Breastfeeding

The best places in Canada to breastfeed in public

The best places in Canada to breastfeed in public

"Forty-two percent of Canadian moms experienced criticism or prejudice for breastfeeding in public."

Jennifer Pinarski

Is it safe to drink alcohol while breastfeeding?

Is it safe to drink alcohol while breastfeeding?

The answer is yes, you can have a beer at the barbecue, even when you're nursing.

Karen Robock

A bridal party’s beautiful breastfeeding photo

A bridal party’s beautiful breastfeeding photo

Love, joy and friendship are captured in this lovely breastfeeding photo that a reader sent to us.

Today's Parent

Tips to help you prepare for breastfeeding

Tips to help you prepare for breastfeeding

Breastfeeding isn't always easy. Get help with these tips to help you prepare for breastfeeding.

Teresa Pitman

Breastfeeding protests in Ontario town can teach us all a lesson

Breastfeeding protests in Ontario town can teach us all a lesson

Why is there such a gap in understanding between the public and nursing moms when it comes to breastfeeding rights?

Jennifer Pinarski

Are public health campaigns to blame for postpartum anxiety?

Are public health campaigns to blame for postpartum anxiety?

It’s a case of information overload: Research has found new moms are more anxious because of single-issue health campaigns.

Jennifer Pinarski

Hey, I just met you. But it's not crazy. Cause I'm a mother. Feeding my baby.

Hey, I just met you. But it's not crazy. Cause I'm a mother. Feeding my baby.

Students at St. Francis Xavier turned Carly Rae Jepsen's catchy tune "Call Me Maybe" into a song about breastfeeding. And it's brilliant.

Ashley Metzger

Go Saskatoon! City helps normalize breastfeeding in public

Go Saskatoon! City helps normalize breastfeeding in public

Some businesses in Saskatoon have pledged to protect the rights of breastfeeding mothers, but will the general public be on board? Jennifer Pinarski hopes so.

Jennifer Pinarski

Social media win! Instagram allows breastfeeding photos

Social media win! Instagram allows breastfeeding photos

Instagram allows breastfeeding photos in its updated Community Guidelines, but Emma Waverman wonders if there's still a grey area open to interpretation.

Emma Waverman

Alyssa Milano: Breast milk confiscated at airport (update)

Alyssa Milano: Breast milk confiscated at airport (update)

"Not Okay." Check out Alyssa Milano breastfeeding Twitter rant against Heathrow Airport. Were they right to confiscate her breast milk?

Haley Overland

How to get a good breastfeeding latch

How to get a good breastfeeding latch

Mastering the latch will help make breastfeeding easier. Here's how to get a good breastfeeding latch.

TP staff

Breast milk facials? Um, no thanks!

Breast milk facials? Um, no thanks!

A spa in Chicago offers breast milk facials to its clients. Emma Waverman isn't sold on the idea.

Emma Waverman

Study links breastfeeding and higher IQs in adulthood

Study links breastfeeding and higher IQs in adulthood

New research finds a connection between breastfeeding and higher IQs in adulthood—but Jennifer Pinarski is skeptical.

Jennifer Pinarski

Facebook is OK with breastfeeding pictures—so why isn't everybody?

Facebook is OK with breastfeeding pictures—so why isn't everybody?

Facebook has changed its policies to allow people to post breastfeeding pictures. But the real problem is the people reporting the pics as inappropriate.

Emma Waverman

Breastfeeding moms to get paid breaks?: UK report

Breastfeeding moms to get paid breaks?: UK report

As UK politicians call for paid breastfeeding breaks, business leaders claim women would be less successful in their careers.

Jennifer Pinarski

Ameda Purely Yours Double Electric Breast Pump

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Ameda Purely Yours Double Electric Breast Pump

Kate Allen

Breastfeeding mom told she can't serve food at market

Breastfeeding mom told she can't serve food at market

A Halifax mom was asked by a health inspector to stop selling dry foods at local markets because she was breastfeeding.

Emma Waverman

Extended breastfeeding shouldn't be a big deal

Extended breastfeeding shouldn't be a big deal

In response to the backlash against a UK mom who breastfeeds her six-year-old daughter, Jennifer Pinarski says parents need to chill out.

Jennifer Pinarski

Nursing twins: 5 tips to make it easier

Nursing twins: 5 tips to make it easier

Having two mouths to feed can make nursing twins doubly difficult. But these expert tips can help.

Jennifer Febbraro

MIT holds contest to find a breast pump that doesn't suck

MIT holds contest to find a breast pump that doesn't suck

MIT's "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon" drew 150 innovators from around the world.

Emma Waverman