If you’re a new mother, or about to be, you have a lot of stuff to think about. Everything is about to change, your life is going to undergo a massive overhaul because you’ve got a brand new human relying on you. Scary? Sure. Amazing? Definitely. And if you are prepared for it, even the scary stuff won’t be so bad. One of those things that you need to be ready for, is breastfeeding. It might seem fairly straightforward, but there are a lot of aspects of breastfeeding you’re probably unaware
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Baby Feeding Chart – How Many Ounces By Age
As newborns, babies seem to eat, sleep and poop all day, every day. But, as your baby gets older, you may be wondering how much your baby should be eating, how often, and how many ounces by age. Keep in mind that milk should be your baby's primary form of nutrition for the first year. Even after you've begun to offer solid foods, your baby's milk intake should not decrease much, if at all. Also, babies are very good at self-moderation, so it is usually unnecessary to limit your baby's milk
Pregnancy Facts: Breastfeeding and Maternal Caffeine Consumption
We are all aware that during pregnancy, there are certain things that are off limits – cigarettes and alcohol immediately spring to mind. But what about caffeine? Can you continue to drink coffee while you’re pregnant? And what about during breastfeeding? Here, we consider the best advice. Caffeine during pregnancy Before we look at the advice on caffeine while breastfeeding, it’s worth thinking about what the experts have to say with regards to caffeine while pregnant. Unsurprisingly,
Top 5 Nursing Night Lights
It’s the middle of the night and your sweet little bundle of joy does what she's supposed to do... wakes up! You jump up ready for action and you can’t.see.a.thing. As soon as your feet hit the floor, you hear a yelp of pain and realize you’ve accidentally stepped on your dog in your haste to get to your whimpering baby! This is a true story - it happened to me when my firstborn was a few weeks old. I would try so hard to navigate the dark in the house during night wakings to ensure that I
Breastfeeding Tips For Sleep Training Parents (Plus Tips For Working Moms!)
We've established before that you can indeed breastfeed successfully while you sleep train - sleep training does not mean the end of breastfeeding! In fact, we here at The Baby Sleep Site® are deeply committed to ensuring that breastfeeding moms sleep train in a way that both preserves their breastfeeding, and that achieves better sleep for their babies. However, in order to sleep train successfully while also keeping breastfeeding a priority, it is necessary to keep some key facts in mind.
Newborns Sleeping Through The Night? What About Breastfeeding?
Did you catch all the controversy a few weeks ago over the latest baby sleep book? The book in question is called The Newborn Sleep Book: A Simple, Proven Method For Training Your New Baby To Sleep Through The Night. The two authors who wrote it allege that by using their method (called "the Jassey Way"), you can start training your newborn baby to give up night feedings and sleep 8 hours or more each night, starting from about a week after birth. They boast an impressive 90% success rate among
Baby Sleep and Breastfeeding Series: Part 4
Welcome to part 4, the final part, of my Baby Sleep and Breastfeeding Series! If you are just joining us, you might want to start at part 1, where I discuss reasons why breastfeeding moms sometimes struggle with sleep. Today, I'll go over options for breastfeeding moms when it comes to "sleep training coaching" or as I actually prefer to say "helping your baby learn to fall asleep unassisted" (who really wants to think of "training" your baby?). How breastfeeding is different than
What Is a Dream Feed? What Age to Dream Feed and How Do You Do It?
Since some babies won't sleep through the night without a feeding until some time after 9 months or longer, some parents swear by something called a "dream feed" to help their babies sleep longer. But, what is a dream feed and at what age should you try it? What Is a Dream Feed? A dream feed is where you feed your baby while he or she is still asleep before you go to bed yourself. Some parents breastfeed and others (or their partners) can give a bottle, sometimes without even picking up the
Cry-it-Out to Wean from Breastfeeding?
I breastfed my first son for 13 months and am still breastfeeding my second (he's now 5 1/2 months as I'm writing this). As I've said before, we also used a crying sleep training method with my first and a no-cry sleep training method for my second (so far). They are just two very different temperaments. Although I used a crying sleep training method for my first son, I was pretty turned off by an article I read that promoted crying it out to wean breastfeeding. Part of my philosophy is that