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Did you know that it is possible to get enough sleep and yet breastfeed during the night sleep hours?!  YEP!  We are here to tell you that it is!  It's every parents' dreaded fear right?!  Baby feeds well but is constantly waking up and you can't get back to sleep because well baby won't go back to sleep!  Or, worse, the baby gets back to sleep after you fed her but you are so stimulated with getting up that now you can't get back to sleep and yet you are e-x-h-a-u-s-t-e-d!

It is widely accepted that breastfeeding is the best for your baby.  What many people may not know is that it is not just the breast milk that a baby receives that makes it the best, but it is also the way the mouth functions and how the sucking mechanism at breast works which actually shapes the jaw, airway, and facial muscles that is very important.  Of course, there are a multitude of reasons why a mother may not be able to breastfeed her baby, at least for a short time. 

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