If you've
often nursed your child for comfort, find other ways to make him feel better.
While women would
often nurse the children of family and friends for no charge, many women were hired to breastfeed other children.
Not exact matches
Actress turned advocate, Alicia Silverstone, is
often criticized, mocked, and made fun of for her parenting choices (
nursing an older
child, etc).
Many
children will be fine with this, but it's
often best to stay away from shellfish altogether while you're still a
nursing mom.
Breastfeeding moms
often become uncomfortable
nursing older
children around others and will only
nurse at home.
Sick babies /
children will
often nurse even when they will not eat or drink, this helps prevent dehydration.
It sounds utterly ridiculous to say that you wish your
child would
nurse more
often so you could lose the baby weight.
We
often have no idea what breastfeeding really looks like until we're
nursing our own
child.
More
often than I'd like to admit, I left a cartful of groceries in the middle of the aisle to run out to the car, or ducked into a bedroom, or surveyed a building upon arrival to find a hidden place to
nurse, or lugged around an extra 15 lbs of bottles, pumped milk and ice, or made my crying, hungry
child wait for a bottle to warm.
Often children who aren't feeling well will want to nurse more often — in fact, breastfeeding may be in a sick child's best inte
Often children who aren't feeling well will want to
nurse more
often — in fact, breastfeeding may be in a sick child's best inte
often — in fact, breastfeeding may be in a sick
child's best interest.
From our role as wet
nurses in slavery being forced to breastfeed and nurture our slave owners
children often to the detriment of our
children, to the lack of mainstream role models and multi-generational support, to our own stereotyping within our community — we have a different dialogue around breastfeeding and it needs special attention.
Believe it or not, because of the sickness fighting benefits of breast milk and the fact that breastfed
children get sick less
often, a
nursing mom is less likely to call into work, according to a study on the economic benefits of breastfeeding.
Children who carry on breastfeeding beyond the age of two years tend not to
nurse anywhere near as
often or for as long as babies do.
I'm sometimes curious if the reason my
child will — thankfully — eat just about anything (except meat), is that I ate such a variety of foods while
nursing her,
often with less than pleasant results for her later that day.
If possible, have someone else around during the times when your
child often asks to
nurse.
There is such an overwhelming culture of independence in the U.S. that, as new parents, we're
often made to feel that if our
child needs us at all, we're creating a dependent attention - monster who will
nurse until they're fifteen and sleep in our bed until they leave for college.
You may be able to continue to breastfeed during certain types of procedures depending on your treatment plan, the age of the
child you're breastfeeding, and how
often your
child is
nursing.
However, please stay away from forming bad sleep associations, for example,
nursing him or her to sleep, or
often rocking the
child gently to sleep.
When your
child nurses more
often at night, go through this checklist to see if you can figure out what might be going on.
I say
often that I am
nursing my
children «until they are done.»
We practiced attachment parenting and natural term
nursing /
child led weaning, which meant Zoe and I were super closely attached (
often literally) for the first three to four years of her life.
We all know that
children's immune systems aren't as strong as adults» — maybe that's part of the reason
children so
often have the need to
nurse past infancy and toddlerhood.
But
often Traditional cultures don't / didn't have to because they sleep close meaning
children feel safe and secure, they breastfeed on demand (including night feedings) which allows infants and young
children to
nurse back to sleep, and they accept that there are reasons for wakings.
If you're
nursing a newborn, schedule feedings around their needs, since your older
child won't feed as
often.
We
often lie down in our
children's bedroom and
nurse while reading a book out loud before bed.
It's hard to get fluids into a sick
child but when they
nurse for comfort, they're also staying hydrated, getting valuable antibodies, and they're
often able to get better more quickly.
In her book, «Breastfeeding Older
Children» she lays out years of research and interviews in which mothers say that they did
nurse for many years - but
often did so in private after a certain age.
If you notice your
child waking up more
often during co sleeping than when he or she is sleeping in a separate bed or separate room, this may mean your baby is getting spoiled to the idea of having
nursing or bottle - feeding sessions whenever he or she wants them.
Teachers and school
nurses often remark at how exhausted some
children seem these days.
While it's not a necessity,
nursing pillows are
often considered to be vital when it comes to feeding your
child.
If your
child is vomiting
often and not keeping the milk down for long, it may be helpful to breastfeed frequently but limit the length of each
nursing session (so your
child takes in less milk at once).
Often, younger
children ask for a sample or to try
nursing.
I just had my 3rd
child so am
often nursing away from home.
A few months back, while visiting my grandmother (who never tried to breastfeed any of her three
children), she asked me how
often DS (15 months old at the time) was still
nursing.
Despite technological advances and slowly evolving parenting styles that accommodate them, modern women are
often as confined in their homes with their young
children as the servants, wet
nurses or nannies of the last century were.
A mother who is
nursing and becomes pregnant
often does not want to stop
nursing the older
child, especially if her
children are going to be very close in age.
For example, when Gloria on Modern Family — whose breasts are
often prominently displayed when not in use by a small
child — is shown
nursing her young son Joe, she's berated to cover up (grr!)
My older
child nurses less
often now, 1 - 3 times per day and not very long.
Mothers who breast - feed their
children often describe powerful memories of infants gazing up at them during
nursing.
Nursing and
child care, most
often provided by women, are not a luxury; they are a biological necessity.
Children with untreated asthma
often act out and get sent to the principal instead of the
nurse.
CISS was established in 1991 to respond to the fact that school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and
nurses often lack resources to serve
children and families adequately.
Involuntary seizures are the most well known characteristic of epilepsy, which is
often caused by brain malformations or tumors, head trauma and a variety of other diseases that cause lesions on the brain, according to Nancy Meers, Pediatric
Nurse Practitioner with the
Children's Epilepsy Center at
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.
If your pet is a therapy cat or dog who
often visit
nursing homes, hospitals or
children's centers, have your vet conduct a thorough examination and develop a preventive healthcare program, with an emphasis on preventing diseases which may be transmitted to humans.
After all, there are few areas that are really «denied» to men, if the level of operations demanded be transcendent, responsible or rewarding enough: men who have a need for «feminine» involvement with babies or
children gain status as pediatricians or
child psychologists, with a
nurse (female) to do the more routine work; those who feel the urge for kitchen creativity may gain fame as master chefs; and, of course, men who yearn to fulfill themselves through what are
often termed «feminine» artistic interests can find themselves as painters or sculptors, rather than as volunteer museum aides or part time ceramists, as their female counterparts so
often end up doing; as far as scholarship is concerned, how many men would be willing to change their jobs as teachers and researchers for those of unpaid, part - time research assistants and typists as well as full - time nannies and domestic workers?
When schools, churches,
nursing homes and other organizations fail to protect
children and vulnerable adults from sexual predators, the victims
often suffer lasting emotional harm.
A concomitant of this is that we must recognize that the most important «therapy» is
often carried out hy residential staff (youth workers,
child - care workers,
nurses) in their day - to - day interaction with young people.
This trusted relationship means that educators are
often the first referral point for families who want access to professional supports and services like mental health professionals and
child and maternal health
nurses.
Although not in their immediate job description, school
nurses often wear several different hats, including social worker and counselor, to help
children cope with non-medical factors affecting their learning.
MIECHV targets high - risk families who are most likely to benefit from intensive home visiting services, which use trained professionals (
often nurses, social workers, or parent educators) to help parents acquire the skills to promote their
children's development.