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In the past, women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been discouraged from breastfeeding due to the medications that they have to take. What is MS? It is a disease that is unfortunately still mostly unknown---but causes are thought to be a combination of both environmental and genetic factors. The symptoms are caused by the immune systems response to environmental and infectious factors. Many symptoms are derived within the central nervous system (CNS) causing inflammation an

Maternal Sleep position has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, however do these accusations actually have valid evidence to support them? Many women and even doctors believe that the wrong sleeping position during pregnancy can cause still birth, fetal growth restrictions, and decrease uterine blood flow. Most studies have been retrospective-- meaning that there could be what is called a 'recall bias', essentially people forget causing error. One study assessed

WHAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY FOODS? It is really just a fancy word for introducing solid foods to your baby's diet. Your baby's diet should be exclusively breastfed, or formula, until the age of 6 months. Thereafter, you will begin to introduce solid foods. However, the majority of your baby's diet should still be composed of breastmilk. Complementary foods are done for two reasons: Starting to feed begins to develop motor skills, specifically ones that have to do with self-feeding

Last week we discussed tooth decay from bottle use. One way to combat this is through weaning to a cup. But as we know, our little ones can become attached to their bottle and it may be hard for them to give it up. So how do we start to wean them? It is not a matter of 'can they drink from a cup'. Even newborn infants, if supported correctly, can drink from a cup (in some cases-- it is recommended to feed your baby from a cup if specified). When it comes to taking a baby off