Breastfeeding

Why SEEING breastfeeding on Facebook, and in real life, is important (Guest Post)

February 3, 2012




I’m heading in the direction of slightly warmer weather this week and will be bringing you a few guest posts from authors and activists whose voices and work I adore. First up is breastfeeding advocate Emma Kwasnica talking about the continued harassment of breastfeeding women by facebook staff (which I first wrote about more than [...]

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Breastfeeding Moms “Nurse-In” at 100+ Target Stores

December 29, 2011




In November, Michelle Hickman was harassed and humiliated by Target staff for breastfeeding her baby in one of their stores in Houston, Texas. Yesterday, breastfeeding moms across the United States (and even a few in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), headed out to Target stores for a nurse-in. In the end, there were moms at more than [...]

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Breastfeeding Your Toddler: Nutrition and Nurture

December 22, 2011




Some mothers have a specific weaning age in mind when they start nursing their child. Sometimes they change their mind along the way and sometimes they don’t. Other mothers purposely pursue child-led weaning right from the start. Some simply decide to take it one day at a time. Regardless of the approach that you choose, [...]

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Why do moms quit breastfeeding?

December 1, 2011




Most moms who wanted to breastfeed, but ended up formula feeding, will be able to cite a reason or two. Breastfeeding advocates generally say that most of those hurdles can be overcome most of the time. The divide between these two perspectives — of insurmountable versus surmountable problems — often results in heated discussions and [...]

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Infant formula advertising DOES influence mothers

November 20, 2011




Advertising is a tricky subject. People claim it is necessary to inform us about the choices we have as consumers. People say that putting restrictions on it goes against the principles of free speech. People claim that we are smart and we can see past the the marketing spin. To say otherwise, is to call [...]

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The Walking Wounded (Guest Post)

October 14, 2011




I am away at the Blissdom Canada conference this week. After an interesting discussion with Karen Bayne (@karenebayne) on twitter last week, I asked her if she would be willing to expand on her thoughts in a blog post. Luckily she agreed and here it is. Please welcome Karen to the blog. —– Last week [...]

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Can an IBCLC be a source of objective information about formula feeding?

October 2, 2011




In recent discussions about whether formula companies are a good source of advice on breastfeeding, my emphatic answer was NO! A few people chimed in and asked who could provide objective, evidence-based, judgment free advice on infant feeding. Could it come from a lactation consultant or are they too biased toward breastfeeding? I put the [...]

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Breast Milk: Not a Scarce Commodity

September 24, 2011




The business model and profitability of infant formula companies depends primarily on two myths: The first myth is that informal milk sharing is riskier than infant formula. The second myth is that breast milk is a scarce commodity. The first myth is one I’ve tackled before in my post on the risks of informal breastmilk [...]

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Is shame a barrier to social change?

September 15, 2011




I’ve had a lot of interesting conversations over the past few days about shame, guilt, and social change. Without going into excruciating detail, I heard a lot of people say that calls for formula marketing to be restricted makes formula feeding moms feel shamed because if formula marketing needs to be restricted, then that means [...]

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Breastfeeding…just because

September 14, 2011




Do you ever poke around on flickr? Most of the pictures I use for posts on this blog are from flickr creative commons photos. I love the beautiful imagery that people make available for public use. In particular, because I think the world needs more breastfeeding imagery, I always like to find beautiful breastfeeding pictures [...]

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