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Kristy Carr with Goat founder of Bubs Australia Aussie Bubs

I helped import 1 million tins of formula to the U.S.: Here’s what I want parents to know

Kristy Carr, mom of three and founder of Bubs Australia and Aussie Bubs, is working 24/7 to get infant formula on store shelves safely—and in record time.

Updated Oct. 31, 2022
baby vitamins: mother bottle feeding infant at home

Do I need to give my baby vitamins? A dietitian shares what you need to know

Your infant gets most of what they need from breastmilk or formula—but there are a few important exceptions.

Updated Feb. 28, 2024
mother taking mirror selfie of her pumping

One mama’s important message: Normalize all the ways you can feed your baby

Normalize breastfeeding, formula, bottle feeding and pumping. Or a combo of all. And most importantly: Normalize not shaming yourself for how you feed your baby.

Updated Aug. 30, 2022

Breast wasn’t ‘best’ for me

Bottle feeding my baby made me a happier mom.

Updated Oct. 01, 2022

When the doctor said my baby needed to gain weight, we supplemented with formula

I had my heart set on exclusively breastfeeding, but as I've now seen, I know it's not the only "right" way to feed your little one.

Updated Aug. 30, 2022

I had to fight to be heard when it came to feeding my baby at the hospital

And I would tell any new mother to do the same.

Updated Sep. 28, 2022
black and white photo of a woman sitting and smiling at baby - essay on birth trauma

Stephanie on birth trauma and finding the validation she needed to get help

"I thought as a mental health professional myself, I would be more aware of what I was going though and of the impact it had on me, but I was so lost, so sucked into the pain and loneliness and suffering, that I couldn't see through the fog."

Updated Feb. 01, 2023

There is no easy way to feed a baby

Why are all of our options so hard?

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Feeding my baby formula made me a better mama

I was breastfeeding my daughter, and it was going well, but I did not feel like other mothers who describe the whole thing as an incredible bonding experience.

Updated Aug. 23, 2022

My breastfeeding journey taught me that fed really is best

I'd been conditioned to think that since I was a woman, breastfeeding would be the most natural thing I've ever done. I forgot in all of this that all humans are different and that's part of the beauty of life.

Updated Jan. 24, 2019

To the mama trying to feed her baby the best way she knows how

Take a deep breath. It’s going to be okay.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Confession: I love/hate my breast pump

It’s complicated. ?

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

From Sperm Donor to Daddy

A gay dad opens up about his emotional and unexpected journey into parenting.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

How I learned to stop feeling guilty about not breastfeeding

What happens when breastfeeding isn’t as easy as you thought it would be?

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Relax, mama: 4 baby issues you don’t need to worry about

Being a new mother is challenging enough without adding unnecessary pressure and worry to our plates.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023
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