Blog Entries December 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 -
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...
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