What I Want You To Know About Why My Son Can’t Eat- FPIES
By Carrie Saum Dickson This guest post shares the feeding journey of 16 month of Echo as told by his mother. A breastfeeding, pumping, allergy story of a little boy…
Feeding Echo, Part 2- Solids, Vomit, More Pumping, Donor Milk, and FPIES
This mom made huge sacrifices to get her son breastmilk when breastfeeding didn’t work out, then allergies and FPIES.
Feeding Echo, part 1- Breastfeeding Trauma, Exclusively Pumping, and FPIES
This mom planned on breastfeeding but a stroke and severe allergies called FPIES have changed everything for her son.
Why Black Breastfeeding Week Is Important To Me
by Carmen Castillo-Barrett I am an immigrant Dominican mother, with African American roots on my father’s side. My husband is of Caribbean decent. We got pregnant with our daughter in…
Breastfeeding, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Oral Phase Dysphagia
Breastfeeding and Oral Phase Dysphagia, a neurologically-based lack of coordination of the chewing and swallowing mechanisms, and Sensory Processing Disorder.
Breastfeeding in public harassment and how you can make a difference
Being vocal in our stand against harassing mothers feeding their babies in public is an important part of supporting breastfeeding, women, children, and families. But is that enough? Not everyone is comfortable with approaches such as social media debates, nurse-ins, and talking to a TV crew but there are other, possible more effective, means of inspiring systemic change.
