Helping parents nurture healthy babies

A new study out shows an alarming fact:  15 percent of low-income parents are resorting to "formula stretching" by watering down their...
There’s a lot of education aimed at moms to help them do the best they can for their babies. One important message from the American Academy of...
If you've chosen to feed your infant formula, this blog entry is for you.  A recent study published in Pediatric Research found that infant...
My name is Chantal Saville and I am a formula feeder – by choice. I can imagine the audible gasps. Yes, I am coming out of the closet, throwing down the bottle and burning my breast pump. My daughter was born 20 months ago after four years of hope, anticipation and two miscarriages. I would say she was one of the most wanted children on Earth, but I’m sure many parents would claim this title for their own, so I will only say that she was the most wanted child in our household. My husband and I run a small monthly community newspaper from...
National Infant Feeding Poll Results -- Moms Across the Country Have Spoken!Below are highlights from a poll of mothers across the country about infant feeding issues. The study was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Public Opinion Strategies and surveyed over 800 moms with children under 12 months old. According to the firm, mothers of multiples, premature babies and adopted babies were screened out, because these mothers may have special circumstances that uniquely influenced decisions about how to feed their children. Overall, the...