by phdinparenting on October 13, 2009
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.
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by phdinparenting on September 10, 2009
When people think of breastfeeding difficulties, the things that probably come to mind are supply issues, bad latch, cracked nipples, constant feedings, and the like. Certainly, there are women who are afflicted by those difficulties and who cannot overcome them. But I believe the societal barriers to breastfeeding (propagated by the kyriarchy) have a much [...]
by phdinparenting on December 2, 2008
While I am saddened and disappointed, I’m not surprised at the results of a survey that compared the attitudes of pediatricians towards breastfeeding in 2004 with those in 1995. These results were reported the current issue of the Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine:
Compared with the results of the 1995 survey, in 2004, pediatricians were [...]