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Tue, 22 May 2012 17:40:22 -0400

jules-love: Breastfeeding and The Smiths.

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:07:20 -0400

jules-love:

Breastfeeding and The Smiths.

What Primates Teach Us About Weaning Age

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:23:11 -0400

What Primates Teach Us About Weaning Age:

“My son will be three-years-old next month and is still breastfeeding. In other words, he is a typical primate. However, when I tell most people about this the reactions I receive run the gamut from mild confusion to serious discomfort. …”

kikidonahue: Why Mamas can’t do yoga with toddlers running...

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:14:46 -0400

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kikidonahue:

Why Mamas can’t do yoga with toddlers running around

Feel good magazine, Irish...

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:08:20 -0400

Feel good magazine, Irish Examiner

http://m.facebook.com/irishexaminer?id=175322202485450&_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=430276830323318&id=175322202485450&set=a.192864317397905.46791.175322202485450&__user=592380077

Planet Phenomenal: U.S. Ranks Last for Breastfeeding in Entire Industrial World

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:12:26 -0400

Planet Phenomenal: U.S. Ranks Last for Breastfeeding in Entire Industrial World:

venusgenus:

Save the Children’s report ‘State of the World’s Mothers’ says the U.S. has the least favorable environment for breastfeeding in the entire industrial world. They calculated a score for each of 36 industrialized countries based on maternity leave laws, rights to nursing break at work and other…

e1112150880: Breast-feeding your child beyond infancy.CNN’s...

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:16:45 -0400

e1112150880:

Breast-feeding your child beyond infancy.
CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux talks with Mayim Bialik about breast-feeding, attached parenting, and motherhood. Video Rating: 4/ 5

Click on the Thumbnail to watch the video
Or visit http://uidnews.info/breast/breast-feeding-your-child-beyond-infancy/

Breastfeeding a 3-year-old is normal, anthropologist says

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:15:03 -0400

Breastfeeding a 3-year-old is normal, anthropologist says:

naturalmomma:

‘Though some online are calling it “perverted” and “dangerous” to nurse a 3-year-old, “It’s normal for our species. It’s not perverted; it’s not sex; it’s not women doing it for some perverse need. It’s normal like a nine-month pregnancy is normal,” says Katherine Dettwyler.’

naturalmomma: Check out New York City’s brand new subway and...

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:14:34 -0400

naturalmomma:

Check out New York City’s brand new subway and hospital poster campaign promoting breastfeeding!

“It’s your right to feed your baby only breast milk and get the support you need.” :D

Dionna Ford: TIME Magazine Cover: Extended Breastfeeding Does Not Equal Extreme

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:13:18 -0400

Dionna Ford: TIME Magazine Cover: Extended Breastfeeding Does Not Equal Extreme:

hobomama:

Dionna’s insightful response at HuffPost on the subject of breastfeeding past infancy (and I’m quoted):

Nursing past infancy is part of our healthy, loving relationship. As my friend and co-founder of Natural Parents Network, Lauren of Hobo Mama wrote: “You breastfeed day by day, not a year’s leap at a time. Nursing [my son] today, at 3-years-old, is different from breastfeeding him at 2-years-old by only one day, one moment. He didn’t become a gangly toddler overnight, so I had plenty of gradual time to adjust my vision of what a nursling looks like, each day.”

So you see, nursing past infancy simply does not feel extreme to us. Why does my son still nurse?

He nurses because I am his warm, safe place.

This is what works for us. You may do things differently. Neither of us is more extreme or better than the other.

Kroger Pulling Time Magazine From Registers | Code Name: Mama

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:12:41 -0400

Kroger Pulling Time Magazine From Registers | Code Name: Mama:

hobomama:

Apparently breastfeeding’s been normalized enough for me now that I did not see this one coming.

Hobo Mama's Shared Items: More TIME Magazine links roundup

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:09:30 -0400

Hobo Mama's Shared Items: More TIME Magazine links roundup:

hobomama:

Well, seeing as it’s officially Sunday, I’ve run out of time to read and comment on the rest of the articles discussing the TIME article in my Reader. Herewith I will simply paste them all and leave you to it, if you want to delve further:

Mom: Breastfeeding Kid, 3, “Not for Everybody”…

TIME Magazine covers attachment parenting

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:38:53 -0400

What do you think of the cover?

http://lightbox.time.com/2012/05/10/parenting/

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Thu, 10 May 2012 10:02:34 -0400

adriennemaybee: this is how I feed my baby girl & I don’t...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:01:57 -0400

adriennemaybee:

this is how I feed my baby girl & I don’t care what anyone says

thiswearyhead: Hey Enfamil, I didn’t sign up for this. Part of...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:01:30 -0400

thiswearyhead:

Hey Enfamil, I didn’t sign up for this.

Part of me wants to slap “Return to Sender” on it, but I’ll donate it instead. I’m not anti-formula (though I am anti-formula for me), but I am anti-unsolicited-farming-for-customers and anti-making-moms-feel-like-they-can’t-breastfeed-before-they’ve-even-had-a-chance-to-try.

Obviously, I am pro-ridiculous-numbers-of-hyphens.

breastfeedingisbeautiful: “I’m your dinner and you’re my...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:59:58 -0400

breastfeedingisbeautiful:

“I’m your dinner and you’re my chocolate cake. ♥”

saltairandfarm: (via HankandLucy)

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:59:38 -0400

saltairandfarm:

(via HankandLucy)

momof2pumpkins: Nursing in style !

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:59:11 -0400

momof2pumpkins:

Nursing in style !

thiswearyhead: (photo via The Leaky B@@B) I may be overly tired...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:57:34 -0400

thiswearyhead:

(photo via The Leaky B@@B)

I may be overly tired and hormonal, but this made me all misty-eyed. A note that a server gave a customer with their receipt at Olive Garden.