Common Sense Breastfeeding Topics

Birth - upcoming topic section    Why your baby's birth matters    It's the birth, silly!    A more natural cesarean
The early days     Before you breastfeed     Preparing for breastfeeding     Of puppies and babies     First week engorgement     Ordinary newborn jaundice     A first week breastfeeding log	How breastfeeding works     Thoughts on positioning     Latch-on pictures with description     A latch-on checklist     A three course meal and a dance     "He can't be hungry.  He just ate!"     Scheduling feeds     How babies eat     How we make milk     Your baby the mammal     Your baby's feeding sequence
The breastfeeding life     The normal course of breastfeeding     What your baby expects in life     Low-tech breastfeeding     Nursing, in a nutshell     Better than Breast Feeding     Respecting your baby     Ah, nights...     Wearing your baby	Mother stories, trouble times     Why am I doing this??     Tough love (tight mouth, slow gain, sore nipples)     The labor of nursing (a non-latching baby)    "Old Iron Jaws" (a clenching baby)    "My baby just doesn't get it"     Staying in touch     Medications and breastfeeding     Gaining, gulping, and grimacing?
Breastfeeding vs. formula-feeding     "Normal" is a very scary word     Breast or bottle?     The formula decision     Most new mothers today decide to breastfeed...     It's not really about the milk     What if I want to wean my baby?	Dealing with others      Onion mothers and shoe salesmen     What about Dad?     Your grandchild is breastfed?     What can you say when they say...     Why La Leche League?     "What can she do for me?"
Gadgets and tools     Using a feeding tube device... Why bother?    Nipple Shields    Triple nipples and early weaning    About pumps    Pacifiers    Starting a bottle	The older baby     Solids?  Wait a bit...    Working and breastfeeding    If your baby must take a bottle    From the mouths of babes
Other resources     some good books and articles    breastfeeding policy statements    HELP from web sites and groups    obtaining copying rights for my handouts    ordering breastfeeding fairy cards (sorry; address being updated)    Diane's bio    e-mail and comments	Home page    Click here to return to Wiessinger home page