I’m not the only one wondering what’s up with Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Latch On NYC. Mothers including ones who’ve breastfeed, haven’t or somewhere in between have emailed me, commented here and called to vent their frustration, concerns and sometimes confusion. KJ Dell’Antonia over at Motherlode, whom I briefly met at BlogHer12 in NYC this weekend (as if …
So I’m off to BlogHer12 in New York City and instead of networking on my mind, I can’t stop thinking about breastfeeding. Blame it on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s new breastfeeding initiative, Latch On NY. Yes the breast and its milk has now moved beyond the personal to the political. Congratulations to …
Do you really think this father is hurting his newborn child? New mothers aren’t meeting their own goals for breastfeeding let alone those set by a bunch of international experts. Another week, another study trying to figure out how to convince new moms to keep babies on the boob and Pediatrics had no choice …
Breast milk, the miracle cure for child malnutrition and global poverty? Nicholas B. Kristof, The New York Times, The Breast Milk Cure That’s what New York Times foreign affairs columnist (i.e. not a trained science writer) proposed in his latest compassionate yet flawed, okay, botched attempt at public health advocacy – …
Girl, 3, attributes slimness to eating well (i.e. breastmilk) Formula-fed babies get fat if they eat food before 4 months according to the latest entry in the breastfeeding-is-god literature, a study just published in Pediatrics no less. The babies lucky enough to get the real deal, the liquid gold, the boob? The Chosen Few (i.e. breastfed for …