Breastfeeding and IQ

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Parenting RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There are plenty of completed studies that link breastfeeding to higher intelligence levels in children. The studies have usually compared women who choose to breastfeed vs. those who choose formula which create additional questions, such [...]

Video: Breastfeeding Third Latch

In this final video of the three part series on Breastfeeding latch, you will clearly see the baby pausing to swallow the milk. This is the best way to answer the question that plagues every mother “Is my baby getting enough milk?”. It can be difficult to tell but clear urine, regular [...]

Are You Making Your Child Fat?

Childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions. Parents everywhere are struggling to help their children who are gaining weight early and finding it very difficult to lose. Not sure what to do? Afraid you are making things worse by talking about it? Try these tips to coax your little one back to [...]

Natural Baby Care

One of the basic principles of attachment parenting is to ignore mainstream advice and “get back to nature” with our babies. We learn that we do not need all the products that advertisers push and in addition to saving tons of money, we are actually creating healthier, happier babies and reducing our impact on [...]

Breastfeeding on Demand - 2 Videos

If you are a proud supporter of breastfeeding, then these are a couple of great videos to watch. They are, admittedly, a bit more extreme than most breastfeeding families you may know, but they still underscore the important role breastfeeding plays in bonding and child development. It seems that while the videos cover the [...]

Breastfeeding for Health

By: Brian Cook
Breastfeeding is one of the most essential components of attachment parenting and there is enough scientific proof to suggest that failure to breastfeed a newborn child can cause long term medical problems for both the mother and the child. In addition to containing vital nutrients for the newborn, breastfeeding actually improves a child’s [...]

Pregnancy And Breastfeeding Accessories

by Mike Selvon
Deciding which pregnancy and breastfeeding supplies are essential can be an stressful task, especially for new parents. Purchasing supplies that you later find you did not need is frustrating. Stores carry a multitude of different brands, options and styles of pregnancy and breastfeeding supplies.
How is a new mom to sort it out? [...]

Nutrition for Breastfeeding

by Michelle Van Otten
Many already realize that nutrition for lactating women is going to have different rules than their pregnancy diet had. Because of the milk production process, the body needs different fuels than it did before. And while nutrition for lactating women might seem a bit much at first - remember that you’re not [...]

How Organic Is Your Baby

Author: Regina Schwartz

What does it mean to have an organic baby? There was a report done by The Environmental Working Group that showed results including findings of a significant amount of toxic chemicals are found in the blood of newborns.
The American Red Cross ran a series of blood tests on 10 umbilical-cord samples and [...]

Benefits of Breastfeeding

Although medical views on breastfeeding tend to change like trends over the years, a new mom simply has to weigh pro against con in deciding if breastfeeding is the right choice for herself, her family and her new baby. Every mom and every situation is different. In this article, we’ll put together some thoughts that [...]