Category Archives: Science News
Science You Can Use: Could breastfeeding halt the “Allergic March” from eczema to asthma?
My daughter had eczema for much of her first year. Her face and other areas looked red and angry, and I knew that she was uncomfortable. At around 15 months (I regret that we didn’t do it sooner) we had … Continue reading
Last revised on 06/05/2012
Science You Can Use: You’re feeding your child a sugary and indigestible food. Good for you.
If I told you that I exclusively fed my babies a sugary and indigestible food for six months, would you think less of me? Wonder how they survived on a diet of Twinkies? Consider calling child welfare? Well I did, … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/28/2012
Science You Can Use: Before you pop in that pacifier, take a closer look at this study.
Earlier this month the topic of pacifiers and breastfeeding was all over the news. At least 85 articles ran in print and online publications about it. The big news? Researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) reported a … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/24/2012
Science You Can Use: Study says the act of breastfeeding, not the milk, is what protects against obesity.
When it comes to obesity and breastfeeding, here’s what we know: Not breastfeeding increases the risk of childhood obesity (a 32% excess risk, according to the Surgeon General). And here’s what we don’t know: Why and how? Is it something … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/19/2012
Science You Can Use: Worried about toxins in your breastmilk? Get the facts.
Have you heard about the new book, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History? The author, Florence Williams, was inspired to write the book when, while breastfeeding her child, she wrote an an article for the New York Times in which … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/14/2012
Kelly Preston and “Extended” Breastfeeding
As someone who didn’t want to breastfeed past six months (and feared embarrassment), I can understand where some of the comments (230+ and counting!) are coming from with regards to Kelly Preston’s news that she is nursing 16-month old Benjamin … Continue reading
Last revised on 04/19/2012
A Babe’s Guide to Pumping
Whether pumping at work, pumping at home for the occasional night out, or pumping to protect milk production while managing breastfeeding challenges, many mothers these days use a breast pump at some point during their nursing relationship. Regardless of the … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/30/2011
The Latest on Latching
Long before books and the Internet, women were breastfeeding their babies. How on earth did they manage without all the instructions about asymmetrical latch, C-hold, cross cradle and football holds and wide gape?! They managed because back then, breastfeeding was … Continue reading
Last revised on 09/21/2011
It’s Thrush. Or Is it?
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it must be a duck right? Not necessarily if that “duck” is thrush in a breastfeeding mom. Thrush (a yeast infection most commonly caused by the fungus Candida albicans) … Continue reading
Last revised on 07/28/2011
The Babe’s Guide to Bottle Feeding
Unlike breastfeeding, we’ve all seen bottle feeding, and we all know how to do it. We’ve been surrounded by it growing up. If someone handed you a baby and a bottle you would know what to do right? Of course … Continue reading
Last revised on 07/06/2011
