Talking with Your Pediatrician about Breastfeeding

About this episode

This episode discusses how to effectively communicate with your pediatrician about breastfeeding and advocate for your baby's health.

When it comes to the overall health of your baby, you and your child's pediatrician need to be on the same page. So, how do you talk to your pediatrician about breastfeeding? How do you advocate for breastfeeding if your pediatrician is pushing alternatives, such as formula? And why are some pediatricians pushing for babies to eat solids prior to six months? Plus, the debate about tongue ties and lip ties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• breastfeeding
• pediatrician
• advocacy
• baby health
• tongue ties
• lip ties

Keywords

• breastfeeding
• pediatrician
• formula
• baby health
• tongue ties
• lip ties
• solids

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Mommy Media, megaphone.fm

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