Neat ! I had heard about it before, but it was more like a gossip and I am always afraid of sounding like a breastfeeding freak when I rave about all its advantages. Now a team of German experts has confirmed it in a scientific study published March 3rd in Pediatrics: full or even partial breastfeeding provides a 50% reduction in the incidence of SIDS. Ain’t that an impressive number ? I am amazed. Breastfeeding should soon become a recommendation for parents eager to protect their children from the first cause of death for infants in developed countries. To read the full study, click on this link : http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/123/3/e406
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My first child is due Feb. 8th 2012. As I wait with anticipation for my breastfeeding adventure to begin, I feel so lucky to be able to be a part of the breastfeeding blog world. For more about me read the About Us section of the blog! This blog is intended to be a place of inspiration and information. It is a place to share stories and ideas. I love hearing from you!
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Archive for March, 2009
Groundbreaking Study: Breastfeeding Reduces SIDS Risk
Friday, March 6th, 2009Breastmilk is the New Fuel
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009In the past week, 4 national publications approached Momzelle. So many magazines in such a short time frame makes me dreamy. Unfortunately, we were not approached to have our nursing tops featured as “new best product”, but as potential advertisers by bigger, like Pregnancy and Newborn, and smaller, like Brain, Child magazines- to name only those two. Brain, Child is a magazine that I enjoy reading very much. It is intelligent, wise, witty, and I consider it my Monde diplomatique of parenthood. I wish I could say yes to everyone, and fill in all the advertising space that car manufacturers were taking a few months ago (although I do not think any did advertise in Brain, Child). Can you imagine breastmilk replacing fuel ? I can…
Nursing discreetly, really ?
Monday, March 2nd, 2009It is often a matter of love or hate when it comes to nursing covers. I personally think they achieve one of their goals, and that’s fine with me: nobody sees the bare breast or nipple while you nurse. In fact, nobody sees anything at all, and your baby is also in the dark (if he does not kick or push the cover away). Nursing in public with a huge piece of fabric – with or without a wonderful print – covering you and your baby only screams: “Nursing baby over here !”. Here is a commercial advertisement for a nursing cover found on the web. After having watched it twice, I still do not know if I should laugh or cry :
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The truth is that I believe nursing covers send the wrong message to other moms and moms-t0-be. Hiding under a fashionable blanket is really saying that breastfeeding should be done undercover and not in public. Fine for the moms who really would not have nursed outside of their homes or public bathrooms without the drape, breastfeeding with a cover is better than not breastfeeding at all, but for everyone else, there are other options out there. I am not saying that you need to use a special product in order to breastfeed or that you should, on the contrary, show it all. Nursing wear like the one we make at Momzelle does help to nurse discreetly (without exposing your breasts, your back, your sides or your postpartum belly) without hiding the baby, and a lot of people who have never seen a woman nursing would never guess what you are doing. At the same time, wearing appropriate clothes does normalize breastfeeding. Unbuttoning a shirt from bottom up is another way to nurse discreetly and nursing while using a sling is yet another. God forbids, do not give a nursing cover as a present. They may look good, but what they really say is “Look at me, I nurse my baby but I do not want you to see”. Breastfeeding is NOT a shame.
