Breastfeeding can take you by surprise or even discourage you from continuing. Here are 9 tips to keep in mind for breastfeeding motivation. Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links, which means I will earn a commission—at no extra cost to you—if you make a purchase. For the first months of breastfeeding, I felt like a cow, and it had nothing to do with my post-pregnancy body. If I wasn't breastfeeding, I was pumping. I didn't realize how often babies need to eat, or how long each feeding session would take. At family parties, I was either draped with a shawl cover or … [Read more...]

A newborn constantly feeding can exhaust any parent. Here's how to handle the cluster feeding, especially when you’re breastfeeding. I just about had it. The sore nipples from a bad latch, the cluster-feeding sessions, the leaking—I was over it. I felt glued to my baby and shot dagger eyes at anyone who suggested feeding him the second he'd fuss. I was ready to give up. And that was just five days in with breastfeeding. But beyond the physical pain, breastfeeding for many moms is especially hard when your newborn is constantly feeding. Your baby wants to nurse all the time, hungry … [Read more...]

Struggling when your baby wants to breastfeed constantly but falls asleep or is still hungry? See why this is normal and what you can do. "Maybe he's hungry." The dreaded three words. I'd shoot dagger eyes whenever anyone suggested feeding my baby during those first few weeks of bringing him home. Anyone caring for a newborn has it hard, but unlike other adults, newborn moms struggle even more. For one thing, we're often healing from the physical pains of childbirth. We're also extra emotional from the hormonal changes that happen overnight. But for breastfeeding moms, one reason … [Read more...]