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What do pimples and gray hairs have to do with breastfeeding? Well, nothing really, except it is my 36th birthday today and it occurs to me that if I’m old enough to be married and have a nursling, I ought not to have breakouts, and at the same time, if I’m young enough to have […]
Earlier this week I reviewed Andi Silverman’s new book Mama Knows Breast: A Beginner’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Today Andi answers questions about her own experience with breastfeeding and the process of writing her book.
Did you have any difficulties breastfeeding?
My biggest problem with breastfeeding was that I had no idea what I was doing when our […]
Breastfeeding blogger Andi Silverman has written a “Girlfriend’s Guide”-type book called Mama Knows Breast: A Beginner’s Guide to Breastfeeding. I really liked so many things about the book, and I have just a few suggestions for changes in a future second edition (I boldly predict the book will have enough success to warrant one!)
The Best […]
Yesterday New York Governor Eliot Spitzer signed into law the “Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act” which had been unanimously approved by the New York Assembly and Senate. According to the governor’s press release:
The legislation requires employers to provide uncompensated time, and make a reasonable effort to provide private space for women to express milk […]
You saw this one coming, right? From serious to silly, the top 10 series has been a lot of fun and it provides a great deal of valuable breastfeeding advice.
1. Top 10 Posts of 2006
2. Top 10 Things to Do while Breastfeeding
3. Ten More Things to Do while Breastfeeding
4. Top 10 Uses for Lansinoh Lanolin […]
Welcome Carnival of Breastfeeding readers! (Psst, while you’re here, please take a moment to vote in the new poll in the side bar about whether or not you vaccinate your children! And don’t forget to check out the other carnival entries at the bottom of this post.) I’ve struggled with this month’s carnival topic because […]
I was really happy to hear that there’s a new book coming out this fall on the question of whether or not to have your child vaccinated. Vaccination is a hot topic among my breastfeeding friends, with some women opting to have their children fully vaccinated and some women opting to decline vaccinations altogether. Robert […]
Answers to the question “What do you think of nursing covers?” ran the gamut from “I won’t nurse in public without one” to “Women shouldn’t have to hide!” Coming in at 36%, the most popular response was “Use one if it makes you feel comfortable, but personally I don’t like them.” In second place at […]
Today’s Mom-to-Mom breastfeeding question comes from a mother battling recurrent mastitis. She writes:
Q: “Hi, I’m hoping that you, or someone you know can help. I’m a tandem nursing mom to my 2 1/2 year old and my 12 week old. I never had any nursing issues or problems with my first. I […]
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