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When I counsel a breastfeeding mother, I do not break into a cheer — “Breast is best!” — or launch into a lecture — “Breast milk is the norm; formula is subpar.” My goal is to support the mother. However, there are appropriate times and places to send a breastfeeding advocacy message (government health campaigns, […]
Can I trust you all to play nicely? Let’s have a frank discussion about breast milk, formula, and whether or not you consider breastfeeding an “all-or-nothing” proposition (for the record, I think exclusive breastfeeding is wonderful but breastfeeding does not have to be all-or-nothing. It’s not a club. It’s not a contest. Some breast milk […]
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 […]
So what if I got a little giggle when I chose a “cone graph” format that looks suspiciously like breasts in a row (well, maybe Madonna’s pointy breasts of the 80s)? That’s just the kind of wacky girl I am. The graph still shows the most interesting part of the results of the 145 votes […]
What do you think about the petitions going around like this one and this one that ask eBay to ban the sale of used single-user breast pumps (not the kind that are intended for safe use by multiple users)? Previously I have pointed readers to the FDA’s breast pump website for information on the risk […]
When I set out the list of possible poll answers to the question: “Should breastfeeding women carry a copy of their state’s law regarding breastfeeding in public?” I thought I had covered the bases pretty well. As it turns out, some of the best and most popular answers were added by voters (thank you)! The […]
A Breastfeeding 1-2-3 reader suggested a great question for this next poll. She wanted to know when most breastfeeding women get their periods back after giving birth. (This would be a good question for mothers who are breastfeeding adopted newborns too but I think it might confuse the issue with different hormone changes and levels […]
Something makes me think you all are keeping hidden journals you don’t want the rest of the world to discover. Of those of you brave enough to answer the question, “Do you keep a journal or personal weblog (blog)?” the breakdown was as follows:
Yes, I have a public blog: 43%
Yes, I have a friends-only or […]
Some women carry with them a copy of their state’s law that protects breastfeeding in public. When breastfeeding mother Brooke Ryan was confronted by a waitress and the manager at a Lexington, Kentucky, Applebee’s, she presented them with a copy of the Kentucky law. After that incident hit the media, Ryan took criticism from some […]
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