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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I received the following letter over the weekend from a woman who wished to share her story with as many people as possible. The same letter has already been posted on the Mommy News Blog, but I decided to print it here too. I also have a different slant on this. I have left out [...]
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What a wonderful thing to breastfeed in nature, to breastfeed in public, and to breastfeed among other breastfeeding mothers. All at the same time! This was the Breastfeeding Challenge 2009 in my town. I think The Quintessence Foundation should have a category for prettiest location because I’m pretty sure our outdoor courtyard next to the [...]
