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+Breast-Feeding | April 30, 2012

Bring Back the Binky? Study Finds Pacifiers Actually Boost Breast-Feeding

By Bonnie Rochman

Is nipple confusion just a myth? Contrary to popular belief, restricting pacifier use results in lower rates of exclusive breast-feeding, according to research from one Oregon hospital.

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+Infancy | March 28, 2012

Moms Say It’s Too Hard to Breast-Feed for the Recommended Six Months

By Bonnie Rochman
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A Scottish study finds that moms think the advice to breast-feed for six months is unrealistic. They call for scaling back expectations, but advocates say that’s the wrong approach.

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+Infancy | March 20, 2012

Want a Brighter Baby? Feed on Demand, Not on a Schedule

By Bonnie Rochman
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Moms may be surlier, but babies do better academically when they’re fed on demand rather than on a schedule.

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+Parenting | March 15, 2012

Mayim Bialik on Attachment Parenting: ‘Very Small People Have a Voice’

By Bonnie Rochman
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The actress, neuroscientist — and, now, author — extolls the virtues of co-sleeping, extended breast-feeding and wearing baby as a bodily accessory.

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+Parenting | March 5, 2012

How Beyoncé's Public Breast-Feeding Changes the Nursing-in-Public Debate

By Bonnie Rochman
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When Beyoncé breast-fed Blue Ivy at a restaurant, was she intentionally making a statement about a woman’s right to nurse in public?

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+Parenting | March 1, 2012

Is Breast-Feeding “Lewd Behavior”? Angry Moms in Georgia Fight Back

By Bonnie Rochman
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After Nirvana Jennette’s pastor compared her breast-feeding her baby in church to stripping, Jennette got fed up. Now, a nurse-in’s scheduled for Monday, and advocates are trying to overhaul Georgia’s public breast-feeding law.

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+Infancy | October 24, 2011

New Guidelines: How to Put Baby Safely to Bed

By Bonnie Rochman
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Sleeping like a baby is now more regimented than ever, in light of updated guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) about how best to put baby to bed to reduce the risk of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome.

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+Parenting | October 10, 2011

A Groupon for Breast Milk?

By Bonnie Rochman
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Groupon offers deep discounts on food and drink, but historically, breast milk has not been on the menu.

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+Parenting | September 27, 2011

Is It Weird to Breast-Feed a 3-Year-Old? Mayim Bialik Doesn’t Think So

By Bonnie Rochman
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Breast is best, experts agree, but what about for kids who are old enough to walk, talk and attend preschool — like Fred, the 3-year-old son of actress Mayim Bialik, who blogged earlier this month about the process of gradually weaning him?

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+Parenting | September 26, 2011

Fewer Hospitals Hand Out Free Formula to New Moms

By Bonnie Rochman
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It’s long been a staple of new motherhood — the diaper discharge bag, a carry-all stuffed with free formula samples that hospitals bequeath to women leaving the hospital. Who doesn’t love free swag?