The Absolute Best Baby Shower Gift Idea?and Equally Awesome Business Opportunity!

 



The Absolute Best Baby Shower Gift Idea?and Equally Awesome Business Opportunity!Submitted By: Myla Madson  

I was invited to my sister?s baby shower recently and in the process, discovered my next business venture?diaper cake making!

I had rushed to the store, the day of the event of course, and bought the customary bib and pacifier set for baby, along with a nursing bra for mom, plopped them in a gift bag with tissue paper poking out of the top and arrived fashionably late, fingers crossed that this was a catered affair.

I noticed a beautiful cake on the gift table almost immediately and wondered why it had been placed there, amongst all the presents. As hungry as I was and seeing no catering truck or staff, I figured this was a fortunate over-sight for me and inched my way closer to the cake to swipe a finger full of icing to stabilize my blood sugar.

Much to my dismay and weakening knees, I discovered the cake was made out of diapers. As dumb as I thought this was, I couldn?t help but look at the darned thing in utter amazement. My dear friend Leslie informed me Ms. Matilda had made it by hand and was, at least in the opinion of most of the party goers, a pompous show off and was currently receiving the cold shoulder from everyone aside from the appreciative mother to be.

As is my nature, I cornered Matilda and raved over her diaper cake in order to get information on the cost and exact construction procedures used to make this unique gift that had so many women upset, and out-shown. I saw business opportunity here and I wasn't letting Matilda out of my sight until I had the information I needed to formulate a business plan to sell diaper cakes!

When Matilda told me these things frequently go for over $100 on the internet I new I had a winner. She told me she had spent about fifty dollars on the diaper cake she made but that it was just jam-packed with all kinds of little baby goodies?and that gold cloth certainly is not cheap, but neither was she, so no expense was spared in it?s construction.

I waived her away and immediately called my daughter to see if she could find any diapers lying around the house. She told me no one in our house wore diapers anymore, not since grandpa Joe had moved back in with daddy down at the apartment complex.

Baby diapers I screamed! I need baby diapers!

Guest were looking at me uneasily, backing slowly away, so I quickly apologized and said I wasn?t feeling well and that I needed to leave. I kissed my sister goodbye, snapped a picture of the diaper cake with my cell phone and rushed off to the Warehouse Super Store to pick up a pallet of baby diapers.

I tend to get a head of myself when I think I?ve got a great idea and there is money to be made. Unfortunately, Matilda obviously had much better diaper cake making and decorating skills than I because my first few attempts at this seemingly simple process was anything but.

So, off to the internet I went in search of diaper cake making instruction. To my amazement, there was actually information on this subject matter meaning there was obviously a market for someone who may want to do this as a business.

I picked up some tutorial videos and was quite amazed just how far you can take a diaper cake. I started off with some basic plans and worked my way up to a seven tier diaper cake master piece that I later sold for $250.00!!

Of course you are going to have to find an upscale client to purchase such a cake but they are certainly out there. Baby showers are a pretty big deal to a whole lot of people and they spend a fortune making sure everything is just right.

Throw in the fact that most moms to be cannot eat a lot of sugar and this diaper cake is an amazing option to your traditional, calorie laden baby shower cake!

About the Author:

If you want to be the envy of every girl in the room at your next baby shower, or just want to make money selling these unique gifts, please go to my website to watch a basic diaper cake instructional video and to get more information on this fun and lucrative business opportunity. Go to http://www.MylaMadson.com/diapercake

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Put Your Mortgage Business Advertising on a Bag

Put Your Mortgage Business Advertising on a Bag

Have you had a prescription filled recently for either you or a family member? Take a close look at the bag that it comes in? Depending on your situation...there may be a huge opportunity here to promote your Mortgage Business.

The prescription bag that my pharmacy uses is called a medibag and according to the little note on the bag, it's recyclable, renewable, and biodegradable (Yes...I'm impressed). It's roughly 5 inches wide and 10 inches long and room for 5 space ads on each side. Each two-color ad would be approximately 1.25 by 4.25. You can of course, commit to double for even triple the ad space.

Here's a few of the national demographics on this type of advertising according to the www.medibag.com web site:

An average pharmacy fills about 500 prescriptions each week...74% of pharmacy customers are 50+ years of age...The average customer has an annual income of $59,000, owns a home, and has 2.6 children...Adults over 50+ have over 1.9 trillion in spending power and a net worth almost twice the national average...Adults 50+ age group have a per capita income that is 26% higher than the national average.

You can check your local demographics and how they compare by going to Google, and then searching using the following statement: your city state demographics. What did we ever do before Google?

As you all know, I'm not a big fan of expensive space advertising such as newspapers, magazines, and the like. Regardless of the claims of publications like this, I have found the life span (or readability) of this type of advertising is much too short.

This idea caught my attention because of the huge number of exposures in comparison to the investment. For about $364 you'll receive 24,000 exposures. In other words, your ad will appear on 24,000 bags for your local pharmacy. That's about a one year's supply of bags at your pharmacy using an average of 500 prescriptions per week. That works out to about 1.5 cents per bag or exposure. You'll have to agree...that's extremely reasonable.

Your contract period is for 24,000 bags and not connected with a time period. If your local pharmacy fills 600 prescriptions per week, then your contract period works out to about ten (10) months. If the pharmacy fills 400 per week, your contract period will work out to be fifteen (15) months.

The breakdown of the ten available advertising positions on my sample bag showed the following advertisers: the pharmacy (2), a dentist (1), a florist (1), a fitness center (1), an optometric physician (1), a cosmetic surgeon (1), a nursing facility (1), and a local bank (2).

As you can see, there are no Realtors/Agents, Mortgage Companies, Loan Officers or Mortgage Brokers as advertisers. The local bank is a new single branch operation making a big push to gain depositors.

Should you commit to this type of program, try to secure an exclusive agreement up-front which effectively locks-out and prevents other mortgage professionals from advertising as long as you continue to re-new contract. You should even try to eliminate Realtors/Agents as well. As you know, their mortgage entity will follow on their coat tails and could destroy the exclusivity of your advertising.

About the Author

About the Author: Tom Domin has over twenty-five years of experience in sales and training in Real Estate and as a Licensed Mortgage Broker. He is currently publisher of Tom's Mortgage Tips a twice monthly Mortgage Newsletter for Mortgage Professionals. You can sign-up by visiting www.MortgageMarketingToolKit.com/

35 Promotional Tips for Writers

Whether you just published your first book or your tenth, whether you write poetry, fiction or non-fiction, the key to book sales is marketing and promotion. Poetry is not going to make a writer rich. However, being recognized as a published poet can lead to paid gigs. There are a number of things you can do as a poet to market yourself. Many of these tips also apply to writers of all genres.

I know of a number of authors who say that they never make an appearance, write an article, etc unless they are paid for it. I don?t know whether this is true, but if it is, these people are missing out on some extraordinary opportunities. As in any profession, it can be difficult to get your foot in the door as a writer. Once your foot is in, you can generally manage to sneak in your whole leg and eventually your entire body.

If you know where to look, there are many opportunities for poets to self-promote. Take advantage of them all, because one can often lead to another, more lucrative one.

For example, I started a local poetry writers group in 2003. No one pays any fees and I don't earn a single penny from it. In 2004, someone in the group referred me to a local library that participates in the Inside Writing & Publishing series for the North Suburban Library System. In March and April every year, they sponsor 10 or so local writers to present a variety of writing-related workshops. They pay the writer $50 per hour for each workshop. The library contact called me and asked if I would present a poetry-publishing workshop.

I developed a 2-hour workshop, presented it at four libraries in March/April 2006, and earned a total of $400. I put together a flyer stating what was covered in the workshop, listed a number of the comments from the workshops (which were all extremely positive), and added a new workshop I was asked to develop - an introduction to poetry writing. I started sending that out to park districts, writing groups and other places that teach writing classes in the Chicago area, and already have commitments to present my workshops to various places starting this fall.

Below are a few ideas to get you started. Some of them do not pay, and some of them do pay. Remember, doing something you are NOT paid for can easily lead to something you ARE paid for!

1. Start and run a poetry-writing group.
2. Host poetry reading open mics.
3. Join the local arts council.
4. Give away audio books to visually impaired people and organizations - word of mouth may lead to book sales.
5. Sell audio books of your poetry book that you create yourself.
6. Lead poetry-writing workshops.
7. Become a teacher for middle-school through college level classes.
8. Teach an online poetry course.
9. Become a book editor, offer to proofread/edit other author's books.
10. Write a column for a newspaper or a writer's magazine.
11. Write a column or articles for a writer's magazine (print or internet).
12. Network, network, network! Join writers groups, arts and other literary organizations, both online and in person.
13. Offer to host a poetry reading for your city's next Arts Fair, Festival or Taste of the City event.
14. Offer to set up a table and sell your books at local community, school or synagogue/church events. In lieu of paying a fee, tell them you will donate $1 to them from every book you sell.
15. Make good use of press releases. When you have a new book coming out, promote it with a press release. When you are going to host a poetry reading, send your local weekly newspaper a press release. Eventually they will see you as an upcoming presence in the local literary scene and will interview you!
16. Contact local radio stations that have talk shows about local literary/arts events and people. Offer to talk about your new poetry book and other literary activities.
17. Do poetry readings at libraries, schools, senior/retirement centers, nursing homes, etc. and do not charge a fee for these, with the understanding that you retain the right to sell your books after the event.
18. Go to as many poetry readings as you can to read your work and sell your books
19. Participate in local literary festivals, book fairs and other events where you can read your work and sell your books
20. Participate in multi-author events where you can all read your work and sell your books
21. Use your email signature as a marketing tool - list the names of your poetry books and your website, which should have purchasing information and links to any sites where people can purchase your books.
22. Make the most of your website - have links to all the websites where your books can be purchased.
23. Offer personally autographed copies at a 10% discount when bought directly from you. Set up a PayPal account to make it easy for people to buy from you.
24. Forty percent of all poetry book sales occur in the fall. In September, offer discounts on your books for the upcoming holidays.
25. If you have more than one book, offer a 20% discount if people buy all of your books instead of just one.
26. Offer free gift-wrapping year-round.
27. Leave a copy in your doctor or dentist's waiting room for patients to read while they wait. Put a library card checkout pocket in it with some business cards so they know where to order their own copy.
28. If people buy books from you to give as gifts, offer to gift-wrap them and also to ship the books directly to the person for whom they are buying it.
29. Leave printed out copies of your poems (either individually or stapled together) on tables at coffee shop for customers to read ? make sure to staple business cards to the front page so they can pull it off and be able to order a copy.
30. Have one page devoted to links to other writers' websites and do link exchanges. The more websites that link to your own, the more opportunities you have to make a sale. Do not limit it to just the genre(s) you work in.
31. Subscribe to writers newsletters and authors newsletters. They are often a wealth of marketing and promotional ideas.
32. Create a newsletter of your own - send out not only recaps of your recent writing achievements, upcoming appearances, etc., but include tips that other writers will be interested in.
33. The more you get involved in, and the more you network, the more opportunities you will have to tell people about your books and this will lead to more sales.
34. Always help other writers when you can and if you can. It will somehow come back to you.
35. Carry your business card everywhere, and pass it out to everyone you can! Leave it on restaurant tables, on bus seats when you get off. Hand it to cashiers when they give you your change and/or receipt. Hand it to the person at the post office, the car repair shop, the clerk when you pick up your dry cleaning, the delivery person the next time you order in pizza or Chinese. Leave some with your doctor, dentist or veterinarian. Put them in envelopes when paying your bills.

About the Author: Michelle True writes poetry, non-fiction and memoir. She is a published and self-published author, facilitates writing and publishing workshops, leads poetry-writing and memoir-writing groups, organizes and hosts an annual multi-author event, mentors high school students, publishes a newsletter for writers (groups.yahoo.com/group/writeonnewsletter) and is on the Steering Committee of the Chicago Writers Association (www.chicagowrites.org). She has also hosted an Internet radio talk show podcast and published an internet poetry magazine. Her website is www.michelletrue.com. She can be reached at michelleailenetrue@yahoo.com

Are You Confused About What Bra You Need?

Are you confused about what bra you need? Do you need an Underwire for support? What is a wireless, strapless bra?

The reasons for some common ailments like backache, strains and poor posture, can be linked to simply selecting the wrong type of bra. Taking a little time to learn what the different types of bra are actually for and selecting the right one, will no longer seem like your sitting a medical exam.

So many types of Bras have been produced since their first appearance. Thanks to lots of research and modern manufacturing techniques, women don?t have to struggle to fit their upper body and chest into oxygen restricting contraptions anymore.

Most of today?s bras are made of lavish fabrics, made to support, uplift and enhance a woman's breasts.

See through, specialty bras, wireless, underwired, nursing, maternity bras, sports bras and even strapless and backless bras are just some of the types available. There is a bra on hand to fit any bust size.

Imagine going for a run without one?
A time when a bra can prove indispensable is during and after pregnancy and for use during sport. Sports bra's that provide that much needed support during heavy physical activity are appreciated mainly by women with larger chests.

How easy is it now to feed your baby while you are on the go?
Pregnant women have access to nursing and maternity bras, which makes breastfeeding on the go a piece of cake. Innovative designs allow discreet feeding and offer comfy support for when a woman's breast Size can change or alter in a time span of weeks or months.

Some women have a preference for underwire bras because they believe they offer the best support. However, for other women underwire bras can be uncomfortable. Thanks to the manufacturers there is a huge selection of Wireless bras that are both gratifying and supportive as their wired counterparts.

In the following pages to come, we have categorised the most popular types of bras and listed their benefits and descriptions, so you can gain a further understanding and pick the right bra for you.

About the Author

Vanessa Cane is a succesful freelance writer providing valuable tips and useful advice for online purchasers of items, from just a plain old bra, to a plus size bra. Her numerous articles offer money saving advice and refreshing insight.

Opportunity Cost and Your Long Term Care Decision

If you are out shopping for long term care (commonly abbreviated as LTCI or LTC), I'm going to encourage you to take a look at a way of providing long term care benefits that is probably new to you. On the other hand, if you are in the crowd that thinks they will never need long term care, I would also suggest you evaluate this line of thinking.

Dick and Jane are both age 65, recently retired and models of good health. They have ignored the long term care subject until recently. They just put Jane's mother, who is 88, into a nursing home. Talk about sticker shock! She is in a nice place, but Dick and Jane are not 100% certain that her assets will allow her to stay there for the rest of her life.

Consequently, they have been out looking at long term care for themselves. They figure they can afford to insure a portion of what it might cost them if they ever need some form of LTCI, so they are looking at a benefit of $3,000 a month. The premium is around $4,200 a year.

Here's a new concept that Dick and Jane must become accustomed to now that they are retired. They both had good jobs during their working years. If they ever wanted to buy anything, it was just a question of looking at their income to see if they could swing the purchase. Pretty straightforward.

Now that they are retired, most of their expenditures are going to come from investment returns on the assets they have accumulated, not income from working. So they need to understand the difference between premium cost and opportunity cost. Here's what I mean?

If they elect to buy this $4,200 a year long term care policy, the money has to come from somewhere. Chances are it's coming from the interest earned on perhaps a CD or an annuity. But there is an opportunity cost associated with paying the premiums from earnings on any asset.

Let's say they are going to pay this $4,200 from the interest on a CD they own which is earning 5.4% interest. Since interest is taxable, and assuming they are in a 15% tax bracket, they would have to have $91,300 in that CD to produce $4,200 after tax to pay the premium.

They can't spend the $91,300. It can't grow. Basically, they have committed $91,300 of their assets to pay the premium on their LTC policy. That's the one job of this $91,300. The premium may only be $4,200 a year, but the opportunity cost is $91,300.

Let's take a look at another of their alternatives. It's called asset based long term care. How it works will unfold as I provide the example and contrast below.

One approach to asset based long term care involves re-positioning $91,300 of Dick and Jane's CD to a combination long term care/life insurance policy plan with an insurance company. Here's what moving this money does for them?

The money on deposit with the insurance company grows at interest, but it is tax-deferred interest so the insurance company will not send them 1099s every year for an amount they have to pay tax on like the bank is required to do. In 10 years, assuming current rates, the $91,300 will grow to $127,000; in 20 years $161,000. The CD, remember, does not grow, as its job is to spin off interest to pay the annual $4,200 premium on the traditional LTCI plan.

If either Dick or Jane needs any form of long term care, the insurance company plan will pay them $3,900 a month for 50 months--$900 a month more than the traditional plan.

But here's the real kicker.

If Dick and Jane never need long term care, then the camp that doesn't buy it would have been right. If Dick and Jane bought the traditional long term care plan, in 10 years they would have paid out $42,000 in premiums and about $7,400 in taxes on their CD interest in order to net out the required premium. That's a total of $49,700. The $91,300 portion of their CD would still be $91,300.

However, if Dick and Jane never need long term care, chose the asset based long term care plan and both die, for example in 10 years, the outcome is different. They have paid no annual premiums and the life insurance company will pay about $198,000 tax free to their kids.

Which sounds like a better plan?

Robert D. Cavanaugh, CLU is a 36-year financial and estate planning veteran and author of the free newsletter, The Estate Preservation Advisor. For cutting-edge, easy-to-understand financial planning resources and techniques to increase your income, reduce taxes and preserve your estate, go to http://theestatepreservationadvisor.com/freevideo.htm

Diaper Caddies as Baby Gift Baskets for New Parents

When I was first home with my newborn baby girl I often found as I was trying to feed and care for her, that what I needed always seemed to be in another room. If I needed a burp cloth, I had left the clean one in the kitchen. If I was up to my elbows in a dirty diaper in the nursery and desperately needed the box of baby wipes, I had left that in the livingroom. I did a lot of sprinting from room to room retrieving supplies.

When I was first home with my newborn baby girl I often found as I was trying to feed and care for her, that what I needed always seemed to be in another room. If I needed a burp cloth, I had left the clean one in the kitchen. If I was up to my elbows in a dirty diaper in the nursery and desperately needed the box of baby wipes, I had left that in the livingroom. I did a lot of sprinting from room to room retrieving supplies.

Once my daughter was a few months old, an idea came to me for a diaper caddy. The caddy could be stocked with a days worth of supplies and easily carried from room to room. The caddy would hold a wipes container snuggly in place and, of course, it had to be well-made and stylish. I made a prototype and upon demand from friends and family began selling them as baby shower gifts. Let us look at some suggestions for its use.

This caddy is made of a very high quality shaker-style basket, which, unless jumped on by your child, will last until the little cherub goes to college. Real wood dividers are crafted and set inside the fabric-lined basket - this creates cubbies and a center compartment which will hold any of the major-brand plastic wipes containers.

New moms have told me that they restock the caddy usually in the morning, with 4-6 burp cloths and 10-12 diapers. The most popular finds in the other four compartments are diaper cream, cornstarch powder, pacifiers, the nasal bulb syringe (as all new parents know as he sucker), lanolin (for the nursing moms), rattles and I've been told it's a great t.v. remote holder (although I do not promote this use, I will admit the importance of knowing the proximity of the remote during middle-of-the-night feedings).

I know a mom whose baby is 7 months old who stocks the basket in the a.m. with a days worth of clean outfits. She brings the basket downstairs to the livingroom for the day. Because the wooden dividers are removable, the basket can be used to store memorabilia such as photos and baby's firsts' when its use as a diaper caddy is no longer needed.

The SaraBear Diaper Caddy makes a unique and stylish new baby gift for the new parents. They can be purchased online as is or as beautiful baby gift baskets at www.sarabearbaskets.com.

Copyright Melissa Bramlage, All Rights Reserved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Melissa is a mother of one with a baby on the way, a Registered Nurse and owner of http://www.sarabearbaskets.com where you will find her original diaper caddy and baby gift baskets.

Is Breast Really Best?

People are living longer, mainly due to changes in lifestyles but also because of incredible advances in health care. One of the results is the need for more healthcare professionals, including nurses. One way the industry is changing is by offering career choices in the form of more educational opportunities and options.

The Associate's Degree in Nursing has only recently become an option, though it's quickly gaining favor in the health care industry. While there are naturally some differences in the training for an associate's degree as opposed to a bachelor's degree, many health care agencies - including hospitals and doctor's offices - are recognizing the fact that those graduating with associate's degrees can perform many of the same duties and handle many of the same responsibilities as those with bachelor's degree. But is there really a difference?

There has to be some difference simply by the difference in time requirements for the two degrees. An associate's degree is typically accomplished in two years. This is sometimes called a fast track and there are many associate's degree programs available. Most are available through community colleges or technical training schools, though some four-year universities are now offering fast track degrees as part of their training programs.

By comparison, a bachelor's degree in nursing usually takes four years. Some who go into college with at least a few hours of college behind them and a solid plan can accomplish it sooner, especially if summer school classes are used to hasten the process. But as a rule, it takes a full four years to complete college with a bachelor's degree in any field, including nursing.

If you can achieve an associate's degree in only two years, why would anyone go on for the bachelor's degree? Most health care facilities seem willing to accept either degree, but most make a pay differentiation. Those who have graduated with a bachelor's degree can often expect to be paid more than those with an associate's degree. One of the positive points is that a nurse with an associate's degree can usually go to work earning a good wage and pick up classes toward the bachelor's degree to increase their worth.

So what's the difference in the actual study required? One important point noted by proponents of the associate's degree is that the four-year university requires a well rounded education before conferring a degree. That means that graduates are required to complete requirements in history, communication, physical education and other subjects that some say aren't relevant to a nursing degree. There are also some math and science courses that are typically above those required for a two-year nursing degree.

By comparison, an associate'
s degree program will often use a lock format. Instead of taking an algebra class and a chemistry class, those in the associate's degree program may take an afternoon class that combines the two, focusing on the way algebra and chemistry apply to their chosen field.

Some say there's no substitute for the bachelor's degree and that nurses should all be required to go through the full program. As long as there's a demand for nurses and others in the health care field, there's no doubt that faster training - as long as it's adequate - will be in demand.

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About the Author:

Scott Knutson is an entrepreneur and writer. For more of his articles visit: Nursing Degree Online Nursing Schools Nursing Scrubs

Is Breast Really Best?

There is NO comparison..BREAST REALLY IS BEST!!

However in today's society where most mothers are finding themselves having to go back to work and with some even not taking their full maternity leave due to financial constraints placed upon them, this makes finding the time and the energy to breast feed a very difficult decision and bottle feeding the only option available to them. Many people look down on mothers who find themselves unable to breast feed and see the mother as depriving the child.

There has been a decline in the number of babies who are breastfed in recent years and this figure drops dramatically after the ages of four months. This has prompted the government to launch a campaign for more mothers to breast feed their children. The government wants to promote and encourage mothers to breast feed their babies and to continue doing so after their baby has past their first stage and is moving towards solid foods.

Advantages of Breast Feeding

Breast milk provides all the essential nutrients that a baby needs. There is no need for vitamin or other supplements to be introduced to the babies diet when breastfeeding.
Breast milk also can protect him or her from infections.

After giving birth a baby usually needs fed within an hour after delivery.
Breast milk at this time produces a substance called 'Colostrum' which is a yellowish transparent fluid. This substance lasts for approximately the first 3 days and is rich in high levels of protein and anti bodies which the baby needs. This fluid also contains less fat and a baby weaned on 'Colostrum' is more likely to resist the bacteria and viruses that can cause illness.

It also helps to build up a healthy immune system and protects the baby against disease by providing essential anti bodies and growth factors.

After the first few days a mother's milk changes in colour and consistency. This being due to a change in the mothers hormones. This milk is of a thinner consistency and is usually blue-white in colour.

A mothers milk constantly changes as both the baby and the mother develops. This ensures that the mother's milk is designed to meet the digestive and nutritional needs of the developing baby. A baby's digestive system is far from developed when a baby is born and this even more so in premature babies. Breast milk can aid and assist the breakdown of this important nutrition ensuring the baby's needs are met.

Breast feeding may also prevent diarrhoea, ear and urinary tract infections. It may also reduce blood pressure.

Breast fed babies also have a lower rate of contracting meningitis or severe blood infections.

Breastfeeding your baby can raise his or her IQ levels. This being due to the essential fatty acids and minerals found in the breast milk.

A baby who is breast fed can almost never becomes allergic to their mothers milk.

Breast fed milk ensures that the baby is exposed to fewer allergens and helps protect against allergies which are found in formula milk.

Although it is difficult to monitor how much breast milk a baby is receiving, it is shown that it is almost impossible to over feed a breast fed baby.

A mother who breast feeds usually develops a closeness to her child. This has massive psychological benefits for both mother and child.

Breast milk is FREE, CONVENIENT and NATURAL!
It is always there and you don't need to carry around cumbersome equipment and bottles.

Disadvantages of Breast Feeding

There are very few disadvantages in breastfeeding.

The main disadvantage is that the mother has to be there to provide milk at all times. The may make the mother tired and anxious. She may find that she has to plan her timetable very meticulously and if going out with the baby ensure that there are suitable mother and baby rooms available. ( For all the advantages in modern society some people still find a mother breast feeding her baby in public an act of 'public indecency').

Mothers may find that their milk dries up and may develop swollen or cracked nipples. When a mother finds their milk has dried up they may find that this can cause some psychological problems as the mother may feel she unable to 'provide for her baby'.

They may also find that their milk may leak and will have to wear a nursing bra and breast pads whilst breastfeeding.

She also will have to watch her diet for the time she is breastfeeding as anything she east will be passed straight through her to the baby through her milk.
About the Author

Gillian Docherty writes for the Unique baby names Pregnancy site http://www.top-100-baby-names.name