“Hello everyone, I have an 18-month-old girl who is still breastfeeding. Since she was 6 months old, I started to give her solid food, and she did eat some: a little fruit, a few pieces of potato, or half of a cookie. But now she almost doesn’t eat anything anymore, she only wants to feed at the breast and she eats very, very little solids. Her weight is fine, and that reassures me, but yesterday I went to see the…
The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved the use of zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression in the USA. According to the data, a significant improvement is expected after the third day of treatment. Noelia Extremera, the psychologist specializing in perinatal mental health at LactApp, reflects on this news and the impact of treating the consequences and not the causes of a situation that pathologizes mothers. Problem solved, isn’t it? Women have an unrecognized but fundamental role…
How do you choose the best pacifier? So you got informed about the pros and cons of using a pacifier and have made the decision to offer one to your baby. Now you have to choose one from the overwhelming options on the market. Here we explain what things you need to consider. You may go to your local store, pharmacy, or online and find dozens of options, different sizes, shapes, colors, materials, customizable options, anatomical, ergonomic. There is so…
Recently, a research article has been published on using music for pain relief in newborns performed during minor procedures, such as a lancet puncture, to obtain a blood sample. The research This randomized, controlled, and blinded clinical trial was conducted at the Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center neonatal unit in the Bronx, New York. It included full-term infants who underwent minor procedures that may be painful, such as heel prick tests, to obtain blood samples for metabolic screening or…
Is your partner going back to work soon, and you are going to stay with your child? Are you worried about this new stage? Well, this post is for you. We are going to answer the most common questions you may have now. Do you have to train the baby before the mother is going to be away? It may seem like a reasonable idea, but it is not recommended; here is why: Separating from their mother is a difficult…
It’s been almost a year since your baby was born. You can already tell that your breastfeeding journey has gone through ups and downs, but you wouldn’t change it for anything. And you can be proud of it. But all of a sudden, you feel something is going on, and it is about yourself! What’s wrong with you? Your little one is doing great, but you’ve given all your vital energy to take care of your baby’s needs. Without even…
It doesn’t happen to all babies, but daytime nursing seems like a waste of time for most babies between 8 and 9 months. They get distracted and don’t want to nurse during the day; does that sound familiar? At this stage, it is normal that they hardly feed at the breast during the day, or if you offer them your breast, they just nurse for a few seconds and then go back to what they were doing. By 8 or…
Breastfeeding is a vital process for the optimal health and development of infants. However, despite providing benefits that are widely acknowledged by scientific evidence, many mothers experience a range of emotions and sensations throughout their breastfeeding journey, which have not been studied much. One of these complex emotions is breastfeeding agitation or aversion, a relatively unknown phenomenon in which the infant is rejected. This article will examine breastfeeding agitation from a scientific perspective, exploring its characteristics, possible causes, and implications…
Handling breast milk can be scary. Sometimes, it almost feels like dealing with dangerous stuff, and it seems that handling breast milk can be extremely complicated. But at the end of the day, it should be no more scary than handling any other food. To do so, you simply have to follow a series of rules that guarantee the greatest possible safety, and for breastmilk, it is no different. Let’s take a look at the most common questions on this…
Why should a mother be and feel accompanied after birth during the postpartum period? When a baby is born, a mother and a father are also born, and it doesn’t matter if it is your second child: then a mother of two children and a father of two children is born, and so on. Each new child is a massive event for any family, and everyone needs to adapt. But the mother, in addition to the effort to adapt to…