Parenting Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“Mothers who share a bed or use a three-sided cot attached to the bed are far more responsive to their babies than those who…

— Gabrielle Palmer

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the…

— Grantly Dick-Read

“arrangements for many families and may be more “normal” than baby’s sleeping separately in a crib. You cannot force sleep upon a baby. Creating…

— William Sears

“The role of the baby in all aspects of breastfeeding has been underestimated, and one scientist described this part aptly as “the baby in…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastfeeding was far more successful for the mothers cosleeping than those who slept apart.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In most traditional societies babies and mothers have a period of time to establish breastfeeding. Techniques have been learned unconsciously at an early age…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It is not easy to establish exclusive breastfeeding in a world where mixed feeding is normal, but it is possible as researchers have shown.…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Damaging hospital practices made breastfeeding a near-impossible procedure and only women with alternative sources of support and knowledge were able to do it.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In spite of continual railing against those unworthy mothers who did not suckle their babies, there was little interest or research into the causes…

— Gabrielle Palmer

Breastfeeding is an unsentimental metaphor for how love works, in a way. You don’t decide how much and how deeply to love - you…

— Marni Jackson

I hate to admit this, but before we had a baby I was kind of weirded out by breastfeeding. It looked strange, and I…

— David Alan Basche

“In the same way, breastfeeding is seen as a woman’s topic. Though women are often told whether or not they should do it, it…

— Gabrielle Palmer