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“Our society tends to produce the expectation that babies can and should become independent as quickly as possible. Babies are considered more independent when they sleep alone, sleep through the night, potty train, wean, etc., As a result, babies are often pushed toward these milestones before they are ready – emotionally or physically. Because of this societal mindset, many moms don’t even consider the idea that baby’s disinterest in breastfeeding might be temporary, but simply go ahead and wean.”

World Breastfeeding Week
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Interesting stuff here.

World Breastfeeding Week.
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Happy World Breastfeeding Week! 🙂
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Today is Day 1 of World Breastfeeding Week.

#NormalizeBreastfeeding.
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Some good activities to incorporate into you daily practices.
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There are various types of monitoring and various ways to approach monitoring.
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“Most birthplaces are starting to acknowledge the importance of keeping mothers and babies together for the first “golden hour” (or two) after the birth. The benefits to both mom and baby are well documented.

“Both mother and baby are less stressed when they are skin-to-skin and babies cry less. The baby’s body temperature, blood sugar levels, and breathing stabilize. Oxytocin flows through both of them, which stimulates uterine contractions to encourage the smooth delivery of the placenta and decreases blood loss. Oxytocin also gets milk production going.”
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