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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.
Be a mentor!
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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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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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Yesterday the Associated Press issued a news report called Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet. I was profoundly disturbed by this article, for several reasons:
First, anytime a baby dies it is a tragedy. I’m sure the mother is devastated and the wording of the article title places the blame on the mother. It could have [...]
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Today is World AIDS Day and with it comes some great news with regards to breastfeeding and AIDS. The WHO has updated its recommendations for HIV positive mothers. Tanya at the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog blogged about it. To learn all about the new recommendations, head over to her post:
WHO announces a big change [...]
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This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed.
Questions
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Today is Blog Action Day 2009. Last year’s theme was poverty and I effortlessly wrote a long post about our Empathy Deficit and how it is preventing us from making poverty history.
This year’s theme is climate change. Just a few days ago I was listening to Tim Flannery on CBC radio talking about his latest [...]
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Time for some more beautiful breastfeeding imagery. Check out this great Spanish promo spot about breastfeeding (thank you to Sarah Wildman for pointing it out to me).
If you don’t understand Spanish and want a translation of the text, go and check out the translation posted at the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog.
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