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From A Cow’s Milk Intolerant Bottle Fed Reflux Baby – To little Miss Happy!

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:10:45 +0000

Nicola’s Story:

My daughter was born in December and I had been determined to breastfeed her- I didn’t with my first and always regretted it.

From the word go I knew something wasn’t right – constant pain and clicking when …

Diagnosed “Reflux Baby” From Mostly Bottle – To Mostly Breast…

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:13:51 +0000

Kerry & Louie Brown’s Story

Louie is my third child and after having problems with feeding previously with my other two children, I was determined to breastfeed this time. I researched it the best I could and as soon as …

We don’t DEMAND feed, we CUE feed…

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:49:40 +0000

de·mand

verb

Insist on having
A very firm statement that you want something

an outraged public demanded retribution.

Recently we have heard a lot about “feeding on demand”, but I really don’t think it accurately describes the breastfeeding relationship.

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How tongue tie division changed our life!

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:30:14 +0000

Louie was born on the September 2010 by elective c section at 37 weeks, weighing 7lb 15oz. I was warned of several potential problems at delivering the baby so early, such as-breathing issues, sleepy baby, jaundice etc, but because I had a T …

Kate’s experience supported by Milk

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:07:22 +0000

I first met Charlotte when my little boy was 5 days old. Since leaving hospital 2 days before I had been trying to feed him, which meant lengthy times on the breast up to 3 or 4 hours, and that …

Free Milk Matters breastfeeding antenatal session when you book a doula!

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:14:27 +0000

We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with Everday-Miracle birth and doula services, to offer a free Milk Matters antenatal session to every mum that books their full birth support package! Lisa covers areas with …

The hidden cause of feeding problems? (however you feed your baby)

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:32:21 +0000

It’s not always obvious, the tongue can look ENTIRELY normal to the untrained eye… Sometimes it’s pulled into a heart shape or the attachment may be visible on the tip of the tongue? But this is just one type, …

Foremilk/Hindmilk and a lot of confusion!

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:32:33 +0000

Thought I would share a really popular article from my personal blog.

Something that comes up a lot is the question of foremilk, hindmilk and how to ensure baby gets not too much of the first and enough of …

Infant Formula – What IS The Magic More?

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:43:14 +0000

My baby needed more than just breastmilk.

Breastmilk wasn’t filling him so we had to give formula

Baby was big/hungry and not satisfied on breastmilk alone, big babies sometimes need more than exclusive breastfeeding.

My baby isn’t getting what she
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Breastfeeding & Tooth Decay

Charlie (Milk Matters) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:04:15 +0000

A question often asked is does breastfeeding, particularly nightfeeds affect teeth? There is often a lot of confusion around this area with many health professionals recommending night weaning once the child has teeth. Given some get teeth as early as …