All About Breastfeeding Blog
All the latest breastfeeding news and point of viewsWearing your baby? Is it safe?
First there was not much information in the news about baby carriers. This was followed by some really great articles about the benefits of babywearing. Just when things seem to be cruising along nicely and the word is spreading about the advantages of baby carriers,...
Nursing Bras? Good Fit? Actually, yes!
If you are planning to breastfeed your baby, a nursing bra is one of the essential items that will help make breastfeeding easier and convenient for you. What should you be looking for when searching for a good nursing bra? Here is a list of some important options...
colicky babies
Tammy Roecker, LMT, CD, CBE, CIIT/CIMI, CPT posted some excellent tips for parenting a colicky baby. She has given me permission to post her info on my blog. You can find out more about Tammy Roecker, by going to her website which is listed below. My first daughter...
What do you do 5000 times the first 2 years of your babies life?
If you guessed the fact that you change over 5000 diapers in your babies lifetime, you are right! Just sit and think about that. The time, the energy,the trips back and forth to the store, the expense, the environment. WHEW! Thatsa lotsa diapers! I am a big tweeter...
Is all milk the same? VIDEO
Cow's milk--------- is the best food for calves - YES! IS ALL MILK THE SAME? While there are a small percentage of variations to the fact that most mammals give their babies their own milk, you just have to look in nature to realize that it is the most normal thing...
You must have been a beautiful baby VIDEO
Mothering your baby
Attachment Parenting International is a nonprofit organization with a mission to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful and empathetic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world. Our nation faces serious...
HUMAN MILK – It Works
If someone asks you Why Breastfeed? You can go into a whole long winded reason why you breastfeeding and/ or you can just state some of the most popular health reasons. Either way - breastfeeding works! Scientific research clearly indicates that exclusive...
I am proud to be an IBCLC
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. (IBCLC) Here is a video which helps give the public information on what an IBCLC is and some of the training she needs to acquire in order to earn her certification. The Center for Disease Control, The World Health...
Another FUN video talking about our lovely anatomy
People keep asking me where I get these videos. I do find some on my own, but a lot of others are posted on my birthy group lists, by women who just love talking about breastfeeding and birth. I also get sent quite a bit from people who know I love to post on my...
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