The Vancouver Island Baby Fair is coming to town and I couldn’t be more pleased by how breastfeeding friendly it is. Shirley Broback of Laughing Belly Productions, a family-run business, is a mom of two and producer of this unparalled fair for expectant and new moms and their families. She was also the recipient of [...]
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After a long day away from home and 57 comments on yesterday’s post Has Breastfeeding Hurt Your Marriage? I arrived to find a letter in my inbox from a representative of Rabbi Shmuley’s website. It turns out they’ve been receiving a number of comments (oh, really?!) and I appear to be the source of these [...]
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Today Twitter alerted me to a recently published article called Moms, Don’t Forget to Feed Your Marriages by Rabbi Shmuley. Essentially, the Rabbi says that women who are devoted to breastfeeding are committing a “cardinal sin” by not putting their husbands and thus their marriages before the needs of their children. He goes on to say [...]
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It is widely recommended by health professionals that you introduce whole cow’s milk into your baby’s diet at 12 months of age. It doesn’t matter if they are breastfed or formula fed, but at age one they want you to start giving your child whole cow or goat milk. Most moms I know have unquestioningly [...]
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The following post is a guest post by Jennifer Johnson who writes on the topic of Nurse Practitioner schools. I asked her to write about this topic to give pregnant and breastfeeding moms, and those interested in pursuing a career in nursing, an idea of what nurses actually learn about breastfeeding in school. Thank you [...]
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In light of the recent earthquake in Haiti, I am re-posting (with editing) something I wrote for World Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2009. May it be my small effort towards educating people about the importance of breastfeeding the babies in Haiti at this time. My gratitude and admiration go out to all the mothers in Haiti [...]
Today I am honoured to have a guest post from Jennifer at Barely Knit Together. As some of you know I am in the process of applying for my Masters in Social Work. My goal is to work with in psychiatry (my career background before I became a mom) specifically with women and families. I’d [...]
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