Blog Entries January 2009
by Barbara Dehn -
28th January 2009
I saw a mom the other day who is pregnant with her 2nd child. Her first baby is 16 months old and she’s excited to be pregnant again. As we went over her previous pregnancy, she related that she was much more relaxed this time. I was curious about that statement and asked her to elaborate further. Well, she explained,...
by Barbara Dehn -
22nd January 2009
What should I feed my baby, how should I feed my baby, when should I feed my baby. These are questions that I hear all the time. In fact the other day, after coming home from work, where I heard some variation of all these questions, a friend was visiting who has a little one and these exact questions came up again. Wow, they’re universal...
by Kate Kahn -
18th January 2009
I read a story the other day about a mother who's still breasstfeeding her nearly 6-year-old son. He obviously doesn't need it for nutrients. She says it comforts him. In fact, she breastfed both her other children until they were 6. And now, she claims, she and her older son are bonded in a way most 12-year-old sons and...
by Kate Kahn -
11th January 2009
Congratulations to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which became the latest state to sign legislation protecting a woman's right to breastfeed in public. It only took 10 years to make this happen! And the state now leaves the dubious club of having been one of 3 states without a law on the books ( West Virginia and North Dakota...
by Kate Kahn -
4th January 2009
Here's an interesting dilemma to ponder: are pictures of women breastfeeding posted on the Internet obscene?
That's exactly the issue confronting the very popular social networking site, Facebook. And it's been brought to the front burner courtesy of some California moms. It seems that one mother posted a pic of herself...
by Kate Kahn -
2nd January 2009
In these frightening economic times everyone's making tough choices. But diluting baby formula to make it last longer can have fatal consequences. We all remember the headlines a few months ago when a 23-year-old mother diluted her formula with water. Her 5-month-old son almost died. He suffered from water intoxication...
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