Non-profit organization dedicated to safe & healthy infant feeding
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Knowing the signs of newborn HUNGER is one of the most important things new parents should know. Keep your baby healthy, happy, and FULLY nourished to protect the newborn brain.
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This is a very well written paper questioning the ‘breast is best’ mantra ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29…
It highlights uncertainty as to whether the benefits associated with BF are caused by BF. They may be caused by confounding factors such as affluence or education ...
|The current ABM supplementation guidelines for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative say that crying and nursing for several hours are not indications for supplementation. They advise that breastfeeding should be evaluated but provide no guidelines for checking glucose..."
As a culture, we’ve set the bar so high, and put new moms under so much pressure to achieve the impossible, that they are literally dying. theestablishment.co/?p=2261 via @ESTBLSHMNT
One of the many upsetting stories we receive on a regular basis from families who have suffered due to misguided breastfeeding policies. #NOMOREcollateraldamage #safebreastfeeding #fedisbest
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Thank you @jamiewellsmd for bringing light to this important issue! #fedisbest
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Such an important message! Whether it's how they are born or what you feed them, a #healthy baby is the MOST important thing.
No matter which safe feeding method used, #fedisbest infant feeding week celebrates Healthy Families! #priorities #inclusivesupport #celebratehealth
More recent estimates of excessive jaundice in a Baby-Friendly-certified hospital system, Kaiser Permanente CA, which has among the highest EBF rates at discharge (JAMA 2016) showed that 12-20% of newborns developed hyperbilirubinemia of >15 mg/dL. fedisbest.org/2016/04/high-r…
No matter which safe feeding method used, #fedisbest infant feeding week celebrates Healthy Families! #priorities #inclusivesupport #celebratehealth
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A pervasive myth which has justified underfeeding. Learn more about the newborn stomach size: fedisbest.org/2017/06/newbor… #fedisbest
The #fedisbest guide to supplementing in the first days of life. Protect your newborn's brain while protecting your milk supply! No need for the "all-or-nothing" mentality. #combofeeding #safebreastfeeding
One of our incredibly talented Badass #FedIsBest mamas,
created several fantastic cartoon masterpieces to help us celebrate our second anniversary! #MentalHealthMatters
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Just discovered old article from some site shaming bottle feeding mums called La Leche. I still can’t see a single comment of mine quoted in it that is not correct, measured, or reasonable. Time they took it down and admitted their overzealous bullshit does more harm than good!
At #fedisbest, we believe parents have the rational capacity to make the best informed choices for their unique family situation. We don't need to debate what is "best" for you; it's not up to us. Between clinically safe feeding methods, true support means #individualizedcare
The WHO charts purportedly show “how infants and children should grow rather than simply how they do grow.” But they don’t measure how infants “should” grow, they measure how breastfed infants, including underfed infants, grow. It’s a classic example of the naturalistic fallacy:
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