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On this New Year’s Eve, I want to reflect on what I would like to see from the new year.
- How about enforceable laws protecting breastfeeding in public in every state (and countries outside the U.S.)? Maybe some education provisions about the law too? Now who wants to draft some model legislation that could […]
When I asked “Should eBay allow the sale of used single-user breast pumps?” the vast majority of voters answered “yes,” with 40 percent believing it is buyer-beware, and 30 percent believing that eBay should post a warning of the risk of disease transmission from single-user pumps.
Here is the complete break down.
Please take a moment to […]
Is breast milk better than formula, or is formula inferior to breast milk? Is breastfeeding the best, and formula-feeding second choice? Or should we consider breastfeeding the norm, and formula-feeding as substandard? There are lots of ways to frame the debate. Some are aggressive. Some might make formula-feeding mothers feel bad. So what’s the best […]
When I asked readers to consider including La Leche League in their holiday giving, I did so as part of the Generous December Group Writing Project hosted by Kate at Babylune. Kate kept her word and gave $60 to the charity of choice of the author of the winning post (posts, actually — she chose […]
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As some readers celebrate Christmas today (happy holidays to you!), this is a good time to highlight Kellymom.com’s resource on Breastfeeding, Parenting and Religion, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
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This light-hearted book is scheduled for release in March 2008 but is available for pre-order now. If These Boobs Could Talk: A Little Humor to Pump Up the Breastfeeding Mom is suggested as a baby shower or new baby gift. The book description says, “In this humorous tribute to the lactating legacy of breastfeeding moms, […]
Last April, Ruth Ellen Cummings nursed her 2-week-old baby in a Napanee, Ontario, Canada truck stop restaurant until the assistant manager asked her to cover up. Cummings didn’t have anything to cover the baby, and refused to use the napkin the manager offered. In an interview in the Bellevue Intelligencer, Cummings explained:
I was so upset […]
“…the idea of bottle feeding just to ‘involve the father’ is one more instance of preserving the status quo at a price to the baby.”
—Marni Jackson, The Mother Zone. p. 78.
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In another segment of their free videos on breastfeeding in public, nurses and lactation consultants Corky Harvey and Wendy Haldeman address some fascinating questions:
~ Does seeing a woman breastfeed stimulate people sexually?
~ Is breastfeeding perceived as a sexual act?
~ Are breasts just good for sex?
~ Why do some people feel shame when they see a […]
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Written by Angela White [email] for b5media.
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