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Breastfeeding

Posts to help you through your breastfeeding journey.

Thrush Infection When Breastfeeding

September 10, 2024February 3, 2021 by valplowman
Mom breastfeeding baby

How to know if you or your baby has thrush. Get remedies and treatments for getting rid of a thrush infection in you and your baby, especially when breastfeeding. If …

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Categories Breastfeeding Tags medical issues, nursing 23 Comments

Keeping a Newborn Awake During Feedings

October 4, 2024August 25, 2020 by valplowman
keeping a newborn awake

How to feed a sleepy newborn. Tips to keep baby awake while eating so your baby can get a full feeding for breastfeeding and bottle feeding. Nursing a newborn is …

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Categories Breastfeeding Tags newborns, nursing, poll results, waketime length 25 Comments

How To Tell if Baby is Getting a Full Feeding

January 23, 2025May 4, 2020 by valplowman
Baby breastfeeding

An important element to a successful baby routine is making sure baby gets a full feeding. Read to get a list of 6 items to watch for and monitor. When …

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Categories Babywise, Breastfeeding, Schedule Tips Tags nursing 7 Comments

Hunger Cues: How To Know if Baby Is Hungry

September 3, 2024May 15, 2019 by valplowman
Newborn baby lying on a white blanket

Discover what baby hunger cues are and learn how to decipher if your baby is actually hungry or not. Learn when to feed baby, baby is tired, or more. Babies …

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Categories Baby, Bottle Feeding, Breastfeeding Tags Baby Whisperer, hunger, newborns, nursing 5 Comments

How to Be Successful at Breastfeeding

October 15, 2024March 7, 2018 by valplowman
How to Be Successful at Breastfeeding

How to Be Successful at Breastfeeding If you start breastfeeding, you probably want to succeed at it. Despite that initial plan and desire, you may run into difficulties and road …

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Exploring Your Prejudices About Breastfeeding

August 10, 2020March 6, 2018 by valplowman
Exploring Your Prejudices About Breastfeeding

Exploring Your Prejudices About Breastfeeding. Is fed best? Breast is best? What is true? Have you ever stepped back and honestly evaluated how you feel about feeding babies? Do you …

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I Breastfed For 12 Months Even When Everything Went Wrong

May 2, 2024March 5, 2018 by valplowman
How to breastfeed through obstacles and difficulties. Breastfeed even when it is hard.

How to breastfeed through obstacles and difficulties. You can breastfeed even when it is hard. Encouragement to push through and how to make it work. Breastfeeding didn’t start out anything …

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Categories Breastfeeding Tags nursing 2 Comments
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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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