http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com A friendly place to find information and discussion of infant feeding Mon, 04 May 2009 20:46:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the book everybody should read. It cuts through the marketing hype of formula companies and demonstrates very well why breasts are bad - if you're in the baby milk business. Product Description Every day more than 3,000 babies die from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=278 See footage here: Really lovely footage - she clearly loves breastfeeding and was very natural about it all. http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=273 Many of you will remember the tragic story of the babies who drank the formula tainted with melamine in China last year.  I wrote about it here. To raise awareness of the issues surrounding breastfeeding and irresponsible advertising of breastmilk substitutes, the One Million Campaign has been launched.  Please go and ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=271 Fascinating info re the difference in development of the mouth, with photos of same. http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=245 Six boys and two girls.  Baby eight was a surprise!  Surgeons performing the Caesarean had been expecting seven. She's planning to breastfeed them all. http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=243 Breastfed babies may develop "more sophisticated palates", researchers say.  What has your experience been?  For my part, my elder child has a relatively narrow range of things he likes to eat, but that includes some rather unusual things (sardines, for instance!).  My youngest child will eat practically anything - except ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=241 I've been reading a lot about cue feeding (the more reasonable and attractive way to talk aboutwhat is commonly spoken about as  "demand feeding") and it being the best way to establish breastfeeding. I shall write more here on that after I've had a chance to digest fully all the different ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=235 One of the much-touted 'benefits' of bottlefeeding is that you "can see how much the baby's having".  I've often said that the flipside of that is that you can also see how much the baby's leaving - and that can give you one more thing to worry about.  I thought this was an ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=217 I'm passionate about helping other women to breastfeed for many reasons. First of all, I strongly believe that, all other things being equal, it's best for babies and for their mothers to have and give breastmilk. But I also strongly believe that there's not enough information out there for women to make ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=209 I thought it might be fun to post items from baby feeding history on here as I find them.  I have two to offer for your fascination today, a treen nipple shield and a pewter breast pump. And some extra searching has brought me to the history of the feeding bottle. And a ... http://www.howbreastfeedingworks.com/?p=205