If you’ve been breastfeeding for a while or hanging out with breastfeeding mamas (even if you haven’t breastfed) you might want to check out the Hathor the Cow Goddess cartoons. As the artist, Heather Cushman-Dowdee, describes Hathor: Hathor the Cowgoddess is a character created by me, an artist living in Los Angeles, California. She is…
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Milk Sharing
I’ve had a few questions recently from women that are thinking about milk sharing — using other mothers’ milk to supplement their babies. Donor milk from a milk bank is great and probably the safest option — unfortunately some families don’t have access to milk bank milk or can’t afford it. So I wanted to…
Award Nominations
Who do you think deserves recognition for helping breastfeeding mothers in the Madison area? The Madison Breastfeeding Promotion Network and the Wisconsin Well Woman Program are seeking nominations for the 2008 Community Breastfeeding Promotion Awards. These awards will be presented at a ceremony on October 2 at 2:00 p.m. at the Warner Park Community Center…
The Art of Breastfeeding
For the fifth year, Brattleboro, Vermont is displaying a breastfeeding art exhibit to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. My favorite quote from one of the photographers whose work is on display: “I look at this photo exhibit as a celebration of a community’s acceptance of breastfeeding, rather than (for) breastfeeding awareness,”
Nursing at the Farmers’ Market
I thought you might enjoy seeing the Channel 27 news report on the gathering at the Farmers’ Market yesterday to celebrate nursing in public. If you watch the video, you’ll see some really cute nursing babies and hear Dr. Jill Mallory do a great job explaining why breastfeeding is so good for babies. I love…
Sit Back and Relax
You know how frustrating it is when your baby is hungry, you offer the breast, and he can’t latch on because he keeps putting his hands in the way? Well maybe it isn’t just that babies don’t know what to do with their hands — it could be that we’re holding them the wrong way….
Baby Friendly Birth Places
Harlem Hospital just became the first New York City hospital to be designated a “Baby Friendly” hospital by the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. This WHO/UNICEF program helps birth places around the world better support breastfeeding. According to the Harlem Hospital press release, there are more than 19,000 maternity facilities worldwide that have received the Baby…
Want more sleep?
Yet another reason to breastfeed your baby. This study from 2007 in the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing found that: Parents of infants who were breastfed in the evening and/or at night slept an average of 40-45 minutes more than parents of infants given formula. Parents of infants given formula at night also self-reported…
Cross-nursing
Cross-nursing means nursing someone else’s baby once in a while — wet-nursing is nursing someone else’s baby full time, usually for pay. Both of these used to be common. Good Morning America just did a short segment on cross-nursing. Here’s La Leche League International’s official statement that notes the need to be careful to avoid…
Worldwide Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding connects us across language and across culture: this video from Bulgaria will be airing for World Breastfeeding Week.
Madison Breastfeeding Help 