September 2009

An open letter to the attendees of the Nestle Family blogger event

September 29, 2009




Dear bloggers, I learned about the Nestle Family blogger event with dismay when a friend e-mailed me about it. I was happy to hear that she had declined their invitation and hoped that many of the other mommy bloggers that I hold in high regard would follow suit. When I later saw the list of [...]

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Sharing the Babwearing Love

September 27, 2009




It is International Babywearing Week 2009. This year’s theme is Close Enough to Kiss and while I didn’t think I could come up with a whole post on that, I did have a pic to share. But both of my babies preferred to be worn on the front, so that they could be kissed, so [...]

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“Don’t Judge Me”

September 26, 2009




There are two phrases I’ve been hearing a lot of lately. The first is “it is what it is.” The other is: “Don’t judge me” I’m hearing it preemptively, to avoid bad reactions when people say something or write something that they think others might not agree with. I hear it reactively, when people are [...]

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Raising bilingual kids: benefits and techniques

September 22, 2009




Children who have the opportunity to learn a second language are given a world of opportunity. It opens up new opportunities in terms of who they can communicate with, what they can read, and where they can travel with ease. It is a partial cure for closed-mindedness. Those are the obvious benefits. But learning a [...]

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Parents of twins can now both take parental leave

September 18, 2009




I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]

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Breastfeeding Challenge 2009: Will I see you there?

September 16, 2009




The annual Global Breastfeeding Challenge is coming up again. In locations across North America and around the world, breastfeeding mothers will gather on October 3, 2009 to nurse their babies all at once. Why? To celebrate breastfeeding and demonstrate promotion, protection and support for breastfeeding women and their families. It’s a chance for education and [...]

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More on Health Care

September 15, 2009




A few weeks ago I wrote a post called Public health care: Canadian perspective on myths and reality in an attempt to break down some of the myths that I kept hearing about the Canadian health care system. Since then, I’ve come across some other great posts that I’d like to share with you: MomsRising [...]

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Are we asking the wrong people to comply with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes?

September 14, 2009




The World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 as a minimum requirement to ensure appropriate feeding of infants and young children. According to the WHO ‘s FAQs on the International Code: The protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding rank among the most [...]

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Societal Barriers to Breastfeeding

September 10, 2009




When people think of breastfeeding difficulties, the things that probably come to mind are supply issues, bad latch, cracked nipples, constant feedings, and the like. Certainly, there are women who are afflicted by those difficulties and who cannot overcome them. But I believe the societal barriers to breastfeeding (propagated by the kyriarchy)  have a much [...]

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How you should treat my child with special needs

September 10, 2009




This is a guest post by Ellen, a blogger I’m so glad I had the chance to meet at BlogHer 09. This is my little boy, Max. He’s six. At first glance, he may look like any other kid. And in many ways, he is like any other kid. He loves chocolate ice-cream, trucks, airplanes, [...]

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