Delayed Cord Clamping Delayed cord clamping is a term that you’ve likely heard of or read about if you are expecting a baby in the near future. At birth babies are attached to their placenta via their umbilical cord. The placenta is attached to the wall of the woman’s uterus. Once the baby is born the …
Your Newborn Baby; 5 Things You’ll Want to Know As the delivery day approaches you’ll have all kinds of feels. The idea of your newborn baby in your arms can be overwhelming and exciting all at the same time. As a New Family Support Specialist, I want to help enhance your experience. So today I’m sharing with you …
Getting Your Baby to Sleep, Tonight When my kids were newborns I could set my clock by them. They would wake every 2-3 hours. The oldest would wake each morning at 5:30am and be awake for a few hours before being ready for sleep once more. For a mom who is NOT a morning person, …
When and How Do We Stop “When and how do we stop __________?” This is a question we get asked all the time when working with families. You can fill in the blank with rocking them to sleep, nursing them to sleep, singing them to sleep, giving them a bottle, letting them sleep in our …
Pumping and Breastfeeding On The Fly First Coast Doulas knows that pumping and breastfeeding on the fly are a necessity! We support parents all over Jacksonville who need or choose to breastfeed and bottle feed, formula and breastmilk. Florida law protects a mother’s right to breastfeed her baby in any location, public or private, where the …
Breast or Bottle, Moms Unite Breast or bottle, I remain hopeful that we’ll let the love we have for our babies unite us, not divide us! I truly believe that deep down most of us love our children with a love as fierce as a lion protecting her cubs. We conceive by traditional …
Barefoot and Breastfeeding in the Mall, It Happens! I will preface this blog by saying that The Jax Baby Company fully supports a person’s right to feed their baby the way that is best for them! Sometimes that is breastfeeding uncovered and other times it is breast fully covered, bottle, formula, or donor milk! What’s …
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Make The Most of Your Time With Your Newborn Will you make the most of your time with your newborn? When you become pregnant you know that around 40 weeks give or take you’ll give birth to a baby. You hope that above all else you and your baby are healthy. You’ve thought about …
Reading to Babies Prior to my first pregnancy I read somewhere about the benefits of reading to babies. I sure am glad that I did because not only did I enjoy it, my babies loved it equally as much. Reading to babies helps them develop cognitive thinking skills, helps build their vocabulary, and it enhances …
In honor of World Breastfeeding Week I sat down with Jamie, a hard-working, bad ass mom to discuss her journey breastfeeding Aiden. Aiden is one of the most cuddliest little guys I have ever met, and I raised 3 boys myself. Jamie tells me that at the age of twenty-two, not married, still working on …
