A Police Woman in China has been promoted for breastfeeding more than nine orphaned babies after the powerful quake last month left many of these children parent-less. You ask what promotion? AHHH…The “Good Communist Award”! I couldn’t have made that up… Article Link: CLICK HERE

(good only for artificial babies!) This was interesting — the Wikipedia article on Infant formula. I know a lot of people don’t like Wikipedia, but there are citations throughout the article, and it certainly does a good job of encapsulating the topic “in a nutshell.” In reading one of many breastfeeding books, one of the authors noted [...]

My baby boy is going to be seven months very soon. He’s been breast fed most of the time and prefers it than taking the bottle. When I give him water sometimes I have to give it to him in a cup because he likes to hold a cup (more like play with them and

 Obviously this is more a post for the ladies than the men but I think men, especially husbands will be able to benefit from this and support and encourage their wives as well. Here goes; This will be a hard post to write about.  Why?  Well for one thing I hate writting about touchy subjects or something

I cannot believe I have been neglecting my blog for a week already, I told myself I was going to blog at least twice a week, but I just haven’t really been able to. It’s the last week of the first summer session and I’ve had stuff to turn in and I’ve started preparing for

This was a search term someone used to find my website, so I decided to write about it, because, yes, I’ve done it. While many women worry about not having a sufficient milk supply, many women have too much milk, or it lets down too fast. Both of my children were affected by this — they

Please Breastfeed Your Baby… 1.) Most nutritional way to feed an infant – Composition of breast milk changes overtime to adapt to a growing baby’s needs. 2.) Not only satisfies hunger, but emotional needs as well – Helps mother to develop a strong and unique bond with her baby. 3.) Reduces your baby’s risk of developing a childhood

I originally posted this in response to BabyShrink’s “The Good Enough Mother : Are Breasts Required?” post, and realized I had said a lot more than I meant to and didn’t realize just how much until I’d posted the comment.  Comment? It was like a book! So I stole it back, and here it is. Breastfeeding

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