by phdinparenting on May 14, 2009
Breast is best.
In an ideal world, all infants would be breastfed.
This is not an ideal world. But that doesn’t mean that we can pretend that there are not significant risks in formula feeding as compared with breastfeeding. There are. Risks for the baby, risks for the mother. If all other things are equal, breast is [...]
by phdinparenting on November 1, 2008
Breastfeeding is the best thing for baby and mom.
Everybody knows it. So why are so many people, from health professionals, to friends, to mothers-in-law, to husbands, intent on making the mother feel inadequate and getting her to quit breastfeeding? I have to think that many of them are not doing it on purpose. That [...]