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Okay, that title is a little dramatic, but I truly believe that breastfeeding kept my toddler out of the emergency room yesterday. She woke up with some sort of stomach virus and quickly started to become dehydrated. Fortunately I could convince her to nurse in between her requests for just a “tiny ‘yittle’ bit of […]
Today’s Mom-to-Mom question is more of a Parent-to-Parent question because I received the following from Abel of Parent Wonder:
Q: I found you on breastfeeding123.com’s “Fostering Independence in the Breastfed Child” and I must say that I like your blog. I have a question on Attachment Parenting. Do you have a problem that your child is […]
After a recent incident in which a nursing mother was asked to leave an iParty store, Massachusetts desperately needs legislation that explicitly protects breastfeeding in public. There are five breastfeeding-related bills pending in the Massachusetts legislature. The Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition has planned a breastfeeding lobbying day on Wednesday, May 9. This is your chance to […]
Sinead at BreastfeedingMums kindly nominated me for a Blogger’s Choice Award! You can vote for Breastfeeding 1-2-3 in three categories: Best Health Blog, Best Parenting Blog and Hottest Mommy Blogger. While you’re over there, you can search for “breastfeeding” and vote for the other breastfeeding bloggers too! Maybe you’ll even find some more new favorites!
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When I was trying to conceive, suddenly it seemed as if pregnant women were everywhere — on the subway, at the grocery store, on the television. Not just the number you’d expect to see, but an unusual explosion in fertility all around me. Now that I write about breastfeeding, I see breastfeeding everywhere too. Last […]
Kathleen Huggins, RN, MS, IBCLC is the author of The Nursing Mother’s Companion: Revised Edition and The Expectant Parents’ Companion. She’s also the co-author of two other books The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning and Nursing Mother, Working Mother, revised editions of which were released last week. Ms. Huggins is a registered nurse, certified lactation […]
Breastfeeding lowers an infant’s risk of asthma, diabetes, diarrhea, ear infections, leukemia, obesity, respiratory tract infections, skin rashes, sudden infant death syndrome and more. That’s a veritable laundry list of the advantages of breastfeeding, and those are just the advantages for the baby. Breastfeeding has a tremendous positive impact on a mother’s health as well. […]
Stay tuned below for contributions from several breastfeeding bloggers on today’s theme: “What I didn’t expect when I was expecting.” Feel free to leave your own comment about what you didn’t expect about breastfeeding — good or bad!
When I was pregnant, I did a lot of reading about breastfeeding. I made a commitment to breastfeed […]
Senator Connie Williams invites nursing mothers and other breastfeeding advocates to join her on the state capitol steps on Monday, May 7, 2007, to celebrate Mother’s Day and to show support for three pieces of breastfeeding legislation (PDF) the senator has introduced in Pennsylvania. Here are the details:
Monday, May 7, 2007
1 p.m.
Main Rotunda
State Capitol Building
Harrisburg, […]
Jessica Swimeley and her family have been staying at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in Houston, Texas, after one of her 17-month-old twins underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor. Jessica breastfeeds the twins and has found that breast milk is all her son will drink after the surgery. Naturally breast milk and nursing offer […]
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