Did you know that breastmilk is the perfect food for your baby? It is all that your baby needs to eat and drink for about the first 6…
Breastfeeding is a beautiful but challenging journey that you embark on with your baby. It’s not always easy to achieve and it can be hard to find someone…
We were lucky enough to get some time with Dorothy Waide, sleep consultant to the stars, AKA the Baby Whisperer. Dorothy provides newborn advice for parents on everything from…
All parents want to understand their baby, and I believe most parents encounter times when this can be an overwhelming task, especially in the first 3 to 4 months. Your…
The New Zealand Breastfeeding Authority (NZBA) is calling for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothers in a bid to improve national breastfeeding rates once mothers leave hospital.
This article on breastfeeding knowledge explains how attitudes and knowledge around breastfeeding can affect feeding choices.
This article on expressing your milk provides information on expressing, storing your breast milk, and how to fit it in around breastfeeding.
There is much information available on feeding choices, but we will begin with the choice of breast and bottle feeding and the advantages and disadvantages of both. A…
In many societies, both here in New Zealand and around the world, children grow up surrounded by the sight of breastfeeding mothers. Breastfeeding is the most natural thing…
This article on baby’s first breast feed gives parents encouragement, information and tips for the first breast feed you give your newborn baby.
Coping with mastitis can be very painful– find out about the causes and preventions and get some great tips for coping with mastitis.
This article is full of tips for Maternity Wear – whether it’s tops, pants or underwear you’re after, for work or home, for formal or casual, small or…
Midwife Kathy Fray overviews the Breastfeeding vs. Infant Formula debate, including the costs & benefits of each for NZ Mums.