World Breastfeeding Week: Nursing mothers mount a global push for legal...
August 1-7 was World Breastfeeding Week. The centerpiece of the global event was an effort to get mothers in 120 countries "to nurse simultaneously on August 8, for a new Guiness World Record. (Check...
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Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week: Mother Support
World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated by 120 countries worldwide Aug. 1-7, is just eight days away. This year's theme is "Mother Support: Going for the Gold" and, in my opinion, is such an important...
View ArticleBecause Sometimes, Those Storks Make Crash Landings
This just in: childbirth can be traumatic.I know. I was shocked too. I thought that I was the only mother out there who was traumatized by the birth of one of her children, and who isn't joking about...
View ArticleHide Your Hooters, The Haters Are Comin'
Here's what breaks my heart about ongoing debates about the ethics of breastfeeding in public: that there IS any debate. Shouldn't this subject be considered settled? Wasn't that the whole point of...
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Hello World Breastfeeding Week!
I never anticipated how much time I would spend talking about my boobs once I became a mother.Nursing L discreetly at 3 months. She never liked being under the cover...It honestly never occurred to me....
View ArticleI'm a Milk Making Machine (or, Breastfeeding: The Early Days_
This morning I was reminiscing with friends about the struggles we all faced as first time mothers learning to breastfeed. I decided to go back and read what I had written on our family blog about my...
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What Breastfeeding Advice Can You Pass Along for World Breastfeeding Week?
Today kicks off World Breastfeeding Week which runs from August 1st until August 7th. The theme for this year is "Breastfeeding Support: Close to Mothers." Women are more likely to breastfeed in the...
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World Breastfeeding Week is like Pride Week for my toddler and me.
Happy World Breastfeeding Week to Zofia and me! See how excited we are? Any chance Zofia gets to celebrate boobies, she takes it and RUNS with it... usually still with my nipple in her mouth. This is...
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I Support You
My mom still talks about hiding in the closet in her own home to nurse her baby when relatives were over. The pressure to wean was immense back in the 1970′s and she weaned my brother and sister before...
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