Racheal McCaig aka “Energizer Mummy” recently wrote a post called Bring on The Lactivists. She wrote it in response to comments she received regarding her tweet about Nestle sponsoring a “Perinatal & Pediatric Nutrition Conference” in Edmonton, Alberta. She says the responses to her tweet ranged from “tame to obscene” thus she cannot support lactivists [...]
Continue reading about Monday Musings: The Root Of The Mommy Breastfeeding Wars
(The following story is fictional. Should you see yourself in the Queen then kudos to you!) Once upon a time (as recent as a moment ago), there was a Queen who gave birth to a Princess. What made her a Queen was that her partner called her one, and what made their daughter a Princess [...]
Continue reading about The Princess And The Chick Pea (And The Grape And The Walnut)
I received this in an email today from a local Lactation Consultant I know. I thought blogging about it might be the best way that I personally can get the word out. Oh, and thank you American and British and other worldly friends for your support, but this petition is only for Canadian citizens. Sign [...]
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Today I want to know what you think about government regulated or government subsidized breastfeeding. How would you feel if you learned that your country required new mothers to sign a consent form if they wanted to give baby formula to their infants? How would you feel if breastfeeding women got paid to breastfeed? Is this [...]
Continue reading about Monday Musings: Getting Paid To Breastfeed
A new study by the Boston University School of Public Health shows that even when hospitals encorage new mothers to breastfeed, those same hospitals sometimes do things that increase the chance the babies will end up drinking formula instead. See entire article here. Basically, trained maternity nurses who should have been taught “Breastfeeding 101″ at school [...]
Continue reading about Monday Musings: How Hospitals Contribute to Lower Breastfeeding Rates
Today I have a guest post by Tanya from the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog. She is trying to spread the word about this valuable research and I thought I would do my part by passing it on to you. The following post dated October 6, 2008 has been cut and pasted with permission and you can [...]
Continue reading about Breastfeeding? Scheduled for a biopsy? Read this and pass it on!
