Advice from moms / Breastfeeding and working / Breastfeeding challenges / breastfeeding in public / Breastfeeding toddlers and older children / Finding support / The first few weeks / Uncategorized
Andrea
With baby No. 1 (my son), I needed a lot of help. Not with the latching – my son was a natural…but my milk didn’t come in for SIX days! It was awful, and my baby was losing weight and not passing urine or stool. Scary stuff. Thankfully, we have an amazing resource at Toronto...
Advice from moms / Breastfeeding and working / Breastfeeding challenges / breastfeeding in public / Breastfeeding toddlers and older children / Finding support / The first few weeks
Jess
I decided to breastfeed before I even got pregnant, but mostly for nutritional reasons. I read all about the health benefits of breastfeeding for both my baby and me and I felt it was my obligation to my unborn child to at least try to breastfeed. Diabetes runs in my husband’s family and I struggled...
Advice from moms / Breastfeeding and working / Breastfeeding challenges / breastfeeding in public / Breastfeeding toddlers and older children / Finding support / negativity about breastfeeding
Susanne
The most important thing is to ask for help immediately if you experience problems. Most problems are easy to fix when they are small, but they easily grow into huge problems. Although breastfeeding is a very natural phenomenon, it is a learning process for most mothers and babies. It is also a very vulnerable process...
Jessica, Ben and Max
The hardest time I had in breastfeeding was right after Max, my second son, was born. Ben, my first son, was so happy that I had so much milk again, that he wanted to nurse all the time. Max needed to nurse all the time. Ben was always trying to drain both sides before Max...
