Breastfeeding

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    Is Pushing Infant Formula Evil?

    I’m going to be very blunt in hopes that it awakens more people to the dangers of infant formula. NOTE TO MOMS: Don’t read this if you are feeling vulnerable,guilty or overstressed. NOTE TO ALL: I’m not a therapist but a researcher in child development. As mentioned in last week’s post, most research comparing formula and breastfeeding [...]

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    Breastfeeding Moms Have a Target On Their Chest

    The national increase in breastfeeding rates has caused the formula companies to stand up and take notice. What is great news for moms, babies and society could prove disastrous for formula companies and their stock holders–unless they can grab part of the growing market.

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    One Every 21 Seconds: Let’s Remember What We’re

      One of my favorite movies is The Girl in the Café. It is a quirky, and somewhat improbable love story between two very lonely people, Lawrence and Gina (played brilliantly by Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald), who meet by chance in a café in London. Lawrence works for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the minister of economics [...]

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    10 (Mildly Shallow) Reasons to Breastfeed, by Scary Mommy

    (Photo: Shutterstock/Keith Levit/Richard Semik) I breastfeed my kids. I’m passionate about it. I’m righteous about it. But I’m not entirely honest about it. I advertise that I do it for the heartfelt and health-related reasons we’ve all heard from other moms and pediatricians a bazillion times. But come on. If there weren’t also some hardcore [...]