AAB 250 Postpartum Depression - Could this be you?

02/27/18 • 18 min

Many families I work with have no idea that Depression can begin anytime during pregnancy or postpartum. You may begin to feel anxious during your pregnancy. Perhaps you felt find during pregnancy and the early months of postpartum. Things may be fine with you and then you begin feeling symptoms of depression when you baby is 8 months old. For some moms, depression coincides when your baby weans. read more

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aab 249 Breastfeeding Bites - Watch the Baby, not the clock

I talked a lot about why you wanted to avoid getting too hooked into how long your baby was at the breast and that your focus should be more about how well your baby is latched on. My mantra for this weeks show is: Watch the Baby, not the clock.

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AAB 251 Breastfeeding Bites - Signs of a good latch and nutritive sucking

When your baby is latched on well, if there are no other medical or anatomical or supply issues, breastfeeding should not be hurting and your baby should be spending a majority of his time at breast nutritively sucking or what I also like to call power nursing. You have also heard me say: it is not so much of importance on how long they are at the breast, but it is also important to note what they are doing at the breast. Is a majority of their time at the breast actively feeding with great interest or is most of the time spent in a sleepy, lackluster behavior.