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This year’s World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme of “Mother Support: Going for the Gold” gives a nod to the 2008 Olympics. In keeping with that theme, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has announced two ways to win gold, silver, and bronze WBW medals:
1. WBW 2008 Marathon Celebrations (celebrations that last seven, five, or […]
According to The Breastfeeding Answer Book, a paladai is a feeding device used traditionally in India. It is a “low bowl with a spout, shaped like ‘Aladdin’s lamp.’” It has advantages over cup feeding in that it helps babies take a higher volume of milk in the least amount of time, and it reduces milk […]
While I nursed my youngest until she was a few months past her third birthday, and I admittedly was ready for her to wean, there have been several times in the months since when I wished she were still nursing. Here are the top five situations when I have regretted her weaning:
1. Illness. When she […]
~ The Rhode Island breastfeeding laws already exclude breastfeeding mothers from disorderly conduct laws (and require employers to provide a safe place to breastfeed or express milk), but a new bill just passed by the state Senate and House provides that “A woman may feed her child by bottle or breast in any place open […]
No poll results have surprised me more than these. I understand that the pool of readers who actually answer the polls here (only a very small fraction of people who visit the blog — I hope more of you vote in the latest poll to help me name my baby!) might be quite skewed, but […]
Okay folks, I need your help. Here I am at 35.5 weeks of pregnancy and this third baby girl remains nameless beyond the fond nickname Baby Egg White, III. I thought about naming her Tertia, given she is the third girl, but I think I prefer something more traditional. So here’s your chance to offer […]
By: The Hoovers
Tags: angela white, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding blog, breastfeeding-photo, breastfeeding-photos, lactation, toddler nursing, wordless-wednesday
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Welcome to the June Carnival of Breastfeeding: Pumping It Up! Check out all the contributions on the topic of pumping and hand expression at the end of this post.
Here at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 I am pleased to share this guest post from Holly, whose son has benefited from her exclusive pumping over the last 10 […]
So far thirteen breastfeeding advocacy projects have been funded through the new breastfeeding resource marketplace LatchOn.org.
LatchOn.org is an online marketplace and community for people supporting and promoting breastfeeding as a foundation for the development of babies and families.
LatchOn.org connects people with resources to share (funds, time or materials) with people undertaking projects to promote, […]
By: Juria Yoshikawa
Tags: angela white, birthday, birthday cake, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding blog, lactation, third birthday, toddler nursing, weaning, weaning cake
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