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Have you given your “girls” a nickname? Does your nursling have a special name for your breasts? My breasts — and I am sure the world really needs to know this — are called “mum-mums” (interestingly, the same as the name for nursing, “mum-mum,” while the breast milk is […]
Unfortunately there have been several confrontations over nursing in public over the last couple of weeks:
1. La Senza lingerie store in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Approximately 50 people gathered at the lingerie store to support breastfeeding in public:
The protest was in support of a London, Ont., mother who says she was humiliated by La Senza staff […]
Reverse cycle nursing or “reverse cycling” is when the baby nurses more during the evening hours and less frequently during the day. Sometimes this is a frustrating side effect of a baby having his days and nights mixed up, but other times a mother purposely nurses her baby more often during the evening and overnight […]
La Leche League recently celebrated its 50th year of mother-to-mother breastfeeding support. I am curious — have you ever attended a meeting?
Have you ever attended a La Leche League meeting?
Yes, I am (or was) a leader
Yes, I’m a leader applicant
Yes, more than one meeting
Yes, and I’d like to go again
Yes, it was helpful but […]
Nearly 200 voters expressed their opinions on the age, if any, that breastfeeding in public becomes in appropriate. I was glad to see that 35% of voters felt that nursing in public is always appropriate. I was surprised to see 6% of voters say it’s never appropriate. The overall breakdown:
Vote in the new poll in […]
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Please do not take this list of advantages of a home birth to mean that I think every woman ought to give birth at home. Each woman should choose as she pleases and as is appropriate for her situation, and I know there are advantages to a birth center birth or a hospital birth (room […]
Yesterday organizers announced the launch of the second annual Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide event! The event has been dubbed “The 2008 Breastfeeding Olympics” in honor of the Olympic Games and this year’s World Breastfeeding Week theme: “Mother Support: Going for the Gold.”
On October 11, 2008, mothers in countries around the world will breastfeed their children […]
When my newborn was two days old, my six-year-old came to sit next to me on the bed and asked conversationally, “Is baby nursing well? Does she like it? She’s a funny baby. At first she won’t latch on and then you have to get her on and then she nurses and likes it.”
Tags: humor, […]
My newborn and I had our first “official” outing (other than to the offices of the pediatrician or midwife) on the day she turned three weeks old. We attended the community talent show at the local library, which I was pleased to see had a huge display of breastfeeding information (see above) in honor of […]
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