The United States Breastfeeding Committee started National Breastfeeding Month on August 6, 2011. Countries all over the world celebrate WBW (World Breastfeeding Week). Whether you celebrate it for a week or a month, there are lots of activities you can participate in. There are events worldwide, such as the Big Latch On and Latch on America: A Cross Country Tour. Korea's no exception; La League League Seoul also participated in the Latch On.
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Facts and Figures
- 448 ml of breastmilk in the second year
- The Alpha Parent's Timeline of a breastfed baby: this is a fantastic resource!
- Babies First Lactation: photos of how big a baby's stomach is.
- Breastfeeding beyond infancy: why it's normal and natural
- Infant stomach size and diaper info
- Medication and breastfeeding: info in Korean and English
- Night-time breastfeeding
- Tongue and lip ties
- UNICEF's info on breastfeeding: facts and figures about breastfeeding.
- WHO has 10 fact on breastfeeding: which shows how mother and baby can benefit.
- Your hospital stay
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- Breastfeeding made simple
- Breastfeeding USA: laid-back breastfeeding
- (The) birth den
- Extended latch aka the flipple
- Free online breastfeeding classes
- Global Health Media
- Gold Lactation Conference
- Healthy Children Training Course
- How to bottle feed the breastfed baby
- iLactation Conference
- Infant stomach size and diaper info
- Nancy Mohrbacher natural breastfeeding
- Recommended books
- Stanford breastfeeding videos
- Well Start
- (The) Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Interesting Articles
- 83 thoughts every woman has while breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding in Mongolia
- Breastfeeding with boys
- Derbyshire: breastfeeding welcome here
- Facebook: breastfeeding photos that bare all are ok
- Many moms may have been taught to breastfeed incorrectly
- Mom schools the internet on the magic of breastmilk
Breastfeeding and Alcohol
From Gini Baker, IBCLC. The half-life of alcohol is about 90 minutes. Some people say 1 hour, others say 2 hours. That means it peaks at that point, then it starts to leave your system. There is NO need to throw away breastmilk. You do NOT have to pump and dump. Why waste breastmilk?
What you should do is pump and save in small quantities of 20 ml. Then you put it in your freezer for about 3-6 months, depending on the type of freezer you have. Label it appropriately, like *drinking* or *alcohol*, whatever you want to help you remember.
The freezer helps break the alcohol (and milk) down. Then you can mix that milk with non-drinking milk. This does two things: the vessel (your baby) that gets the milk with alcohol will be bigger in three months than they are now, so it has less of an effect. Second, it's a smaller dosage. Whereas before your baby may have only drunk 40 ml now they're drinking 100 ml, so 20 ml is a smaller part of the milk.
Dads Can Help Too
Here are some photos of using feeding tubes to feed babies.
- Feeding a 2 Week Old
- Finger Feeding (scroll down)
- Tube Feeding
I've written about breastfeeding in public in Korea and have mentioned breastfeeding in many other posts as well. Many doctors in Korea will tell you to breastfeed for only 100 days or only 6 months. Research has shown that if you don't breastfeed for at least a year you have to supplement with formula. As to the cut-off age, there really isn't one. The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) recommends at least a year. WHO (World Health Organisation) and UNICEF recommend at least 2 years. At least doesn't mean you stop then, it means the minimum you should breastfeed for.
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