When the days start to get cool, leaves start to fall, my bones tell me it is time to go back to school. Personally,  I spent 26 years going to school every fall from the time I was 5 until I was ...

This week on the podcast, Barbara and Barb discuss pregnancy and tandem nursing. This is a topic that isn’t talked about much, but is happening more than we might think! Some people plan on ...

In The Dangers of the Milk Sharing Economy, the author points out that sometimes another mother’s breastmilk might not be safe for our babies based upon her 2013 study. Informal milk sharing ...

 Happy World Breastfeeding Week! How are you celebrating? This week Barbara and Barb chat about the benefits of breastfeeding along with the risks of formula feeding.  Also, Donald Trump made ...

Does it really? Get your mind out of the gutter! We are talking about breastfeeding. And yes! Surprisingly, size does matter in many ways for breastfeeding. Here are five examples. 1. Birth weight. A ...

Nipple Shields! What are they and why might a breastfeeding mother need this tool? Barbara and Barb discuss all things nipple shields.     What is a nipple shield? Here’s a great ...

This week on the podcast Barbara and Barb speak with expert Dr. Alison Hazelbaker about tongue tie. Dr. Hazelbaker’s original research on tongue-tie, done in 1993, has changed clinical practice ...

I just told my husband this morning, “I feel a blog coming on…” Checking through my google alerts this morning, I found a link to this article about adoptive breast feeding and ...

This week on the podcast, we discuss breastfeeding the newborn baby. How much should a newborn baby breastfeed? Barbara and Barb dive into what is normal and how to tell your breastfed baby is doing ...

Today we have another special podcast episode for you! Are you a breastfeeding mother returning to work? Barbara introduces the new iLactate phone app to help mothers more successfully return to work ...

The Business Case for Breastfeeding tells us that 80 percent of mothers stop breastfeeding within the first month of returning to work (Cardenas & Major, 2005). Unfortunately, research on ...