Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC is a Toronto pediatrician who has practised medicine since 1970. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto medical school. In 1984 he established the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. He has practiced as a physician in Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. He now holds breastfeeding clinics in several hospitals in the Toronto area. He is a consultant with UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and is a popular speaker at breastfeeding conferences across North America and beyond.
He is the father of three children, all breastfed.
Articles by Dr. Jack Newman on this web site
PAGES MOST IN DEMAND
BREASTFEEDING BASICS
ISSUES AND CONCERNS
BABY ISSUES
- When baby does not yet latch
- Is my baby getting enough milk?
- Post partum infant weight loss
- Protocol for “not enough milk”
- Recipe for Increasing Milk Supply
- Finger Feeding
- How Breast Milk Protects Newborns
- Risks of Artificial Feeding Reference Sheet
- Breastfeeding & jaundice
- Colic in the breastfed baby
- What to Feed the Baby when the Mother is Working Outside the Home
- Breastfeeding & other foods
- Starting solid foods
- Breastfeed a Toddler - Why on Earth?
- Slow weight gain
MATERNAL ISSUES AND TREATMENTS
- You Can Still Breastfeed - Medications
- You Should Continue Breastfeeding - Maternal Illness
- Administration of Contrast Medium to Breastfeeding Mothers
- Breastfeeding and HIV: a global perspective
- Breastfeeding and HIV in developing countries
- Sore nipples
- Blocked Ducts and Mastitis
- Lecithin
- Candida Protocol - Montreal
- Gentian violet
- All Purpose Nipple Ointment
- Grapefruit Seed Extract for Treatment of Thrush
- Fluconazole (Diflucan)
- Raynaud’s Phenomenon
- Herbs for increasing milk supply
- Cabbage leaves for engorgement
- Guilt and Breastfeeding
- How to Know a Health Professional is not Supportive of Breastfeeding
- Domperidone Dosage Instructions for Induced Lactation
- Stopping the Domperidone
- Fluconozole
- Breastfeeding your adopted baby
- Slow weight gain after the first few months
- When the baby refuses to latch on
BREASTFEEDING MYTHS
- Some Breastfeeding Myths
- More breastfeeding myths
- Still more breastfeeding myths
- More & more breastfeeding myths
INTERESTING QUOTES COMPILED BY DR. NEWMAN
- The bible
- Shakespeare
- Theatre
- Poetry & lyrics
- Literature
- The group, by Mary McCarthy
- Fact or fiction?
NEWMAN-GOLDFARB PROTOCOLS FOR INDUCED LACTATION
- Introduction to induced lactation
- Frequently asked questions
- Introduction to the Protocols
- Origin of the protocols
- Regular protocol
- Accelerated protocol
- Menopause protocol
- Which Protocol is Right For You?
- No “significant” breast changes?
MEDICATIONS AND HERBS
Domperidone
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Domperidone general information
- How it works
- Domperidone Information by Dr. Jack Newman
- Dosage instructions
- Stopping
- Milk Production in Mothers of Premature Infants
Birth Control Pills
Herbs
Medical Conditions and the Protocols
Breastfeeding Your Adopted Baby
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Increasing Your Milk Supply
- Breast compression
- Pumping instructions
- Storing breast milk
- Supplementary Feeding Devices
- Lactation consultants