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How to Give a Bottle the Baby-Led Way: Paced Bottle Feeding

8 September, 2020 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

When we think of giving a baby milk other than breastfeeding, the first thing that comes to mind is a bottle, but have you heard of paced bottle-feeding? The bottle as a method of feeding and its content, in the case of artificial formula, can interfere with your breastfeeding journey and cause difficulties. Your baby may end up rejecting the breast afterward. Even though nipple confusion is a controversial topic, we often see babies who have difficulty sucking at the…

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How to offer additional milk to a baby who is not gaining weight (supplementing)

9 May, 2020 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

How to offer additional milk to a baby who is not gaining weight? It is likely that the first thing that comes to your mind is a bottle. But if you have previously looked for information, it is also likely that other methods such as finger-syringe, cup, and spoon will come to your mind. Choosing one of these methods on how to offer additional supplemental milk, either expressed or artificial, to a baby who is not gaining weight can be…

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Breastfeeding in self-isolation and when staying at home

22 March, 2020 LactApp Comments 1 comment

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many families around the world are currently confined to their homes with their breastfeeding babies. We have never experienced anything like this before. This is the first time we have faced a situation like this and it is normal that you have many doubts. What we can tell you is that many of you feel the same way, so we are going to try to answer those questions that many of you have…

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Breastfeeding and Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19)

12 March, 2020 LactApp Comments 2 comments

Last update: April 11, 2020. These days we are facing an exceptional situation and we know that this causes a lot of concern among families, since many of you have made us aware of your doubts and concerns. Therefore, at LactApp we have been reviewing the latest recommendations from international disease and breastfeeding experts to provide you with up-to-date information. We have been able to confirm that the great majority of these organizations conclude, that when the mother suffers from…

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And I did it – March 8th International Women’s Day

6 March, 2020 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

We have been thinking a long time about how to prepare for this day, a day of mobilizations, of demands, of feelings, a day full of sisterhood and feminism. Because of this, we wanted to do something different, something special, something that would support and encourage us. In 2017 the hashtag #MeToo movement was launched. A concept under which many women shared their experiences about all kind of violence (sexual, gender, obstetric…), harassment, fear, sexual abuse,… which they suffered (or…

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Can I breastfeed and be a feminist?

10 December, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Today, as we celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women a few days ago, we would like to retrieve this wonderful text by Irene García Perulero, a woman who knows a lot about feminism and breastfeeding. Do not miss it! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. “I breastfed for eight years and I did it for two reasons. The first is that I was told I could not do it. Let’s see,…

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Pregnancy and Oral Health

19 September, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Pregnancy generates a series of changes in oral health that may cause a lot of discomfort. Although it is a myth, many of our patients believe that “for every pregnancy, a tooth will be lost” and it is our duty as dental health professionals to provide information to expectant mothers in order to remove that belief once and for all. Cavities and peridontitis (disease of the gums and the bone surrounding the tooth) are two diseases that are caused by…

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By and for black women by Desirée Bela-Lobedde

3 September, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

The Black Breastfeeding Week (BBW) was held from 25 to 31 August. This has been its seventh edition. In the blog of LactApp, and in its social networks, there were a couple of publications talking about the need for this celebration, with the intention of making it visible. And, although it seems to me to be a necessary action in a medium dedicated to providing information on breastfeeding in general, I must say that the reactions of the readers made…

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Tongue-tie: what it is and how to treat it

19 June, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Tongue tie or ankyloglossia literally means tongue-tied or anchored. The tongue is anchored to the floor of the mouth, and the baby is unable to make the proper movements that should allow them to suckle effectively and without compromising the well-being of the mother. Where is the short lingual frenulum (tongue-tie) located, and what is it used for? The tongue tie should be inserted into the tongue. In the case of babies with a short tongue frenulum, we observe the…

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Is your breastfeeding journey not as pleasant as you dreamed it would be?

30 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

I want it, but I don’t Sometimes the breastfeeding journey with older children starts not to be as pleasant as we had imagined Months have passed. Maybe we started breastfeeding with complications, or maybe not, and our baby has grown and practices a lot of postures while taking the breast. Breastfeeding is more than established and entrenched, but something in us is changing: “Is asking for a tit again?”; “It seems like they are newly born again and demand it all…

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