Moms Need Help With Breastfeeding

A study out of Brisbane Australia has shown that mothers don’t need to be made to feel guilty about not breastfeeding.  Instead, what they really need is help with breastfeeding.
Joy Parkinson of the Queensland University of Technology in Australia…

500 Calories Burned by Breastfeeding

Here’s yet another incentive to breastfeed:  you will slim down faster!  According to a New York Department of Health campaign, you can burn 500 calories per day from breastfeeding.
The $1.6 million health education campaign was launched last week to…

Recession Causing Low US Birth Rates

The recession has affected many areas of U.S. life and now it’s hitting birth rates.  The Associated Press reports that birth rates are at the lowest they’ve been in a century.  They have declined from 14.3 births per every 1,000…

New Law Aids Breastfeeding Moms At Work

The benefits of breast feeding are well documented, and women who breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of their newborn baby’s life have been shown to have medically benefited their children by showing lower instances of pneumonia, and later…

Choose: Unique or Traditional Baby Name?

According to our research, the top baby names are Jacob, Michael and Ethan for boys, and Emma, Isabella and Emily for girls. It probably isn’t surprising if you know anyone who is considering baby names. But a recently published study…