by Leanne Palmerston | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog
Who hasn’t heard the age old adage that all babies do is eat, sleep, poop, and cry. It’s mostly true, but doesn’t help you understand what is and isn’t normal when it comes to caring for your infant. The first days at home with your baby can be overwhelming and a few...
by Leanne Palmerston | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog
We all know how you feed a baby, right? Whether breastfed or bottle fed babies the pattern is the same: Feed a baby. Burp a baby. Feed a baby some more. There are lots of different ways to burp a baby, too: over the shoulder, sitting upright, laying in a...
by Leanne Palmerston | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
You cannot imagine the shame you feel when you are a doula and your baby is admitted to hospital for failure to thrive due to inadequate food intake. I teach women to breastfeed for a living! But, I was a breastfeeding failure. I failed myself and it put my son...
by Leanne Palmerston | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog
This International Breastfeeding Week we want to shout love and encouragement to those of you who breastfeed and the many ways you do it. Way to go on chestfeeding! Way to go on extended nursing! Way to go on nursing on demand! Way to go on exclusively pumping and...
