On the Huffington Post Parent blog today I read a piece written by Heng Ou, the author of The First 40 days: The Essential Art of Nourishing The New Mother, the blog post was also on the idea of mothering the mother. I have thought a lot about this topic lately. One of my prenatal yoga students is Vietnamese and she practices the act of confinement after birth. She stays home for 30 days and her mother comes and takes care of her, so she can snuggle and love her new baby. Her

In our practice it is rare we will weigh a baby. We find that there are a lot of numbers for mom to keep up with, often causing worry and anxiety. Some lactation consults will weigh before an after a feeding. Not only do we find this number to not be an accurate indication of volume intake, we also find that it can cause a mother unneeded stress. We just simply ask " how many poopy diapers are you changing a day?". If baby is peeing and pooping often they are taking in the vo