Tag Archives: Baby-Friendly
Top 10 Questions to Help You Find a Breastfeeding-Supportive Hospital
Want success? Go where there is a track record for it! If you have ruled out giving birth at home or at a birth center that is known to support breastfeeding, the hospital you choose (and where you live), can … Continue reading
Last revised on 03/01/2012
Booby Traps Series: Staff motivation can get in the way of Kangaroo Care and Skin-to-Skin
This post is the 23rd in a series on Booby Traps made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. To borrow a phrase, if there were a drug that could do the following things for premature and/or term … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/01/2011
Booby Traps Series: “Breasts don’t stretch down hallways and under doors.” Why do so few hospitals make rooming-in the standard?
This post is the 18th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. A few years ago a mothers’ group in my area sponsored a talk by Dr. Bobbie Phillip, pediatrician and … Continue reading
Last revised on 09/07/2011
How Do Babes Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week?
First of all, apologies for not getting this post up yesterday, or even this morning; I was at a family reunion, and then one kerfuffle (thanks Amy for the new word) after another came up on my radar, and I … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/01/2010