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A Canadian report was released looking at the impact of free formula on breastfeeding rates. At parentcentral.ca, Laurie Monsebraaten and Noor Javed wrote about the study in Free formula spoils breastfeeding:
Almost 40 per cent of new mothers leave the hospital with free infant formula, a recipe for spoiled breastfeeding according to a new Toronto [...]
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I far too often hear “but I don’t want my children to see THAT” in people’s objections to nursing in public. I think we need our children to see more of THAT.
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The continued marketing of formula, bottles, pacifiers, or complimentary foods for babies under six months of age is dangerous and unethical. Not only do they undermine the efforts of moms who want to breastfeed, but they also create risks to the health of mothers and babies, and have a detrimental impact on the environment.
According to [...]
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I want to share a great video with you. This Wake-Up Story by Healthy Child, Healthy World has a very important message for all parents and the video is really well done too. Please watch it, take its suggestions to heart, and share it with your friends. After you’re done watching it…read below.
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Yesterday I read and commented on a post where a woman, mother, and published author was asking breastfeeding moms why they can’t cover up. She wanted to know why women can’t just be discreet. That led me to look up the word “discreet” in the dictionary and interestingly Merriam Webster says it means:
Having or showing [...]
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There has been a lot of talk on twitter and on blogs in the past while about pump manufacturer Medela’s decision to stop complying with the WHO Code and its Medela Mom Mavens program where it solicits moms to help it spread the message about breastfeeding and about its products. A number of people have [...]
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Canada has signed the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. The Canadian government encourages the infant formula industry to comply with the Code, which means not marketing or promoting infant formula in any way. I explained this and more in my post that concluded Nestle and other infant formula manufacturers do aggressively promote [...]
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Are you on twitter? If so, please consider voting for Best for Babes in the Nonprofit Leaders category for the Shorty Awards to recognize all the great work that Bettina does on twitter trying to spread a positive message about breastfeeding and battling all of the booby traps that trip women up. All you have [...]
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I received a reader question from Shannon @zchamu and Jacquelyn @jacquelyncyr based on a discussion they were having with some other women on a message board.
On the message board Jacquelyn said:
So I’ve been thinking about this for the last few weeks and, man, the whole painless breastfeeding frenzy thing seems like a bit of a [...]
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