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Author Archives: bestforbabes
Gearing Up to Breastfeed: 5 Tips for Moms-to-Be
Best for Babes knows that breastfeeding can be challenging in the beginning, and that more than anything new moms deserve to be cheered on coached and celebrated. Here are our top tips for how to beat the Breastfeeding Booby Traps(R) … More
Nursing Know-How: Best of 2012
As we head into the new year, we’re looking back at the most popular posts from each of our columns from 2012. Whether you’re just joining us as a newly expecting parent or continuing in your parenting journey, we think … More
Best Gifts for Breastfeeding Moms
It’s getting down to the wire but it’s still not too late to pull off a fabulous gift that will be money well spent for your expecting or new mom for the holidays. Best for Babes has some great ideas … More
Dealing With the Hubbub of the Holidays with Your Nursling
There’s nothing sweeter than nestling in for the holidays with your baby. But for most of us, the season also means store hopping to shop for good prices, decorating, visiting family and friends, and even flights, and long road trips. Sometimes … More
The 3 Breastfeeding Products I Couldn’t Have Lived Without
If you plan to, or are breastfeeding, the most basic gear will do – you, your boobs and your baby! Breastfeeding really is all about the “un-rules” — especially during the early days and weeks of the Learning Curve when … More
Breastfeeding During the Holidays
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year if you’re expecting or are breastfeeding. The mood is gratitude, the warm cheer and the festivities abound, and everyone wants to pass your little butterball around the table for a taste of that … More
My 4 Biggest Breastfeeding Regrets
At my six-week post-birth check-up, the midwife listened kindly as I poured my heart out over my anxieties. I had no idea what I was doing, and everything seemed like a struggle. “Parenthood is all about fear and regret,” she … More
What Do Halloween and Breastfeeding Have in Common?
We find the number of expecting mothers who are tricked into thinking that they’re prepared for breastfeeding, and then are spooked by the whole experience, to be truly frightening, and completely unnecessary. Breastfeeding IS challenging, but it’s incredibly rewarding. Here are some examples of expectations and scenarios that can get moms into trouble and how to avoid them: More
Finding Your Breastfeeding Community, Online and Off
Let’s face it, mothering wasn’t meant to be a one-woman show! For eons, women shared the responsibility of child-raising, home-making, food-growing, and foraging among their community members – sure they had more bellies to feed and manners to mind, but … More
Fall Into Good Breastfeeding Habits
With increased fall activity and less lazy summer down-time, breastfeeding can sometimes be an unintended casualty. For many moms with older kids, the pace picks up with school drop-offs, volunteering in the classroom, and running errands. New moms may be … More
