May

22

Soothing New Diaper Rash Ointment

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May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Diaper rash is hard on babies, and treating it has been hard on moms and dads with ointments that are messy, greasy, and stain clothing. Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc., one of the world’s most popular brands among breastfeeding mothers, has introduced Lansinoh® Diaper Rash Ointment. This exclusive new formulation, which includes Lansinoh’s world-renowned HPA® Lanolin, treats [...]

Aug

9

Breastfeeding Is Not A Crime

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August 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

photo credit: dfb Many breastfeeding moms have been showing support for a mom who was kicked out of a McDonald’s for breastfeeding her child. The manager who asked her to leave was violating the Kentucky state laws that give mothers the right to feed their children in public as well as going against company policy. [...]

Aug

5

New Zealand Moms Go For The Gold!

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August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s an exciting time to be a breastfeeding mom in New Zealand as they’ve just broken a record with 1,111 moms joining together for breastfeeding. Dubbed “The Big Latch On” the moms all gathered together for the start of World Breastfeeding Week to show support and gain awareness for breastfeeding in New Zealand and, as [...]

Aug

5

Breastfeeding Moms Take To The Subway

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August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I thought this was a great out of New York worth sharing. A group of nursing moms rode a subway from Bronx to Brooklyn on Friday to call attention to breastfeeding support. The activists, or lactivists, want doctors and health officials to give new moms more information on the benefits of breastfeeding. The legislation they [...]

Aug

4

Amy Spangler and Breastfeeding

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August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Amy Spangler is one of my favorite breastfeeding experts today. Her books Breastfeeding: Keep It Simple and Breastfeeding: A Parent’s Guide are always informative and smart yet light and fun. You don’t feel like you’re reading a dusty medical text but you’re still coming away informed. To me if you can only get one book [...]

Aug

1

Friday Round-Up

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August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

With World Breastfeeding Week starting today I wanted to do my first Friday Round-Up sharing some of the blogs that are promoting breastfeeding for moms. API Speaks has a great list up on why and how to celebrate this week, as well as a giveaway at the end. Amy at Crunchy Domestic Goddess has a [...]

Jul

30

World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7

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July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, a whole week in which breastfeeding mothers are being encouraged and supported to “Go For The Gold”. To tie in with the Olympics this year the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action is awarding gold, silver, and bronze metals to groups and individuals who do special events during World Breastfeeding [...]

Aug

17

Cloth is Good For Mommy Too!

Posted by Cindy

August 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

Most people know that I use cloth diapers. I love, love, love them for a majority of reasons. Style, ease of use, evironmentally friendly, safer on their skin, the lsit goes on. You could say that natural cloth is my absolute favorite products for babies. But it’s also my favorite for mommy too. When I [...]

Aug

1

World Breastfeeding Week – Get Your Early Nursing Relationship Going Well

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August 1, 2007 | 5 Comments

August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. Breastfeeding ym sons has been one of the best experiences in my life, and one of the things I am the proudest of. There were difficulties, pain, clogged ducts, thrush, bites, day long nursing marathons, and a few comments from others who seemed to want breastfeeding mothers to fail. [...]

Jul

19

Extended Breastfeeding

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July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Ann Sinnott, whose 15 year old daughter self-weaned at the age of six and a half, is writing a book about sustained breastfeeding, (breastfeeding children three years and older). She would like long-term breastfeeding mothers, past and present, to complete a questionnaire at the link below. She would also like completed questionnaires from mothers who [...]

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