Around the middle of your baby’s first year, that is at about six months, your baby will start showing signs that he is ready for family foods. Our IBCLC, Pinky McKay explains how to easily introduce family foods to your breastfed baby.
Help! My baby has his first two teeth and he has started biting when I breastfeed. How can I stop him biting or will I have to wean him?
See Pinky's top tips to help calm your crying baby and relieve your own anxious tears as you worry, what is the matter?
While everyone is trying to be helpful by sharing their own hard earned wisdom about having a baby, they probably won’t share these five things that you really need to know.
There are so many 'rules' about being a good mum and if you are breastfeeding there are even more ‘rules’. IBCLC Pinky McKay says you can ditch the rules about these five things.
How you feed your baby is a hot trigger for unwanted comments, so check out Pinky's cheeky responses to unsolicited advice.
The most common reason women say they give up breastfeeding is because they don’t think they have enough milk. Our lactation consultant busts the booby traps of low milk supply.
As a breastfeeding mother you are everything to your baby – food, comfort and nurturing. Around the clock. It’s a lot of pressure, especially if breastfeeding is difficult. So how do you beat this pressure and protect your mental health?
Allergy symptoms (including frequent waking), can be alleviated by the elimination of offending foods from the mother’s diet - your baby is never allergic to your milk.