As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant’s diet can affect both ...
As a new parent, one of the things you might worry about is feeding your baby. You may ask yourself, “Am I giving enough milk? How often should I feed them? Are they getting what they really need?” It ...
The first 40 days after giving birth, often anointed the "fourth trimester", are an important period of adjustment for the baby and parents. Indeed, understanding the needs of feeding the baby, ...
Ann L. Kellams receives funding from NICHD for her research and Pediatric UptoDate as an author. She is the immediate past-president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. But I struggled to ...