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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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The annual Global Breastfeeding Challenge is coming up again. In locations across North America and around the world, breastfeeding mothers will gather on October 3, 2009 to nurse their babies all at once.
Why?
To celebrate breastfeeding and demonstrate promotion, protection and support for breastfeeding women and their families. It’s a chance for education and peer support [...]
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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 [...]
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Welcome Carnival of Breastfeeding Readers! Enjoy this Green Eggs and Ham parody. Moral of the story is, give nursing in public a try, it is easier than you think. You can do it, anytime, anywhere. Check the bottom of the post for links to the other Carnival of Breastfeeding submissions.
Nursing in public (a breastfeeding [...]
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I’m posting this picture of nursing a toddler in a ring sling as part of the “This is what a nursing toddler looks like” carnival being organized by @TopHat8855 from the bee in your bonnet. Below the post, I’ll be linking up to the other carnival participants as they add their posts over the course [...]
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Image credit: Ontario Human Rights Commission
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I usually love just about everything about Dr. Sears. There was one comment in the Baby Book that I remember not liking (something about not having the baby sleep between the mom and dad in bed because the dad needs his sleep). But otherwise, I’ve been consistently impressed.
Today I was on the site and was [...]
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“Mothers win the right to breastfeed in all public places ”
Courtesy of: Hoyden About Town
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Morals colliding.
We are all part of a society. Everyone is different and that is a good thing. Repeat to yourself and repeat to your children, “everyone is different and that’s okay.”
I’m perplexed and saddened when I hear about people that think breastfeeding in public is gross. They will all have different definitions of what is [...]
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Check out BabyREADY’s great response to the CNN’s question “Is public breastfeeding okay?”
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