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In the early days of breastfeeding, mothers often think they are not making enough breastmilk due to colostrum being small in quantity and their baby's frequent feeding pattern. Interestingly, a woman's body knows to produce a small amount of colostrum to match the newborn belly, which is about the size of a marble. Colostrum is low in volume (measurable in teaspoons, rather than ounces) but packed with protein, carbohydrates and immune system factors. Frequent feeds help colostrum transition into mature milk in order to match the baby's growing belly. Therefore, if a baby is feeding well, wetting and popping, in the early days of life, frequent feeds should be viewed more as the normal course of breastfeeding rather than a milk supply issue

With weaning come feelings of getting your body back and possibly planning a bonfire to throw your nursing bras and breastpump right in the blaze :-)  But at the same time, you may feel sad closing that chapter in your parenting book. Read one mom's top ten list of things she will miss once her baby has weaned. We heart her number nine!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-tate/what-i-will-miss-about-breastfeeding_b_2118814.html

In Manhattan, Amanda Cole, who owns Yummy Mummy on Lexington Avenue, is busy rounding up as many moms as she can for the Big Latch On—a simultaneous breastfeed this Saturday across the country—to break the record.

“Embrace your motherhood,” she says.

Cole says in New York, breastfeeding isn’t as taboo as it is in other parts of the country.

“I think it’s becoming more and more normal, more and more comfortable for people,” she says.

Cole calls breastfeeding a “beautiful experience” that has physical and emotional health benefits for both mother and child.

“Babies who breastfeed have lower risk of ear infection, respiratory infections, and SIDS as well. For mom, lower risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, postpartum depression,” she says.

For more information you can check out www.biglatchon.org.

Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08/02/upper-east-side-store-owner-trying-to-help-break-breastfeeding-record/