I don’t often talk about the so-called “benefits” of breastfeeding* for a few reasons: This is language I try to avoid. Humans are mammals,…
Author: Tipper Gallagher, BA, IBCLC
5 ways babywearing and breastfeeding are friends
One of the most epic nursing-while-babywearing pictures I’ve seen. (Photo used with permission.) Happy International Babywearing Week! To celebrate, I’d like to talk about…
Three steps for dealing with sleep (or the lack thereof)
Even in olden times, babies would laugh at us, “Ha! You thought I would sleep in here. Sucker!” (Image credit: Flickr user simpleinsomnia via…
I cry myself to sleep at night
If a grownup, such as myself, disclosed to you that she cried herself to sleep every night, what would your reaction be? Maybe, like…
Can’t pump enough milk? Maybe it’s the USDA’s fault.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)¹ reimburses certain care providers—such as licensed daycare providers—for meals given to…
Stop calling early breastfeeding painless
I’m a big fan of breasts and babies, and a big fan of words, and I’m a big fan of figuring out the right…
Bedsharing—research and reality
There’s another tragedy attributed to bedsharing in the news: A four-month-old little boy died while sharing a bed with his parents, who were drunk…
Mothers, we need you to hear you whine
I fall hard for toddlers (my firstborn at a little over a year old). Last night I sat at a table in a restaurant…
Breast is not always to blame
“Sometimes the strong need reassurance,” is what the photographer titled this photograph. How true. (Image credit Leon Fishman via Flickr Creative Commons) There’s an…
The pressure to wean
Image credit: Rachael Towne via Flickr Creative Commons The moment you begin on the journey that is breastfeeding, you know that you will sometime…