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The Number One Mistake Parents Make When Heating Breast Milk Most people are aware that overheating breast milk can significantly damage the nutritional and immunological value, but the real question is how hot is too hot.You'd be surprised to know that it is a much lower temperature than you might think. There are lots of great resources out there about handling breast milk, most of them written by doctors, and you should definitely take a look at some of those resources. The majority of them will advise you to heat milk in a bowl of warm water. Seems easy right? ...Well, as new...

In a nutshell, using mason jars to store breast milk means one less thing to buy, one less thing to spill, and one less thing to throw away.  Eliminating all that waste feels pretty good. Here are the Top 5 Reasons to Store Breast Milk in Mason Jars: 1. You'll Have Less to Wash With Mason Bottle, your storage jar will become the bottle itself. This will simplify not just clean up, but your whole pumping and feeding routine. 2. You'll Save Money. Breast milk storage bags can only be used once, but mason jars can be used over and...

When I hear the term “picky eater”, I think of my younger brother whose dietary mantra was “nothing that grows” until the age of 11. As sustainable as a diet of crust-less PB sandwiches and Yoo-hoo is, it sure made my mom miss the good-ole baby days of simple feeding from a bottle. So this means newborns and babies are easy, right? The “picky eater” gene doesn’t develop until they are well into their toddling days, right?  Wrong. The truth is that babies can be just as choosy when it comes to bottle feeding. Rats.  Just as your infant is special,...

Sometimes preparing to interact with your baby can fell a lot like prepping for surgery. Here you have this perfect little person, innocent, pure…and oh-so susceptible to germs. A mother’s first instinct?   STERILIZE.   Whether it’s wiping down the blocks you took to the park, throwing blankie in the wash, or handling your feeding gadgets with care, cleanliness is always the top priority and sometimes the cause of mild paranoia.   When we talk about germ free babies and keeping clean, a popular discussion point can be found right under your baby’s nose….the bottle and the nipple.   Since...

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