A key message
The Malaysian Dietary Guidelines (MDG) 2010 has provided eight key recommendations for this important message. Within each of the recommendations are several tips on how to achieve them. There are also...
View ArticleThe Condition That Kept Me From Breastfeeding
Written by Lisa Selin Davis for Babble.com In eighth grade, my best friend Jenny Platt brought me to her doctor. "Let's just ask her," she said reassuringly, her arm slung over my shoulders -- she had...
View ArticleBritan to pay moms to breastfeed under pilot program
LONDON - New mothers in two areas of Britain are to be paid to breastfeed their babies, it was announced Tuesday, under a trial scheme aimed at boosting the practice in poor areas where it is...
View ArticleWhen there is a right-way to breastfeed
KUALA LUMPUR: Nor Zanariah Azmi, 28, like any other pregnant woman, cannot wait to welcome and celebrate the birth of her child. Heavily pregnant with her second child, she keeps herself updated on...
View ArticleBreastfeeding a winning start
The oldest method of providing nourishment is by breastfeeding. Cows, goats, dogs and cats do it, so why do humans have such a hard time feeding their young ones with the most natural form of food for...
View ArticleAll about breast milk
MODERN technology has not yet found a way to replicate breast milk in its purest form, and so doctors today still maintain that milk produced by a mother is better than anything else one could ever...
View ArticleReport indicates Colorado moms latching on to extended breastfeeding
New moms in Colorado don't need New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to tell them how beneficial breastfeeding is. They're apparently getting the message without him. The Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleBreastfeed more during summer, mothers told
As part of Sharjah’s 'Baby-Friendly Emirate' campaign, advice for breastfeeding mothers in the excessive heat of summer has been issued by the campaign’s executive committee. With summer rapidly...
View ArticleFormula v breastfeeding: Should the state step in?
New York City has put forth an initiative to end free formula milk samples and make it more difficult to access formula in hospital. Will the measures promote breastfeeding or add to a culture of shame...
View ArticleDebunking breastfeeding myths
MANY mothers, especially the younger ones, shy away from breastfeeding their babies because of myths that are circulating about the practice. However, exclusive breastfeeding for babies up to six...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: Why Do So Many Moms Fall Short Of Their Goals?
Sarah's breastfeeding difficulties began in the hospital. Her daughter, born three weeks early, was too little to properly latch and struggled with weight gain and jaundice. When the two left the...
View ArticleFewer women in UAE breastfeeding babies
Fewer women in the UAE are opting to breastfeed their babies, with only 31 per cent continuing to do so until the babies reached five months. Dr Eeva Lisa Langille, head paediatrician and neonatologist...
View ArticleWhy I don’t breastfeed – if you must know
For some women, ‘breast is best’ is painful, miserable - or simply not possible ...
View ArticleMother's Milk Is The Best Nutrition For The Child
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 12:27 pm Article: Citizen News Service Mother's Milk Is The Best Nutrition For The Child World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August 2012 Shobha Shukla – CNS (CNS): Mother’s milk is...
View ArticleExplainer: why mothers should breastfeed
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommend that infants be exclusively breastfed for six months and continue breastfeeding with the appropriate introduction of solids. In Australia,...
View Article'I'm going to breastfeed him for ANOTHER year': Mom pictured breastfeeding...
Time magazine's breastfeeding cover star has said she will not stop breastfeeding her almost-four-year-old until he turns five. Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother from Los Angeles who has...
View ArticleFairhaven Health Introduces Products to Help Women Meet Breastfeeding Goals
National organizations recommend mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months and continue to breastfeed while introducing solid foods until the child is at least one year old....
View ArticleI fed my newborns formula to keep them alive
Washington - Hello, my name is Darlena Cunha, and I was a formula feeder. The day I bought my first can marked a parenting low for me. When I was pregnant, I read books and parenting websites that...
View ArticleBreastfeeding basics: why do babies seem more full on formula?
Despite efforts by the world's leading medical authorities to educate people about the many benefits of breastfeeding, many women tend to doubt the quality of their breast milk, turning to infant...
View ArticleUAE law requires mothers to breastfeed for first two years
Social affairs minister warns it could mean that husbands sue wives who do not breastfeed ...
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