What is tandem breastfeeding? This practice is getting more and more common and out of the tabu zone and refers to breastfeeding two children of different ages. In this article, we answer the most asked questions about it. Remember that you can always send us more questions, and we will happily answer! Do I have to take any special precautions? Most mothers are worried that the older child will “take” the milk away from the younger baby, and some mothers…
“My baby is 5 weeks old and I don’t understand what’s wrong with him. Breastfeeding is going really well, and he relaxes and falls asleep at the breast, but the problem comes when I leave him in his crib. He just won’t sleep! He wakes up after a short time, and it starts all over again. I don’t understand why he doesn’t stay quiet in his crib. It’s as if he has a sort of radar. On the other hand,…
Premature weaning can have different definitions depending on the point of view from which it is approached. From a public health point of view, international organizations such as the WHO emphasize the recommendation to maintain exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and up to 2 years of age or until the mother and infant desire. We refer to premature weaning when breastfeeding stops, but the mother did not wish nor want to do so. According to Ballesta et al., in Spain,…
What are percentiles? Percentiles and growth charts are tables where the normal growth of healthy infants is illustrated. There are 5 ascending curves marked on the table corresponding to each percentile: 3rd, 15th, 50th, 85th, and 97th. Occasionally, babies do not follow the weight percentiles in which they are born or even drop in percentiles throughout their growth. It is important to note that percentiles do not tell us whether a baby is healthy or not, but they simply reflect…
A growth spurt, also sometimes called a breastfeeding crisis, is a response by the baby to a clear increase in milk demand. Your baby will now ask to breastfeed at all times and may be nervous, irritable, and seemingly insatiable. Coincidentally, these demand increases occur around the same time for all babies. This shows that it is a common, biological, and necessary behavior that most of us go through. Some mothers may not notice it, but most do, and it…
Some days ago, an opinion article with the striking headline, “Inside the Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues,” was published in the prestigious New York Times. In this article, personal cases, situations, and first-person experiences about the process of performing a tongue-tie release (or frenotomy) are reported. We wanted to take this opportunity to share with you our clinical team’s opinion and how we think about certain points of view in the management of lingual ankyloglossia or tongue-tie. Stomatognathic functions…
Did you know that in addition to milk blisters or blebs, red spots, black spots, or blisters can also occur on the nipple during your breastfeeding journey? Whether they are transparent blisters or white spots, having any of these annoying situations means that something can be avoided or improved. In this article, you can find out what you could be having on your nipple and how you can fix it. Infection spot If the spot that appears on your nipple…
Today we introduce you to Dr Amparo Perez who has been a pediatric dentist for 30 years. She treats babies and pregnant women in clinics in Spain. In addition, she coordinates a Master’s degree in integrated pediatric dentistry at the University of Murcia and is a collaborating professor COII at the Morales Meseguer Hospital in Murcia. We are very glad to have talked to Amparo because, after this interview, we can’t highlight enough her great work, which is 100% focused…
When a new baby arrives, a couple becomes a family, and the roles of the partner change. The partner’s role is very important in the breastfeeding process, and he (or she) must be informed and support the mother’s decisions. We would like to highlight that although in the title of this article, we refer to the ‘father,’ we will be referring to the non-pregnant partner, regardless of their gender. In fact, this information is also useful for all other people…
When talking about breastfeeding in pregnancy, we come across contradictory messages that rarely have a scientific basis. This leads the mother or breastfeeding person to have doubts when planning a pregnancy during lactation or fears if she is already pregnant. Lack of research on pregnancy during breastfeeding The first thing to note is that scientific publications on the subject are notably absent. In addition, most of the publications that are less than 10 years old are literature reviews and therefore,…