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Breastfeeding

Of course there are countless studies describing the importance of breastfeeding, but not to many describe what it is actually like to nurse a newborn baby.   During my pregnancy, I read several books and went to a few seminars about the importance of nursing infants, so I figured that because I was armed with the

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Parenting a child with sickle cell anemia

Sickle Cell Disease

One of our daughters was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease when she was a couple of weeks old. Specifically, the doctor told us she had (SS) Sickle Cell Anemia.  So, what is Sickle Cell Anemia?  It is a genetic disorder, in which there are a smaller number of red blood cells than the body should

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