Solo Parenting While a Spouse Travels

By Amelia C.  My partner works for the federal government, and travel is a part of his job description. He has been gone throughout different seasons of our children’s lives – sometimes for a few days and sometimes… Read More

Poems from the Past: Part 2

Editor’s Note: The first issue of La Leche League News, a bimonthly LLLI newsletter for members, was published in 1958. The name was changed to New Beginnings in 1985. New Beginnings was acquired by La Leche League USA… Read More

Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! This week, New Beginnings would like to highlight some resources, stories, and recipes that celebrate and showcase breastfeeding and human milk feeding in AANHPI communities. The Asian… Read More

Introducing Solids While Nursing: Resource Roundup

Around the middle of the first year, many families think about offering solid foods to their breastfeeding baby. There is a lot of useful information on the topic of complementary feeding. This week on the blog, New Beginnings… Read More

Feeding with Intuition: Weighted Feed… or Not?

By Rebecca M. I recently saw an IBCLC because I was encouraged to do so by the pediatric dentist before having my baby’s tongue-tie revised. I was inexplicably nervous. This was my second baby, and things were going… Read More