I’ll try to overwhelm you with information in a good way here. (Image credit Tanya Little via Flickr Creative Commons.) Bottlefeeding babies, usually with…
Author: Tipper Gallagher, BA, IBCLC
The WHO Code, marketing, sponsorship, and why you should give a damn
It's the WHO Code's 33rd birthday, and we're "celebrating" with a day of action to encourage healthcare facilities to be free of formula marketing.…
Advocacy is an eight-letter word
I can admit it: A long, long time ago, after I had passed the many hurdles I encountered when breastfeeding my first kid, I…
Because breastfeeding matters to moms, it matters
Hang around parents for any length of time and you’ll hear a breast versus bottle debate. Things get heated, to put it gently. It’s…
Credit where credit’s due
Breastfeeding isn’t the only thing I get a bit geeky about. I have a “day job” (I feel that using this terminology puts me…
Reconsidering the 5 Ss
Trends in baby management come and go, but one that has stuck around for awhile has been Dr. Harvey Karp’s Happiest Baby on the…
A season of our lives
A friend was relaying a conversation her husband had with their son about the relativity of time. Why, her son wanted to know, did…
Tincture of time
When we talk about therapies that can help make the early days, weeks, and months of breastfeeding easier, one that we often overlook is…
5 tips for early success when breastfeeding twins (or more)
My two babies, and me; the photo is by Angela Aird Photography. The first few days and weeks can make or break your breastfeeding…
Good nutrition as a booby trap
Screen cap of a Google search result. This is probably not where you want to go for information on breastfeeding. My firstborn was about…