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- The Dairy Council tells us:
- Milk is nature’s most perfect food.
- The Dairy Council doesn’t tell us:
- Milk is nature’s most perfect food for a baby calf, who has four stomachs, will double its weight in 47 days, and is destined to weigh 300 pounds within a year!
—– Unknown
My source for this quote: kellymom.com
A topless mom is being held by her equally topless partner while nursing her baby, a young mother is wearing a revealing black lace bra and puts make-up on while she has the baby at the breast, various mothers nursing in public… and yes, small bits and bigger bits of breasts showing on the pictures. One breastfeeding picture for each month. The photographs by Denise Burrows Photography and Lisa Scott Photography are simply amazing. The calendar was prepared by the moms who go to the UK Rugby Breastfeeding Cafe. They wanted breastfeeding to look as it is for them: natural and simple. And it does.
Picture of a nursing mom putting make-up on, by Denise Burrows and Lisa Scott Photography
I had a look around the Rugby Breastfeeding Cafe’s website and found this very amusing cake. I am still smiling as I am writing this:
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Breastfeeding cake by the Rugby Breastfeeding Cafe
I thought I’d share the picture with you ! These women have a great sense of humour and are verryy creative ! I love it.
Une nouvelle poupée pour enfants en plastique un peu “gadget” vient de sortir en Espagne. Elle s’appelle la poupée Gloton et émet des sons de succion lorsque l’enfant porte une petite veste spéciale et qu’il approche la poupée de sa poitrine. Contrairement aux poupées qui allaitent dont j’ai déjà parlé sur mon blogue, il ne s’agit cette fois pas de deux poupées (la maman et son bébé qui s’accroche au sein de sa mère avec un velcro ou un bouton-pression), mais bien de l’enfant qui joue à la maman et allaite sa poupée.
D’où vient la controverse ? Certains disent qu’il s’agit de rendre les petites filles trop conscientes de leur féminité (la petite veste a deux petites fleurs au niveau des seins, pour indiquer où mettre la tête du bébé), trop jeunes, car l’allaitement est une activité d’adultes. À cela, je réponds comme de nombreuses autres que donner le biberon est tout autant une activité d’adulte et que les poupées sont équipées de biberons depuis très longtemps sans que personne ne s’en plaigne. Quant à être plus consciente de son corps, et bien alors tous ces gens doivent aussi être contre les poupées qui boivent et qui urinent “pour vrai”.
De plus, l’enfant ne se découvre pas pour allaiter la poupée, la poupée émet simplement un son de succion lorsqu’on l’approche du sein. Alors côté indécence, on reviendra !
Un enfant qui a été allaité ou dont la mère allaite son frère ou sa soeur plus jeune imitera l’allaitement soit en levant son gilet soit en plaçant la poupée à la hauteur du sein. Personnellement, je trouve très bien qu’un manufacturier de jouets sorte des sentiers battus et propose une poupée qui inculque des habitudes saines et naturelles (l’allaitement) à l’enfant plutôt que de reconduire le lieu commun du bébé au biberon.
Achèteriez-vous la poupée qui allaite à votre enfant ?
I sometimes encounter women, thinking of themselves as feminists, who wonder if breastfeeding is a power or a slave work. They’ve heard the popular saying that formula is a progress for the woman’s condition (it may have seemed like it in the 70’s, when the formula-feeding’s trend was at its peak, but now that we know now that formula-feeding only benefits the formula companies – led mostly by men – who’s gonna believe it anymore ?). I do consider myself a feminist too, and I do strongly believe that breastfeeding is a power. I wish I knew this quote by heart !
“When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women. Thinking that baby formula is as good as breast milk is believing that thirty years of technology is superior to three million years of nature’s evolution. Countless women have regained trust in their bodies through nursing their children, even if they weren’t sure at first that they could do it. It is an act of female power, and I think of it as feminism in its purest form.”
—– Christine Northrup M.D.
À la demande générale, nous avons développé notre gamme de vêtements d’allaitement et offrons le haut d’allaitement Momzelle avec une ouverture croisée très discrète. Le t-shirt d’allaitement croisé (en bleuet, blanc et noir), la cami d’allaitement croisée (en blanc seulement pour le moment) et le confo croisé (à manches longues, en blanc et en noir) sont les trois nouveaux modèles que nous venons tout juste d’ajouter. Je suis ravie par la qualité et la beauté de ces vêtements. J’espère que vous les aimerez autant que moi ! J’adore le v que forme l’encolure hyper flatteuse pour toutes, les petites manches et surtout, la facilité avec laquelle on accède au sein. Tellement.
Momzelle criss-cross nursing top/Haut d'allaitement Momzelle
La nouvelle ouverture croisée Momzelle/ Momzelle new nursing opening (easy to use!)
New criss-cross styles for Momzelle nursing tops. I am so glad to finally introduce three new styles with a very easy to use and totally invisible criss-cross opening. You have to lift on one side and pull on the other in order to nurse. There is enough space for the breast to nurse your baby and yet not too much so no worries, your whole boob won’t be hanging out there. The new opening comes with the nursing t-shirt, nursing tank top, nursing warm long sleeved tee.
A little feel-good quote for the day. Did you really trust your ability to take care of a newborn before he arrived ? I certainly did not know I could do it all, but this quote reminds us of what’s really important:
A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three. ~Grantly Dick-Read
I have decided that once a week (let’s see how long this will last !), I would post a breastfeeding quote here. Monday seems like a good day for that, as we all need a little boost for the week.
So here is a quote from Gabrielle Palmer, the author of the Politics of Breastfeeding:
If a multinational company developed a product that was a nutritionally balanced and delicious food, a wonder drug that both prevented and treated disease, cost almost nothing to produce and could be delivered in quantities controlled by the consumers’ needs, the very announcement of their find would send their shares rocketing to the top of the stock market. The scientists who developed the product would win prizes and the wealth and influence of everyone involved would increase dramatically. Women have been producing such a miraculous substance, breastmilk, since the beginning of human existence. ~Gabrielle Palmer
This quote gives me the “I make milk, what’s your superpower ?” kinda feeling.
My breastfeeding quote source: http://www.quotegarden.com/breastfeeding.html
Smile and tell her that you find breastfeeding beautiful ! Let me tell you, it will make her day.
Here is a comment from a mom, found in a discussion about breastfeeding in public : “It is amazing what a difference a positive comment or smile can make. I still remember the first time I nursed in public (the first time I left the house with my newborn): I felt so nervous about it, but a man came up afterwards and made a comment to me, which made me feel more comfortable about the whole situation”.
It is now World Breastfeeding Week ! It started on August 1rst and it is on until the 7th. This year’s theme is breastfeeding as a vital emergency response. Watch this UNICEF video about how breastfeeding is really far superior to formula when comes an emergency (especially when finding clean water becomes a challenge):
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