Breast milk is actually the only food your baby will need until 4 months of age, although most babies do well on breast milk alone for 6 months or better. There is really no advantage to adding other foods or milks before 4 – 6 months, except under unusual circumstances. Water Breast milk is over [...]
This probably happens to the majority of the women that recently became mothers for the first time: they feel as if they really know nothing about taking care of the baby, feeding him, what to do when he doesn′t seem to stop crying, how to dress the little one. Of course, immediately older relatives or [...]
When you hold your baby for the first time in the delivery room, you should put his lips to your breast. Although your mature milk hasn′t developed yet, your breasts are still producing a substance known as colostrum that helps to protect your baby from infections.
When your baby has stopped breast feeding and gets all of his nutrition from other sources than the breast, he′s actually considered weaned. Even though babies are also weaned from the bottle as well, the term weaning often refers to when a baby is stopped from breast feeding.