Monthly Archives: October 2016

New AAP Statement On Infant Safe Sleep

breastfeeding, cosleeping, safe infant sleep, Thursday TruthsBy susanatthebox October 20, 2016

In the United States, there has been a controversy over the past decade about locations of infant sleep, pitting the research and promoters of safe co-sleeping with a breastfeeding dyad and the research and promoters of never allowing the breastfeeding baby into the parental bed. There are guilt-inducing media campaigns with a tombstone for a…

Drink a Beer–Have a Glass of Wine

breastfeeding, milk supply, Thursday TruthsBy susanatthebox October 16, 2016

Most new mothers are told, at one time or another, that if they drink a beer, it will help to increase breast milk supply. Or by drinking a glass of wine, the let-down reflex will improve. But does it? Let’s look at the history of the advice and the research about alcohol. Although these common…