Welcome Carnival of Breastfeeding readers! Breastfeeding has been a gift, not only to me and my daughters, but to my greater community. I look at it this way. Every time someone sees me breastfeeding I plant a seed. Every time I blog about breastfeeding and a new reader comes across my blog, I water the [...]
When these Breastfeeding Weeks come along, as they tend to do a few times a year depending on the country you’re living in, and the planet you are living on (Martians please note that planet Earth is having World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7), I feel huge pressure to contribute something super intelligent or meaningful. The [...]
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Welcome to the July 2010 Carnival of Nursing in Public This post was written for inclusion in the NursingFreedom.org. All week, July 5-9, we will be featuring articles and posts about nursing in public (“NIP”). See the bottom of this post for more information. As of today I have decided that I prefer a smile to [...]
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I was surprised when I heard Glenda’s story of not being supported by her Church family around her breastfeeding her infant daughter (with a nursing cover no less!), but I am usually never surprised when I hear about Facebook removing yet another breastfeeding photo or art piece. But I did come close when Kate Hansen sent [...]
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The following post is by Glenda from Me and Mine in a Small Town. Glenda is a Christian, Bible reading, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, baby wearing, soon to be homeschooling, co sleeping, stay at home, married mother of 4 children. She recently wrote me telling me about some problems she was having with breastfeeding at church, [...]
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This week while I was linking up my two giveaways (see below) I came across the blog Fairy Tales and Puppy Dog Tails that had a post about breastfeeding your preemie. I was surprised to see it, as in my experience, not many of the blogs that host linkys for giveaways have the kind of [...]
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If an electrical storm wiped out the internet (perhaps forever), this, about my passion, in 300 words or less, is what I would tell you. First. Breastfeed. Even if you think you won’t like it, even if you think you won’t be able to do it. Try it. Even if it’s only for three days. [...]
