.

And the truth of the matter is that 12 months is so little. At 12 months they can barely speak. At 12 months they are just starting to walk. At 12 months they still need cuddles when they are sad. At 12 months they still need breastfeeds for every possible reason you can think of. At 12 months they still need to breastfeed. Breastfeeding beyond babyhood is not "extended". It is breastfeeding to natural term. And is important for as long as they breastfeed for.

04/05/2020

📣Do you know someone with a breech baby? Please let them know this important information!

It is recommended that all ‘breech lie’ babies have an ultrasound at 6-weeks old to check their hips as breech babies go hand in hand with hip dysplasia.

It’s not just those born breech but those that ‘lie breech’ in the later stages of pregnancy that are at an increased risk of hip dysplasia.
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