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Happy 6 months!

June 18, 2010

My boy is 6 months old today. I’m happy and I’m sad at the same time. I’m happy because he is such a happy, healthy, active little boy who lights up our lives and is an endless source of pleasure. I’m sad because my baby is growing up so quickly. 6 months is a huge [...]

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Milk Intake and Babies

May 14, 2010

photo credit: fikirbaz My boy recently went through a major growth spurt that happened to coincide with his reaching 4 months of age. My super sleeper (who had dropped his early morning feed at 8 weeks) was waking up in the early hours of the morning again, demanding to be fed and had an appetite [...]

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Is my baby ready for solids?

April 23, 2010

photo credit: Fimb This has to be one of the most common questions high on every parent’s list of concerns when raising a baby. How will I know when my baby is ready for solid foods? Unfortunately there is no set date or time that a baby is ready to commence eating foods in addition [...]

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Early Introduction of Solids

April 20, 2010

photo credit: ordinaryfool The current recommendation by the World Health Organisation and the American Academy of Pediatrics is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life. Their current stance is that at around 6 months of age, infants can start to be fed complementary foods, with continued breastfeeding to one [...]

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Nature’s wonderfood: Breastmilk

April 11, 2010

photo credit: ODHD The current recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, with a combination of breastfeeding and complementary foods until 12 months of age. From 12 months on, continued breastfeeding is encouraged to [...]

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The Joys of Breastfeeding

March 30, 2010

photo credit: christyscherrer I was having a look around the Internet today, searching for blogs written by other mothers about their own experiences with breastfeeding, when I hit upon a number of mothers involved in the March Carnival of Breastfeeding. This month, a number of blogging mothers are writing about what they find to be [...]

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10 tips to help you through the first month of breastfeeding

February 28, 2010

photo credit: c r z Here are ten things every breastfeeding mother should be prepared for in the first month of breastfeeding their new baby. You really will need a comfortable seat. In the first few weeks be prepared to be feeding your baby between 8 and 12 times every 24 hours. Assuming each feeding lasts [...]

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