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Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome)and breastfeeding

16 January, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

What is plagiocephaly or flat head syndrome? Plagiocephaly is an asymmetry of the baby’s head that occurs in about 10% of breastfed babies. Within the normal check-ups of the infant, several tests are performed to identify certain asymmetries, such as the folds of the thighs, among others. The same occurs in the head, where in addition to measuring the circumference to determine its correct growth in size, an asymmetry can be detected in its oblique axes, which is called postural…

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My exclusive pumping with my two babies

27 December, 2018 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

“Before becoming pregnant I had already been reading about breastfeeding, but I had read little about offering expressed breast milk until we were told that we were going to be parents of two babies. Researching about tandem breastfeeding, I began to see things about pumped breast milk, especially to give a little break to the mother with two babies. At that time I didn’t completely rule out this possibility, but I did continue to be in the lead in doing…

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Colostrum – a treasure

18 December, 2018 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Some cultures have considered — and some alarmingly still do — that colostrum is useless or bad and should therefore be avoided. In these cases, babies have even been left for several hours, sometimes days, without eating anything at all or were fed with traditional preparations. But nothing could be further from the truth since colostrum is unique liquid gold, perfectly adapted to the specific needs of a newborn baby. Colostrum begins to appear between 12-16 weeks of pregnancy and…

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Letter to daddy: is breastfeeding only a thing for two?

14 December, 2018 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Breastfeeding is not a type of parenting. Breastfeeding is the natural way to raise your baby, the first 6 months exclusively, from there with other foods. What does this mean? It means that although the breasts are the mother’s and the suckling belongs to the baby, breastfeeding must be 100% supported by the partner, the family, and society as a whole. Why? Because it is a question of humanity. Because that is what human biology needs because breastfeeding in the…

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5 Ways My Baby can be given my milk in my absence

1 January, 2015 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

The best way your child can drink their mother’s milk is from the breast but on certain occasions, such as when returning to work, we cannot be by their side. The methods of feeding and supplementing allow us to keep giving them the best. When we think of ways of nourishing our baby with extracted breast milk or formula, the first thing we think of is a bottle. In reality, the bottle is the method that is NOT recommended by…

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A mother’s nutrition has very little influence on the composition of her breastmilk

1 January, 2015 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Julio Basulto is a bestselling author of several nutrition books; he is the father of three beautiful daughters and happily married to dietitian-nutritionist Olga Ayllón. His books are highly recommended, as he has published 5 books on different subjects, and in all of them, he talks about the importance of breastfeeding in maternal and child health. In his book “Eating and running” he doesn’t speak about breastfeeding, although he does insist that exercise shouldn’t be a (another) hindrance to breastfeeding….

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