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Over 100 hundred Vancouver moms, babies & dads came out for a nurse-in, to support Manuel Valle, who was asked not to breastfeed her two month old in a local H&M.
Breastfeeding in a public place is a protected right in B.C. Unfortunately, reading the comments on the on-line news articles it seems that many see it as the same thing as walking around naked, having sex, or having a bowel movement in public! Geesh! Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a lovely article from the Chicago Tribune about a father supporting breastfeeding. A lot of fathers may not realize how much easier their support can make it for mom to breastfeed – or even what they can to help.
This Chinese policewoman is breastfeeding EIGHT babies left without milk in the wake of the terrible earthquake.
JACK NEWMAN, MD, FRCPC, is a Toronto pediatrician who has practiced medicine since 1970. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto medical school. In 1984 he established the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. He has practiced as a physician in Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. He now holds breastfeeding clinics in several hospitals in the Toronto area. He is a consultant with UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and is a popular speaker at breastfeeding conferences across North America and beyond. He is the father of three children, all breastfed.
Dr.Jack Newman’s Online breastfeeding Guides
Instructional Breastfeeding Video Clips
These video clips are very helpful when first learning to breastfeed. There are examples of good latches, bad latches, positioning, how to do compressions and use lactation aids.
These handouts cover everything you could think of to ask about breastfeeding. Even more articles can be found at gentlemothering breastfeeding services.
Globe & Mail Milk Sharing Article
This is a link to an article about milk sharing that I was interviewed for last year. My sister pointed out that we look like we’re in bed together which is a little embarrassing. Also the quotes in the article say something quite different than what I was saying at the time – but I guess it’s all for the good cause of normalizing breastfeeding!
This was written around the time that I actually stopped nursing Kaia when I watched her. I don’t really remember when that happenned, because it happened effortlessly, even though her mom was still nursing her and I was nursing my son. She was old enough that she was happy to wait for her mom.
I think this article makes it sounds like we were co-nursing to get away from our babies and not feel “tied down” by them. This was not the case at all. Nursing two babies at once is not what I’d call “convenient” – although it was nice not to have to pump and deal with bottles etc. What was important to both of us was that when were away from our children, we could feel more secure, knowing they were being so well cared for.
The above icon is the winner of the international symbol of breastfeeding contest held by Mothering Magazine. They invite you to download an image of the breastfeeding symbol here, and use it to promote and support breastfeeding around the world.
