Topic: Infant Feeding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Waiting longer to start infants on solid food could make for slimmer adults, new research shows. "The later you introduce complementary feeding to an infant, within the range of 2 to 6 months, the smaller is the risk that the infant will be overweight as adult," Dr. Kim Fleischer Michaelsen of the University of Copenhagen, one ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Widely used antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may delay a woman's breast milk production soon after giving birth, a new study hints. In a survey of 431 women who gave birth at one U.S. medical center, researchers found that seven of the eight women on SSRIs did not have their breast ...
Feeling frazzled with breastfeeding? You're not alone. Review our tips for success.
The first few weeks of breastfeeding can be very challenging for a new mom. Here are a few tips to help you succeed:
- Choose a comfortable place to nurse. Sit back, rest your head and neck and use a foot rest to enhance your ...
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Children who are breastfed for longer than six months could be at lower risk of mental health problems later in life, according to Australian research. A study by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth looked at 2,366 children born to women enrolled in a pregnancy study in the state of Western Australia. Each ...
