articles & information

Here is a selection of helpful articles on breastfeeding and breastfeeding problems & 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]
The Normal Course of Breastfeeding [Diane Wiessinger]
Nursing, In a Nutshell [Diane Wiessinger]
Respecting Your Baby [Diane Wiessinger]
Wearing Your Baby [Diane Wiessinger]
What Your Baby Expects in Life [Diane Wiessinger]

Breastfeeding a Premature Baby

Coping with a Prem Baby [Tania Cross]

Breastfeeding Beats Artificial Feeding

Breastfeeding is Obesity Prevention [poster pdf]er pdf ]
Breast or Bottle? [Diane Wiessinger]
Breastmilk is the Superior Infant Food [Nadine Walmisley]
The Formula Decision [Diane Wiessinger]
How Safe are Artificial Baby Milks? [Carol Bartle]
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]

Dealing with Others' Attitudes Towards Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding in a Bottle Culture [Olivia Murton]
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 - PDF document]
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]

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]
"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]

Mothering and Breastfeeding

Being an At-Home Mother [Robyn Madden]
Birth of a Mother [Zoe Irvine]
Mothering Through Breastfeeding [Deb Williams]
Satisfying the Needs of the Baby [Liz Lightfoot]
Two Styles of Mothering [Jennie South]

Mother Stories, Trouble Times

Fully Breastfeeding Amber After Latching-On Problems [Leanne Kennedy]
Gaining, Gulping and Grimacing? [Diane Wiessinger]
The Labour of Nursing (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]
Staying in Touch [Diane Wiessinger]
Tough Love (tight mouth, slow gain, sore nipples) [Diane Wiessinger]
Why Am I Doing This? [Diane Wiessinger]