Comments on: Helping Themselves: Breastfeeding Advice Nestle-Style

By: I'm a Full Time Mummy

I'm a Full Time Mummy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:47:12 +0000

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Helping Themselves: Breastfeeding Advice Nestle-Style « milk help — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:44:36 +0000

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By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:14:43 +0000

BTW – I did send an email inquiry to Welcome Wagon asking if they visit new mothers in hospitals. Never got a response.

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On the new National Breastfeeding Strategy « geek.anachronism — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:43:14 +0000

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By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:07:55 +0000

@coffeewithjulie: I agree that it is outrageous. I did ask someone recently to tell me if she got a visit from the Welcome Wagon and a goodie bag and she said no. I also didn’t get one with my second child (born in 2007), although I did with my first (born in 2004).

By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:49:14 +0000

I think it’s wrong, and downright unethical that they get access. Imagine a company getting access to your children in school and giving them “goodie bags” of Coke coupons, samples of Cheerios, and free stickers with Lego logos on them. We’d be outraged (well, okay, I would at least). Not necessarily by the product in and of itself, but the priviledged access in a public institution. It’s not that I’m against advertising, PR, marketing — I’m all for it actually — but not in my hospital room, uninvited.

Hmmm … my friend just had a baby in an Ottawa-area hospital. I’m going to find out if these goodie bags are still the norm (and what’s inside).

By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:39:27 +0000

natalieushka — I don’t know if it was real or imagined, but I admit that I did feel like I was being judged when I fed my baby with formula out in public. I agree that with you that it would have been much easier to nurse in public (although this type of social judgement changes after a baby looks over a certain age).

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:32:29 +0000

@coffeewithjulie: Not sure how they get access. But I know that my goodie bag was from them and that it did contain samples and coupons from formula companies.

By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:28:44 +0000

phdinparenting – Hmmm … good question. It was seven years ago and I just can’t remember who actually gave us that “goody bag.” I don’t know why Welcome Wagon folks should be allowed access to women in the hospital though — they’re a business, just like any other. Why should they get priviledged access to hospital patients? (From the Welcome Wagon website: “Serving the advertising needs of reputable businesses that can assist people with the changes they are experiencing.”)

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:35:09 +0000

@coffeewithjulie: Was your goodie bag from the hospital? Or from an organization operating in the hospital? I got a goodie bag in the hospital too, but I think it was from the Welcome Wagon.