by Cathy Sage | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
When a newborn baby is not putting on as much weight as expected, or has lost more than about 8% of birth weight by day 5, mothers are often advised to “top up” after feeds. A typical pattern is to spend a set amount of time attempting to breastfeed and then offer...
by Cathy Sage | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
“My mother in law insists that I put my baby down so that he learns to fall asleep on his own. But I don’t want to, I like cuddling my baby to sleep.” Mothers regularly talk about the (often conflicting) advice they receive from family, friends, online and from and...
by Cathy Sage | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Cathy, my app says he has been at the breast for a total of 4.5 hours today. Is that enough?” “Sorry I missed the drop in, the app says that he is meant to be sleeping right now” There are so many baby tracker apps available to new parents these days. In the first...
by Cathy Sage | Apr 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
“I hate the feeling that he’s on me all the time. I dread breastfeeding him. It makes me feel really low. People keep telling me that breast is best. I want to give him formula but I feel like I am letting him down.” This was whispered to me by a tearful mum with a...
by Cathy Sage | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is a lot of opinion about this, but precious little actual evidence. Many babies switch between breast and bottle seamlessly even from the early days, but you will meet mothers whose babies refused to go back to the breast after some bottles, and breastfed...
