Benefits of Breastfeeding

Breast milk (as opposed to artificial milk that the food industry is trying to force upon us) has many benefits.

1. Superior nutrition

2.  Less Diarrhea

3.  Greater immune health

4. Higher Intelligence

5. Long term health effects

6. Fewer infections

7. Less atopy

8. Protection against Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

9.  Health Effects for mothers

10.Bonding

11.Hormone Release

 12.Weight loss

13.Natural postpartum infertility

Proudly introducing...

Great news! Our little family will soon be extended with another baby. Everything is going fine and we are all looking forward to May 2011 when she will be born. The doctor is quite convinced it will be a girl, and our gut feeling tells us he is probably right.

We'll keep you posted and can hopefully publish some nice pictures. The scan at the beginning of our post is not so clear unfortunately.

Money for a Tree

In the town of Grimbergen where we live, they have an interesting birth incentive: every child that is born in this community, gets a choice of two gifts. Either 50 euro, or 25 euro and a tree. The tree is planted once a year (together with the trees of other babies) in a big gree area.

We choice of course for the second option. Money is something you can find everywhere, but a tree with your child's name on, that is much more special. The next tree-planting session will be in September