Dr. Newman Articles on Breastfeeding Management

Dr. Jack Newman is a Toronto pediatrician who has practiced medicine since 1970. In 1984 he established the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, and he now holds breastfeeding clinics in several hospitals in the Toronto area. Dr. Newman is a consultant with UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and is a popular speaker at breastfeeding conferences. He is the father of three children, all breastfed.

His articles offer advice for breastfeeding problems, and some of his articles deal with support. Those mothers experiencing a breastfeeding problem or those in the medical community may benefit from the information provided here.

Breastfeeding: Starting Out Right
Importance of Skin-to-Skin Contact
How Breastmilk Protects Newborns?
Is my Baby Getting Enough Milk?
Latching Instructions by Barnes
When the Baby Refuses to Latch On
Breast Compression
Blocked Ducts and Mastitis
Risks of Artificial Feeding
Colic in the Breastfed Baby
Breastfeeding a Toddler
Miscellaneous Treatments
Finger Feeding
Breastfeeding and Guilt
How to Know a Professional Is Not
     Supportive of Breastfeeding
Slow Weight Gain after a Few Months
You Should Continue Breastfeeding
     - (Illness in Mother or Baby)
Breastfeeding and Jaundice
Treatment for Sore Nipples and Breasts
You Should Continue Breastfeeding - (Drugs)
Some Breastfeeding Myths
Still More Breastfeeding Myths
Breastfeeding and Other Foods
Sore Nipples
Candida
Mother Works Outside the Home