Let’s talk about another myth from the sea of misconceptions new mommies have to deal with. One of the common fallacies told to new mothers regarding breastfeeding is that Breastfeeding causes tooth decay in babies. The appearance of your child’s first teeth is a special moment for parents as a sign of their infant’s growth, but as soon as teeth form, the risk for tooth decay and cavities grows. Nursing mothers, don’t worry; today, we will prove this myth wrong …
Category: Myth Busting
Let’s talk about the stigma associated with breastfeeding that first-time mothers go through. Our society believes that nursing babies cause the mothers’ breasts to lose form; hence it is thought that breastfeeding causes breast sagging. It is due to this reason that some new mothers are reluctant to breastfeed their infants and instead choose to give them formula milk. It sounds overwhelming to bring a child into the world, nurture it, and provide for it completely for a year or two. …
So, we all know that motherhood in a desi family is linked with such a large number of myths that we cannot recognize the actual facts. Every other person has to give advice and most of our mothers fall for myths. Here I am mentioning a list of the myths associated with new mothers. You can help me make this list grow by adding more myths in comments, and I will keep on debugging these myths with research in upcoming …
When you are in the early period of motherhood and postpartum, you hear this term the most, that the baby is using you as a pacifier. Is my baby using me as a pacifier actually true? Let’s learn what it is. What is a pacifier? A Baby’s sucking reflex develops before it’s born. Some babies suck their thumbs or fingers even in the womb. They need something to suck on when they are born to stay calm. And hence they …
Today, we are here to talk about another myth, which is really common in desi households. Usually, old ladies say that a breastfed baby is clingy to the mother. Let’s bust this myth once and for all. In the early days of postpartum, it is very common for the babies to cluster feed. Cluster feeding is a phenomenon in which babies ask for breast milk after every few minutes for longer periods of time. They can ask for milk, even …
When you give birth to a baby the very first time, things usually don’t work. The first problem, which arises for most of the mothers is, not enough breastmilk, or as some say my milk didn’t come in. Let’s dig in the facts together to find out, why your breastmilk is not enough for the baby. What is Really Happening? Mommy, the thing that is really happening with our body is a miracle. You have just grown a full-fledged human …
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