Breast feeding News

Do supplements in baby formula prevent allergies?

A research review suggests that prebiotic supplements in infant formula may help to prevent eczema and avoid other types of allergies.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

U.S. breast feeding rates show an increase

Newly reviewed data shows that breast feeding rates for U.S. mothers has increased over a ten year period. Based on the most recent figures, 75% of mothers choose to breast feed their babies.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 1 comment

Study: Breastfed babies tend to cry more

Breastfeeding babies could be crankier than bottle-fed babies, and new mothers should be informed this heightened irritability is natural, a new study by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in Cambridge, England suggested.

In the Media by Elizabeth Cunningham Perkins - 1 comment

Traditional Parents Tend To Have Well-adjusted Tykes

Do you tell your kids no from time to time? Did you breastfeed? Do you want your kids to achieve greatness? Chances are your children are doing well then. A British study is showing that being a traditional parent is a good way to have well adjusted kids.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

Breast-feeding Driver was Belligerent, Says Fellow Motorist

Quick. What is a woman called when she breast-feeds her child AND talks on the phone AND chews out a fellow motorist--while driving a car? Well, in Kettering, Ohio she is called “charged with child endangerment.”

In the Media by Christine Mattice - 10 comments

Drug Cuts Risk Of Mother To Infant HIV Transmission

Taking the drug nevirapine may help prevent HIV in babies with HIV-positive mothers who breast feed but if they do come down with the virus there is a greater chance that the infant will have drug-resistant HIV.

In the Media by KJ Mullins

Facebook makes a boob: breast feeding mothers don’t like being called 'obscene'

A group of irritated women calling themselves “lactivists” are after some justice after images of breastfeeding women were removed and some members banned for posting “obscene” content. If that sounds archaic, wait till you read the article.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 15 comments

Breastfeeding alone cuts HIV risk

An Africian study says breastfeeding until a baby is six-months old can significantly reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission

In the Media by Bharvi - 6 comments

Are powdered baby formulas safe?

Sakazakii is a bacteria found in some powdered baby formulas.

In the Media by soome2000

Parents protest airline treatment of breast-feeding passenger

About 30 parents and their children sat in front of an airline counter Wednesday to protest the treatment of a passenger who said she was kicked off a plane for breast-feeding her child.

In the Media by bulanjing - 1 comment