Articles & Information

4Here is a selection of helpful articles on breastfeeding and breastfeeding problems and techniques; written by mothers and/or health professionals, for mothers. They are arranged in alphabetical order within subject categories:

The Breastfeeding Life

Ah, Nights... [Diane Wiessinger]

Better than Breastfeeding [Diane Wiessinger]

Low-Tech Mothering (healthier, safer, cheaper and easier) [Diane Wiessinger]

My Favourite Place [Alison Barrett] NZ

The Normal Course of Breastfeeding [Diane Wiessinger]

Nursing, In a Nutshell [Diane Wiessinger]

Respecting Your Baby [Diane Wiessinger]

So You have a Birth Plan - What about a Breastfeeding Plan? [Liz Weatherley] NZ

Wearing Your Baby [Diane Wiessinger]

What Your Baby Expects in Life [Diane Wiessinger]

 

Breastfeeding a Premature Baby

Coping with a Prem Baby [Tania Cross] NZ

 

Breastfeeding Beats Artificial Feeding

Bed Sharing and Infant Mortality [Carol Bartle] NZ

Breastfeeding is Obesity Prevention [poster pdf]

Breast or Bottle? [Diane Wiessinger]

Breast milk is the Superior Infant Food [Nadine Walmisley] NZ

The Formula Decision [Diane Wiessinger]

It's Not Really About the Milk [Diane Wiessinger]

Most New Mothers Today Decide to Breastfeed [Diane Wiessinger]

"Normal" is a Very Scary Word [Diane Wiessinger]

 

Breastfeeding and Working

Working and Breastfeeding [Diane Wiessinger]

The Working Mother [Catherine Hutton] NZ

 

Dealing with Others' Attitudes Towards Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding in a Bottle Culture [Olivia Murton] NZ

Onion Mothers and Shoe Salesmen [Diane Wiessinger]

What About Dad? [Diane Wiessinger]

What Can She Do For Me? [Diane Wiessinger]

What Can You Say When They Say... [Diane Wiessinger]

Why La Leche League? [Diane Wiessinger]

Your Grandchild is Breastfed? [Diane Wiessinger]

 

Early Days of Breastfeeding

Before You Breastfeed [Diane Wiessinger]

A First Week Breastfeeding Log [Diane Wiessinger]

First Week Engorgement [Diane Wiessinger]

Of Puppies and Babies [Diane Wiessinger]

Ordinary Newborn Jaundice [Diane Wiessinger]

Preparing for Breastfeeding [Diane Wiessinger]

 

Food Intolerances and Allergies

Food Intolerances [Jan Cafearo] NZ

 

Gadgets and Tools

About Pumps [Diane Wiessinger]

Nipple Shields [Diane Wiessinger]

Pacifiers [Diane Wiessinger]

Triple Nipples and Early Weaning [Diane Wiessinger]

Using a Feeding Tube Device: Why Bother? [Diane Wiessinger]

 

How Breastfeeding Works

Breastfeeding with Inverted Nipples [Anne O'Connell] NZ

"He Can't be Hungry, He Just Ate!" [Diane Wiessinger]

A Latching-on Checklist [Diane Wiessinger]

Latch-on Pictures with Description [Diane Wiessinger]

Scheduling Feeds [Diane Wiessinger]

Thoughts on Positioning [Diane Wiessinger]

A Three-Course Meal and a Dance [Diane Wiessinger]

Together Early and Often [Nadine Walmisley] NZ

 

Mothering and Breastfeeding

Being an At-Home Mother [Robyn Madden] NZ

Mothering Through Breastfeeding [Deb Williams] NZ

Satisfying the Needs of the Baby [Liz Lightfoot] NZ

Two Styles of Mothering [Jennie South] NZ

 

Mother Stories, Trouble Times

Fully Breastfeeding Amber After Latching-On Problems [Leanne Kennedy] NZ

Gaining, Gulping and Grimacing? [Diane Wiessinger]

Thoughts on Positiong (a non-latching baby) [Diane Wiessinger]

Medications and Breastfeeding [Diane Wiessinger]

"My Baby Just Doesn't Get It!" [Diane Wiessinger]

"Old Iron Jaws" (a clenching baby) [Diane Wiessinger]

Overcoming a Blocked Duct [Andrea Graves] NZ

Staying in Touch [Diane Wiessinger]

Tough Love (tight mouth, slow gain, sore nipples) [Diane Wiessinger]

Why Am I Doing This? [Diane Wiessinger]

 

The Older Baby

From the Mouths of Babes [Diane Wiessinger]

Solids? Wait a Bit [Diane Wiessinger]

 

Weaning

Sudden Weaning [Lee-Ann Michelle] NZ

To Wean or Not to Wean [Donna Henderson] NZ

What if I Want to Wean My Baby? [Diane Wiessinger]