Stand & Deliver Birth & Beyond & Musical Mama

23/11/2025

Scientists have captured the first 3D images of a human embryo implanting in the uterus. The study reveals that embryos don’t just passively settle in; they reshape their environment by tugging on uterine tissue, helping them secure a foothold for development. How might these findings deepen our understanding of fertility? https://bit.ly/3J70sMp

📸 Screenshot from an Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia video

21/11/2025

Did you know?
Studies show that babies who are breastfed tend to have slightly higher IQ scores later in life 🧠✨
That’s because breast milk contains DHA and other essential fatty acids that support brain and nervous system development.

💡 Fun Fact:
Every drop of milk you make is customized for your baby’s growth and learning needs, truly nature’s genius at work! 🌿

Save this post and share it with a new mom, remind her she’s growing a brain and a bond. 💛

21/11/2025

Want low-literacy lactation infographics to share with families? This is one of the 9 different topics I co-created with the amazing folks at Noodle Soup. Order all 9 tear pads of 50 sheets (one side in English, one in Spanish) here (for shipment to US addresses): https://www.noodlesoup.com/product-category/breastfeeding-2/educational-handouts-breastfeeding-2/nancy-mohrbacher/

21/11/2025

When a baby gets formula, the calmness or long sleep after isn’t a sign that formula is “more satisfying” or that your milk isn’t enough. It’s simply physiology, what happens in the body after a bigger, heavier meal.

Here’s what’s actually going on:

🌙 1. Big meals knock babies out

Bottles often deliver more volume than a baby naturally takes at the breast. Babies swallow faster from a bottle, even with paced feeding, so they’re more likely to take beyond what their stomach truly needs.
A very full stomach = a very sleepy baby.
Think of that “Thanksgiving dinner nap” effect.

🍼 2. Bottle-fed babies are easier to overfeed

Breastfeeding lets babies control the flow.
Bottles… not so much.
Even with slow-flow ni***es, milk comes out faster and more continuously, so babies often keep eating because the flow doesn’t stop. That “super calm” period afterward is often the stillness of overfeeding, not deeper satisfaction.

⏳ 3. Formula is harder and slower to digest

Breast milk is biologically designed for human infants.
It empties from the stomach faster, digests easier, and keeps the gut moving the way it should.
Formula takes longer to break down, and that heaviness = longer stretches of sleep. Not because they feel better, but because their body is working harder to process it.

💛 So what does all this mean?

A breastfed baby waking often, feeding frequently, and taking smaller meals is actually normal, healthy infant physiology. That’s how babies protect their growth, their gut, and their brain development.

A formula-fed nap is not a measure of milk quality.
It’s simply a response to volume, flow, and digestion.

Your milk is enough.
Your baby waking is normal.
Your breastfeeding journey isn’t “less than” because formula made them sleepy once.

Let’s normalize understanding why these differences happen instead of comparing them like they’re indicators of value or worth.

© Moomysmilk

21/11/2025

A good read.

21/11/2025

Free resources and tips for early years settings to further embed songs and rhymes in your provision and to reinforce their value in supporting language and communication skills for young children.

21/11/2025

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18/11/2025

"Human milk is the only biologically active food on the planet.
It contains living cells, stem cells, immunoglobulins, lysozymes, lactoferrin, HMOs, hormones, cytokines, enzymes, microRNA, antimicrobials, antivirals, and over 1,000 molecular components that scientists are still discovering.
Every single feed triggers a biochemical feedback loop:
your baby’s saliva signals your mammary glands, your glands adjust the concentration of antibodies, and the composition of your milk shifts within minutes to meet that exact need.
Breast milk is not “liquid gold” because it’s cute it’s liquid gold because it is a dynamic, species-specific, immunologically active substance engineered by human evolution to protect human infants.
The more we study it, the clearer it becomes:
breast milk isn’t just nutrition it’s a living system.
A biological masterpiece that no lab has ever been able to duplicate. "
Words and photo 📸 Breastfeeding Mama Talk
https://www.facebook.com/bfmamatalk/posts/pfbid032zZ8QU9GF35MLt7yeKHEEz3kF72rFUaELU8PZmzb5qENUQXYP5Fg8ZVcP3eFLQsyl

18/11/2025

It’s easy to love our children when they’re at their best.

The real work — the real anchor — is how we show up for them in the moments that test us. When they’re overwhelmed, impulsive, messy, unreasonable, or lost inside feelings they don’t yet know how to hold.

Because those are the moments when a child is asking, without words,
Am I still safe?
Am I still wanted?
Am I still yours?

Their hardest moments are not evidence of who they are — they’re evidence of how much they still need us.

And when we respond with steadiness instead of shame, with boundaries wrapped in warmth, with presence instead of punishment, we teach them something they will carry for life:

That love doesn’t disappear when they’re at their worst.
That relationship is stronger than emotion.
That who they are is never at risk.

That’s the kind of love that becomes a home — the place they keep returning to, long after the moment has passed. ❤️

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18/11/2025