Recent Articles
Pediatric Sleep Expert FAQ: Working Parents and Baby Sleep
Struggling with your baby’s sleep? Discover expert tips from Nicole Morales, a pediatric sleep consultant, on improving sleep routines, managing toddler night waking, and creating a stress-free bedtime schedule. Help your family sleep better tonight!
Queen Bee Syndrome: Fact or Fiction in Modern Workplaces?
Although the Queen Bee phenomenon is still a common workplace occurrence, as time goes on, women understand the importance of having other women at their side. While it seems that more conclusive research needs to be conducted on the subject, this article has outlined practical strategies for coping with this phenomenon in the workplace.
Troubling Emotions
Meditation is a powerful means for exploring troubling emotions, allowing us to mentally label them. Labeling our emotions helps us to cut the attachment with these negative emotions and develop healthy responses to them. When you go inwards and fully experience these emotions without judgment, you become disentangled or “unstuck”.
Prioritizing Your Relationship When Your Baby Takes Center Stage
The arrival of a new baby brings joy, but it can also bring unexpected challenges to your relationship. Partners often feel neglected or demoted from their role as the number one priority, and there never seems to be enough time to do everything. Although your relationship may look different, there are ways you can navigate these difficulties and strengthen your bond.
When Joy is Overshadowed: Understanding Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression is a formidable opponent, but with the right support and resources, it is one that you can overcome. By acknowledging your feelings, seeking help, and embracing the support of loved ones, you can start to reclaim the joy that belongs to you and your journey through motherhood.
A New Way to Navigate the Contradictions of New Motherhood
Motherhood is full of unknowns. It's a constant juggle, from figuring out feeding and sleep schedules to balancing family and work life. Dialectical thinking allows us to explore these uncertainties with a more open and adaptable mindset. It's about understanding that sometimes there's no single 'right' answer, and that's perfectly fine.
Weight Loss And Exercise While Breastfeeding
Weight loss after birth is a concern for many mothers who want to quickly get back to their pre-pregnancy body. Much of this concern comes from societal expectations for new moms to “bounce back” and personal concerns about getting back to “normal”. But remember - you just birthed a new life!
Back To Work After Maternity Leave: Pumping Tips
Our Pumping and Feeding Guide For Returning To Work After Maternity Leave, helps moms who are breastfeeding continue to provide for their babies with a guide that includes discussions with employers, creating pumping schedules, and staying hydrated. The Leva Platform for New Mothers offers additional resources and support.
Taking A Shower Used To Be simple: How the new norms of motherhood mean self-care looks different.
Showering does more than cleanse the body, it’s a key to your overall well-being. The importance is not up for debate and yet it is often something that gets pushed aside and is often a topic of concern for new moms. It represents a broader challenge of finding time and energy for personal needs once becoming a mother.
Bonding Takes Time: Understanding A Feeling of Disconnection in Pregnancy
The uncertainty of what lies ahead is a significant factor for first-time mothers. The human brain is wired to generate a certain feeling of tension and even some nervousness when facing that is unknown to us, and pregnancy epitomizes a profound leap into new experiences. It’s natural for this uncertainty to affect the bonding process as you’re preparing for a life-changing event without a clear roadmap.
Breastfeeding Without Lactation
What a powerful experience for these two moms to get the bonding moments of both breastfeeding their baby even though neither one of their bodies were making milk. To them, it was their ideal feeding plan and it brought them so much joy. This story teaches us that roadblocks as major as breasts that aren't lactating don't have to stop you from having the feeding experience that means the most to you.
Healing Through Baby Blues: Although common, the emotional toll can't be ignored.
It's completely normal to feel the baby blues after giving birth. In fact, Johns Hopkins University reports that about 85% of new moms go through this emotional rollercoaster. It's easy to brush these feelings aside as just part of the journey, thinking they don't really need attention or support. But here's the thing: even the so-called "normal" baby blues can significantly affect those precious early weeks with your newborn.
When to see the doctor for fever?
Fever generally refers to a temperature of 38oC (100.4oF) or greater. It is not a disease in itself, but an adaptive response which indicates that the body is reacting to something. It is no surprise that fever is a cause of concern for most parents as fever usually indicates infection especially in newborns and infants.
What Is Phototherapy?
Yellowing of the skin, or jaundice, can be a normal occurrence for a newborn. If this happens to your baby, should you worry? You might ask, must you immediately bring your child to the doctor? What can you do if this happens to your baby?
Caloric Needs for Successful Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is a wonderful and natural way to nourish and bond with your newborn baby. As a breastfeeding mother, it is important to understand that your body requires additional calories to produce an adequate milk supply and maintain your own health. Proper nutrition and meeting your caloric needs are vital for the successful breastfeeding journey.
Getting Started With Solids
Empower Your Baby's Journey to Solid Foods with Levaapp
Embark on the exciting adventure of introducing solids to your little one with Levaapp's comprehensive guide. Discover when and how to introduce purees, move onto chunkier textures, and embrace self-feeding. Equip yourself with expert advice on introducing a sippy cup and spoon, all while ensuring your baby's nutritional needs are met with wholesome, delicious foods.
Keywords: solids, baby food, purees, sippy cup, spoon, nutrition, healthy eating, weaning, parenting
Motherhood and Eating Disorders
This is an article about eating disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. It discusses the causes, risks, and effects of eating disorders on both mothers and babies. The article also provides information on how to get help and cope with an eating disorder. Some of the important points from this website are that eating disorders can have serious consequences for both mothers and babies, and that it is important to seek help if you are struggling with an eating disorder.
Embracing The Unknown: A Journey Of Growth, Curiosity, and Connection
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth as you delve into the empowering message of embracing the unknown. This article highlights the significance of curiosity, encouraging you to step outside your comfort zone and explore new horizons. Uncover the transformative power of challenging assumptions and embracing life's unexpected turns. Keywords: embracing the unknown, curiosity, personal growth, overcoming fear, self-discovery, challenging assumptions, new experiences
An Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol, And How It Pertains To You
Recently, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine released its protocol for “Managing Nighttime Breastfeeding in Young Infants”. Here at Leva, we are firm believers in supporting mothers, and evidence-based practice. So, what does this lengthy protocol say, and how does it apply to you?
Breastfeeding With Hepatitis
Out of the many blood tests pregnant women receive, screening for hepatitis will be one of them. This is because a woman that is infected with hepatitis may pass the viral infection to her baby during the childbirth process. Hepatitis is a liver infection that is primarily transmitted through blood exposure which can easily occur during both vaginal and cesarean births. Hepatitis A and C are considered curable and people with hepatitis B usually clear the infection on their own after a few months, but some develop a chronic case and may test positive for a lifetime.