Posted on February 21st, 2011 by Jane HBFW
I’ve written before about how important it is to be careful whose advice you trust with regard to all things baby related and nowhere is that more important than with breastfeeding, where the experts range from the hugely experienced and (and this is the important bit) up-to-date and qualified, to those who seemingly simply have [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2011 by Jane HBFW
Whenever there is a story in the media about breastfeeding, the facts are reported, along with a rather unhealthy dose of myth and misinformation. Soon after, opinion pieces spring up, occasionally positive, like the previously referenced one by Joanna Moorhead, but more often than not, ones like this by Barbara Ellen. Off the top of [...]
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Posted on January 20th, 2011 by Jane HBFW
OK, first of all, I make no bones about this post not being remotely breastfeeding-related. However…it is something that has quite literally changed my life in the last fortnight (and don’t worry, I am aware how entirely evangelical and cheese-tastic that sounds, but bear with me…!), so I thought I’d share it and see what [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2011 by Jane HBFW
Today, P&O changed wording on their website regarding breastfeeding in public areas of their cruise ships. Why? Because a number of people who cared about what P&O had written initially contacted them to tell them they had got it Very Wrong and ask them to reconsider.
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Posted on February 10th, 2009 by admin
See footage here: Really lovely footage – she clearly loves breastfeeding and was very natural about it all. EDITED: the link has since been taken down, because it violated YouTube’s TOS. Hmm… Yet the one with “Uh-oh” as she begins to breastfeed the baby, that I posted on the comments, remains. How bizarre.
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Posted on February 1st, 2009 by Jane HBFW
Fascinating info re the difference in development of the mouth, with photos of same.
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Posted on January 2nd, 2009 by Jane HBFW
I’ve been reading a lot about cue feeding (the more reasonable and attractive way to talk aboutwhat is commonly spoken about as “demand feeding”) and it being the best way to establish breastfeeding. I shall write more here on that after I’ve had a chance to digest fully all the different issues with it (more [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
One of the much-touted ‘benefits’ of bottlefeeding is that you “can see how much the baby’s having”. I’ve often said that the flipside of that is that you can also see how much the baby’s leaving – and that can give you one more thing to worry about. I thought this was an interesting study into the longterm impact of giving a baby milk (formula or breast) from a bottle. Obesity prevention is a hot topic in healthcare at the moment, so breastfeeding promotion sits well alongside.
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Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
I find myself more and more disheartened by society’s ever-increasing insistence that we need to make our children independent from the word go, coupled with the idea that this independence is somehow hastened by absenting ourselves from them.
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Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
Breastfeeding Awareness Week, like a lot of the breastfeeding promotion stuff - I wonder whether it’s really only speaking to those who are likely to breastfeed anyway, come what may. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking the excellent work done in raising awareness of the issues surrounding breastfeeding. For instance, campaigning for women to be able to [...]
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