If you feel burping is helpful to your baby, then keep doing what you’re doing.

But as Karleen Gribble (@westernsydneyu) + Nina Chad PhD (@Sydney_Uni) write, If it's stressing you or your baby out, then you don’t have to keep doing it. theconversation.com/do-we-really-n…

WHO Council 'A forward-thinking example': breastfeeding be recognized in food & well-being statistics, & investments in #breastfeeding be considered a carbon offset in global financing arrangements for sustainable food, health & economic systems.' t.ly/Z2Apa #auspol

New The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article with DrNinaChad on burping babies! Synopsis: non-universal cultural practice with little evidence for benefit or not, sling use can reduce crying and assist in caregiving, do it if you want but don't stress if not. theconversation.com/do-we-really-n…

Read our related review and opinion article from 2022:

Effective Communication About Pregnancy, Birth, Lactation, Breastfeeding and Newborn Care: The Importance of Sexed Language.

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

'Chestfeeding' to be banned in NHS crackdown.

“The new NHS constitution will emphasise the importance of using “sex-specific” language in the health service…” telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

A mother’s right to breastfeed her child is protected by law in every state & territory in Oz. breastfeeding.asn.au/resources/brea…

Our medical mums & their babies feel welcome, because we accommodate them in both the main room and in a separate space. ABA #BMNANZ24

I will be speaking this Monday evening AEST at the ANU-hosted, 'Gender budgeting for financing maternity care in Australia’s federal system’ about consideration of the mother-infant dyad during the COVID-19 pandemic. Registration is free, come if you can!

A solution to this is including breastfeeding and caring for infants in GDP frontiersin.org/journals/publi…

📢NEW research on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies ( #IYCFE ) added to the IYCF-E Repository!
Topics include #wetnursing in emergencies, induced #lactation in #refugee settings and more. ennonline.net/ife/iycferepos…

Today I delved into my archive and rediscovered this delightful letter to the South African Medical Journal on grandmothers breastfeeding their grandbabies (in one case after a 32 year lactation gap). Breastfeeding is robust and flexible. Relactation can be achieved quite simply.

Parents often face well-meaning opinions and conflicting advice about what to feed their babies. Karleen Gribble + colleagues (@westernsydneyu, University of Sydney ) explain what parents need to know now.

theconversation.com/when-can-my-ba…