and get ready for motherhood, we are on a tight budget. We are always concerned about getting good nutrition in while also keeping food very flavorful and whole. Anything packaged and “convenient” is out. I will be...

I would ask the new Mom if she is eating Tuna (mercury concerns with breastfeeding).

with the baby. But if you are breastfeeding, avoid spicy foods and too much onions. I think every nursing mom learned the hard way when they ate something spicy or gassy and had a sleepless baby about 24 – 30 hours later. I...

down. The other day I saw a first: While enjoying my pie, my cornor square, a lovely dark haired woman breast-feeding her infant in all possible modesty, while she was enjoying a slice. No one paid her any mind. No swarming of...

the iron study was a way to sell more formula and iron fortified rice cereal. It is no wonder that the ratio of breast-feeding mothers to formula feeder is low here in the states. You leave the hospital with bags of the stuff and...

I have to be on a dairy-free diet because I’m breastfeeding and my daughter seems to be allergic to the milk proteins that come through my milk. So now I need to find a way to replace the dairy products in my diet,...

I was a first time Mum last summer during the heatwave in the northeast so I can attest to the don’t want anything hot to deal with sentiment. While breastfeeding I was psycho crazed for sweet things and not having much...

Best wishes to the parents-to-be! Two notes — 1. If the mom is breastfeeding there are some ingredients that might not work so well for the baby. Broccoli & cauliflower are not advised. I’m not sure about dishes that...

Bad news about that sushi craving—I also desperately missed sushi during my pregnancy (which just ended three months ago!). My son’s pediatrician said that sushi was still off limits when breast-feeding. Sigh. I...

i totally agree with you on the length of breastfeeding in other cultures. For many children, one year is not enough, especially in cultures where other foods are scarce. I prefer to drink frotified rice milk as cows milk makes...

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions! Francesca suprised us all by being a week early - as a first baby we were expecting her to be late, arriving around the 20th, not Tuesday morning! She is a good little hound already, taking...

Good for you for breastfeeding and making a natural yogurt. You are sure to raise a little chowhounder. :) I’ve never made it myself, but I’ve heard through the grapevine that it works better to use fresh milk. And I...

'm ready to cut our losses and leave but, my wife is starved (breastfeeding has made her super hungry at times) and we have little time to go somewhere else. Upon the waiter’s return she does order the seafood pasta (sans...

that this restaurant is in walking distance of my house. I checked out the wine list and very much wished it wasn’t lunch, oh, and that my 4 month old daughter were safe at home, instead of breastfeeding with me. I will...

name of Mori-Nu “silken style tofu, extra firm” in your recipe above. Soy is the base for much infant formula which was heavily promoted and led to a decrease in breastfeeding in the US. Free samples were given to new...