Blog Entries November 2007
by Kate Kahn -
29th November 2007
I know several people who are pregnant right now. They run the gamut in terms of age. Some are in their 40s. Others are in their 30s. Some are married, some are not. And one is on her second marriage. One is going to take at least six months maternity leave. Another is a stay-at-home mom with four kids and this will be her fifth. All are...
by Barbara Dehn -
26th November 2007
I saw a mom with twin babies the other day. She told me about her experience trying to care for her two little ones. Having twins is an enormous challenge and one that I hope moms will write about in the forum. Taking care of one baby is hard enough, how about adding another one into the mix. If you thought you were sleep deprived with one,...
by Kate Kahn -
20th November 2007
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I thought it fitting to blog about some of the things I’m thankful for. Let’s begin with breastfeeding. The numbers of women breastfeeding are up (I’ve blogged about this before). And while we need to do better, a huge amount of credit goes to the fact that there’s greater support in our...
by Barbara Dehn -
15th November 2007
I saw a patient yesterday with an adorable 6 week old baby girl. Dad came for the visit, and carried the car seat with their pink wrapped package. He gingerly picked his little sweetie pie and nestled her in his arms and brought out a bottle to feed her. She had been casted because of a congenital hip dislocation, so her little legs...
by Kate Kahn -
12th November 2007
I read a column the other day that blew my mind, not for what the columnist wrote, but because of a quote she used in her piece. The column appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press in Canada. The writer was expressing outrage at the notion that you're a bad mother if you don't breastfeed. In her column she quoted Laurie Gelman, co-host of The Mom...
by Kate Kahn -
7th November 2007
Two articles last weekend about presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani pose a frightening pattern of lack of follow through when it comes to knowing all the facts about issues. They made me wonder where the hec we’ll be if Giuliani becomes president and has to make decisions that affect public policy. Specifically, there are several issues...
by Kate Kahn -
4th November 2007
There’s a woman in Iowa who’s caught between a rock and a hard place so to speak. Martha Heller is a new mom. She’s been breast feeding and pumping but now her 4-month-old daughter has decided bottled breast milk isn’t for her.
So now Martha donates to the Milk Bank of Iowa---good cause. To donate to a milk...
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