#breastfeeding

#breastfeeding

Co sleeping is one of those things that people either love or hate.Some people will tell you it is the worst decision in the world, while others will go on and on about how great it is for your child and your family.While there are drawbacks to nearly every parenting decision you can make, there are benefits to them too, co sleeping is no exception.

Most women will pump at some point during their postpartum journey, and there is a lot more to pumping than one might realize.From flanges and proper storage of breastmilk to nipple sizing, you need to know all of the ins and outs to use a breast pump and pumping essentials.Get the most out of your pumping sessions and protect your breasts with these helpful tips and information you need to know.

There are a lot of tropes about fathers, but one tends to stick out the most: the distant dad.He's there, he's present - sort of - but he seems far away.He's the dad on Stranger Things who reads the paper at breakfast and doesn't really seem to engage with his family; he's the dad who comes home from work and immediately retreats to the den.

MOGADISHU, Somalia Hunger and loss make up a kaleidoscope in Somalia, but one scene stands out in my visit: A mom, Fardosa Ahmed, confides shyly that she had eight children but lost four of them, and now she fears she may lose a fifth, her daughter Catiko, who is sick, weak and motionless.The tremble in Fardosa's voice offers a reminder of the prospective human cost of the famine that, as I wrote in my last column, is looming this spring.

There is no precise number of calories that a human has to consume per day because each person has different needs.When we talk about calories, we are talking about the energy a person needs: energy for the body to continue functioning, for our hearts to beat, for us to be able to breathe, for the brain to be active, to be able to carry out daily tasks etc.

The main claim of baby formula is that it helps with the development of the baby's brain.Emma Kim (Getty Images/Image Source) Infant formula, like many other consumer products, uses science to sell itself.Some of the most frequent attributions are that these products benefit the development of the baby's brain or immune system or that they promote the child's growth.

Hiccups are infuriating.Their force flings babies about in their bassinets and irritates adults who wolf down their dinners.But even more frustrating is how little we know about how to cure hiccups.At this point, the scientific hiccup advice reads like fiction - scare yourself, eat a spoonful of sugar, and hope for the best.

Makers of infant formula use misleading marketing and aggressive lobbying tactics to drive sales in a $55 billion-a-year industry, according to a three-paper series from the World Health Organization.Manufacturers make unsubstantiated claims about their products, such as that they are very similar to actual breast milk or can ease infants' discomfort, say the WHO papers published Tuesday in The Lancet medical journal calling for an industry crackdown.

Dense breast tissue has been associated with up to a four times higher risk of breast cancer.However, a new study suggests few women view breast density as a significant risk factor.The study, published in JAMA Network Open, surveyed 1,858 women ages 40 to 76 years from 2019 to 2020 who reported having recently undergone mammography, had no history of breast cancer and had heard of breast density.

In 1987, my friend Kate and I stood in the middle of Yeovil high street with a very small white coffin.It was empty, but we wanted something eye-catching for passersby so that we could explain how baby milk formula manufacturers were relentlessly flogging formula to new mothers.Over 30 years later, and after much campaigning, I asked a question in the House of Lords in 2020 on the prevalence of breastfeeding in the UK.

Picturing myself during the last three years is a lot like looking at a childhood photo.I know that it's me, but the gulf between selves is wide.Personally, I was grief-stricken.My mother died in the summer of 2020, alone in a London hospice, while the prime minister and his top officials partied in Westminster.

We recently asked parents of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us their biggest parenting regrets.Here are the eye-opening results:

2. "Worrying about breastfeeding.In the UK, it's rammed down your throat, and you're all but shamed for considering anything else.As long as baby is fed and happy, who cares how they are fed?

14. "That you'll eventually get your body back.HA!Besides the fact that is hard to lose weight, sometimes you just don't have the time or the energy to diet and exercise, especially after a C section.Sometimes all I want to do is watch TV in my PJs.If I had a dollar for every time someone has said I'd loose weight by breastfeeding, I'd be fuckin' rich.

Breastfeeding is hard to keep up.Some 83 percent of babies in the United States start out on breast milk, but by 6 months, just 56 percent are breastfed  and at that stage, only a quarter drink breast milk exclusively, as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends.That steady decline speaks to the wide-ranging challenges parents face in trying to breastfeed.

Content creators have long criticized Facebook and Instagram for their content moderation policies relating to photos that show partial nudity, arguing that their practices are inconsistent and often biased against women and L.G.B.T.Q.people.This week, the oversight board for Meta, the platform's parent company, strongly recommended that it clarify its guidelines on such photos after Instagram took down two posts depicting nonbinary and transgender people with bare chests.

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms' oversight board on Tuesday overturned the company's decision to remove two Instagram posts depicting transgender and non-binary people with bare chests, saying that Meta needed to change its policy to make it more inclusive.The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said in a ruling that the company's adult nudity policy is based on a binary view of gender, making it unclear how the rules apply to intersex, non-binary and transgender people.