All About Breastfeeding Blog
All the latest breastfeeding news and point of viewsSupport your hospital Lactation Consultant
Hospital budget cuts are the cause of a reduction in hours of hospital lactation consultants, and/or the elimination of their full or part time position in the maternity unit of hospitals all across the United States. Most parents assume that their will be...
A Call to Action on Breastfeeding
The latest stats from the Surgeon General of the United States show that fewer than 1 in 6 mothers are exclusively breastfeeding their babies at the end of six months. This is disheartening news especially when all the health organizations are recommending exclusive...
Why many breast-feeding moms quit earlier than planned
Have you ever wondered why so many mothers who plan on breastfeeding and assume that because it is a natural thing to do.... don't actually breastfeed for as long as they had planned to do? This article offers some reasons why our breastfeeding initiation rates are...
Like Mother, Like Daughter
This is not really a story directly related to breastfeeding. But I think I have a legitimate reason for writing about this in my breastfeeding blog. Wonder how I am making the connection? Well, IF the story that I am going to tell, DID happen during the many years...
101 Reasons to Breastfeed – A video
Take a few minutes out of your busy day. Sit and relax and enjoy this visually pleasing video which highlights all the wonderful reasons to breastfeed your baby. http://youtu.be/JcjKeDyTZP8 101 Reasons to Breastfeed your Baby
Breastfeeding Mothers can get more sleep
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett,PhD, IBCLC, FAPA, is a health psychologist and board-certified lactation consultant. She is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo, Texas. She is owner and editor-in-chief of...
Healthy Foods for Special Children
Heather Joy Clawson has been writing a blog about her experiences with her two beautiful children. Soliz is 4 and Camila is almost 2 1/2 years old. They were both born with a rare chromosomal syndrome called Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome ( or 4p-). Heather Joy is...
Sleepy Wraps – the best thing since sliced bread!
Today I sold a few more Sleepy Wraps and based on the comments I have heard, I thought it might be nice to write about them in a post. While I have known about baby carriers/wraps for quite a few years, I imagine it is because I am in the BIZ. I have to keep reminding...
There is no such thing as a free lunch
Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers. Review of evidence has shown that, on a...
Breastfeeding is GREEN
When I began teaching breastfeeding classes over 20 years ago, one of my favorite ways to begin talking about the convenience and benefits of breastfeeding was to say: It is easily available... in the right container, at the right temperature, nothing to heat up, no...
Lori J Isenstadt IBCLC
Lori is a huge breastfeeding supporter. She has spent much of her adult life working in the maternal health field. Once she became turned on to birth and became a childbirth educator, there was no stopping her love of working with families during their childbearing years.
Lori became a Birth doula and a Postpartum doula and soon became a lactation consultant. She has been helping moms and babies with breastfeeding for over 25 years. Lori founded her private practice, All About Breastfeeding where she meets with moms one on one to help solve their breastfeeding challenges. She helps families prenatally prepare for breastfeeding. Lori also helps when the baby is here and breastfeeding challenges arise.
She is an international speaker, book author and the host of the popular itunes podcast, All About Breastfeeding, the place where the girls hang out. You can reach Lori by email at: aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com