If you are thinking of switching from breastfeeding to formula, it is important you know that it can be difficult to
return to breastfeeding once you have stopped.
* Per Hale (2012), «mothers who ingest alcohol in moderate amounts can generally
return to breastfeeding as soon as they feel neurologically normal.»
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Breast refusal is stressful, but it is almost always possible to overcome it and
return to breastfeeding.
So feel safe to enjoy that holiday eggnog and
return to breastfeeding a few hours later.
Not
that returning to breastfeeding was in any way easy.
The return to breastfeeding has been incredible as more mothers are choosing to feed their babies the most natural food in the world - breast milk.
Having learned these facts of human development, I thought, if we learn about child development, and recover from our own childhood wounds and
return to breastfeeding our babies and keeping them in arms and sleeping with us, we can surely parent children who will have a better life than we have.
She continued to pump for her full deployment, and while she was not successful in having
him return to breastfeeding, he did receive her milk until he turned one year old, her original goal for breastfeeding.
If your baby is having a hard time switching to normal food and you need to
return to breastfeeding, you need to act swiftly to reengage the production cycle.
While replacement feeding was previously promoted to prevent postpartum HIV transmission, global guidance now recommends
a return to breastfeeding as the most effective strategy to enhance overall child survival.»