A new study shows breastfeeding leading to smarter kids. Other studies have found that breastfeeding goes along with being smart. This new study is exciting because it was designed to try to figure out whether breastfeeding causes higher IQ or if they just happen together for other reasons. Exclusive breastfeeding enhances children’s cognitive development By…
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Natural Birth
This video isn’t about breastfeeding — it’s about having a natural birth with twins and triplets. I just thought it was an amazing video. I’ll justify putting it up here because natural birth makes breastfeeding a whole lot easier. Enjoy:
Unexpected side effects…
I hadn’t realized what breastfeeding could do for me as a mother: a study found that “women who breastfeed for more than eight weeks are more relaxed, have a higher tolerance to monotony, and score higher on a socialization index” (from Hale and Hartman, Textbook of Human Lactation, p. 150).
Playing at being a mother
GirlFeedsDoll (credit to MamaKnowsBreast.com) A friend is expecting her first baby. She’s just started taking a breastfeeding class. She reported that she’s learning a lot but she felt a little silly pretending to breastfeed a doll. My 8-year-old daughter is happy to pretend to mother her dolls. She nurses her doll — along with rocking,…
Mothering Expectations
I love Diane Wiessinger’s thoughts about breastfeeding. I always see things in a new way after I read what she has to say. Today I was reminded of Diane’s motherhood-magnet analogy as I talked with a very tired mother that was hoping her little breastfed baby would sleep through the night. Diane pointed out that…
Environmentalists for Breastfeeding
We usually hear that breastfeeding is good because it is good for individual mothers and babies: bonding, good nutrition, good health. But breastfeeding is good for our environment too: no packaging, no transportation, no waste. The Australian Breastfeeding Association has some great posters that celebrate the way breastfeeding protects our environment. I wish I had…
So what’s normal?
There are so many aspects of breastfeeding that we just don’t see in our society until we’re nursing our own children. And even then, we really only see ourselves and our own babies. It’s generally not socially acceptable to look at other women’s breasts or to carefully watch other women’s babies latching on. So if…
Nursing in Public — the Right Attitude
In Madison women have the right to breastfeed their babies in public: “No person shall interfere with a mother breastfeeding her child or expressing breastmilk within any public accommodation where the mother would otherwise be authorized to be.” (Dane County (34.015) and Madison City (23.37) Ordinances) Some practical tips and the right attitude makes it…
Winter Blues
Snow has been the big news story in Madison this winter. My son told me that in January it snowed on 23 out of the 31 days of the month. Since I remember it raining on at least one or two days, that means that it was cloudy and precipitating pretty much the entire month….
The Business of Being Born – coming soon
There’s no getting around it — birth affects breastfeeding. If you want to know more about birth in the United States you can check out a new documentary film from executive producer Rikki Lake and director Abbey Epstein, The Business of Being Born. Here are the details: WHEN: First Showing – 29 February 2008 at…
Madison Breastfeeding Help 