benefits

More questions than answers: Follow-up on economic consequences of breastfeeding

April 30, 2009




As I mentioned in the comments to my post on The Economics of Breastfeeding: A Cost Benefit Analysis, Phyllis Rippeyoung (one of the authors of Is Breastfeeding Truly Free? The Economic Consequences of Breastfeeding for Women) got in touch with me after reading my post to clarify some of the points that were raised by [...]

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The Economics of Breastfeeding: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

April 24, 2009




This month two very different positions have emerged about the economics of breastfeeding. Someone reading either of these stories on their own could be led to believe a conclusion about the financial aspects of breastfeeding that is not entirely complete. I want to tell you a bit about what they both said and then try [...]

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Benefits of Co-Sleeping

January 9, 2009




When a baby is on the way, most parents spend hours, days or weeks preparing a beautiful nursery with a gorgeous crib. Society tells us that babies sleep on their own, in a crib, in a different room from their parents. More recently, health authorities have started suggesting that the safest place for a baby [...]

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What does support look like? What to do and not do to support a breastfeeding mother

November 1, 2008




Breastfeeding is the best thing for baby and mom. Everybody knows it. So why are so many people, from health professionals, to friends, to mothers-in-law, to husbands, intent on making the mother feel inadequate and getting her to quit breastfeeding? I have to think that many of them are not doing it on purpose. That [...]

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