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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 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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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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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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I wrote this story out a long time ago after being asked time and time again to share it on various message boards where I provided support to moms that went through the same breastfeeding difficulties that I did with my first child. I just realized that I never shared it on my blog and [...]
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For one day on December 27, mothers around the world are changing their profile pictures to breastfeeding pictures to protest facebook deleting breastfeeding pictures and threatening to delete the accounts of the people that post them:
Facebook continues to classify breastfeeding photos as obscene content. They continue to arbitrarily remove these photos from member albums and [...]
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Everyone knows that breastfeeding helps you lose the excess fat leftover from your pregnancy. But it is more complex than that.
Breastfeeding by the numbers
Being a bit of a math geek, I thought I’d have some fun with the numbers. Let’s start with the basics:
Producing 1oz of breastmilk burns about 26 calories: According to Mary Hartley, [...]
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