Blog Entries 2011
by Kate Kahn -
29th December 2011
As 2011 comes to an end, it's a good opportunity to reflect back on what we've achieved and what work still lies ahead.
Dozens of states have made breastfeeding in public a right. While this is great, there's still a great deal of intolerance over it. We continue to read and hear about stories of women being made to leave a...
by Kate Kahn -
22nd December 2011
An urgent call is going out from the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBNA). The organization is in dire straits when it comes to breast milk donations. It's thanks to two things---one good, the other not so good. The first reason is...
by Kate Kahn -
15th December 2011
Nurses are sometimes the best line of defense when it comes to getting help in the hospital when you've just had a baby. They can help you learn how to breastfeed and they can also educate you on alternatives to breastfeeding if you decide it's not for you. It's important for nurses to be completely up to date on the latest...
by Barbara Dehn -
12th December 2011
Leave it to nurses to find the best new products for babies. A group of nurses from a local hospital were raving about some new adjustable flow nipples. In the old days, we’d just add a few more holes to the top to increase the flow. Once you did that you could never make it slower, and had to throw it out and get a new one....
by Kate Kahn -
8th December 2011
Turns out I'm not the only one outraged by Rhode Island's decision to make hospitals ban goody bags containing free formula samples. The topic is generating quite a lot of buzz. There was a great column in...
by Kate Kahn -
1st December 2011
The tiny state of Rhode Island has become the first state in the nation to ban goody bags containing free formula in maternity wards in all of its hospitals---a distinction that is dubious, if you ask me. It's an attempt to raise the breastfeeding rate among new moms in that state.
While that's an admirable goal, there's a danger is...
by Kate Kahn -
23rd November 2011
As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday I thought I'd take a moment to write about what I'm thankful for when it comes to nutrition and infant feeding.
I'm grateful that I was able to breastfeed one of my children for 6 months ( pumping included). And I'm grateful that when it came to feeding my second child, and breastfeeding...
by Kate Kahn -
17th November 2011
Breast milk is a coveted commodity. I get that. And when you can't produce enough of your own and want to buy it, there are places to go---safe places like milk banks associated with the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). When you...
by Kate Kahn -
10th November 2011
I read an awful lot of articles and blogs that go on and on about how breastfeeding is free as opposed to formula. But breastfeeding is only free if your time is worth nothing. I defy anyone to tell me their time isn't worth anything. I'm not saying don't breastfeed. I'm just saying there is an investment involved....
by Kate Kahn -
3rd November 2011
I've blogged many times about how breastfeeding is a team sport--family, friends, and your medical community all need to participate. Without those means of support, breastfeeding can be a very lonely and trying experience for some women. Now, two new studies shed light on some of the barriers to that much-needed support. If...
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