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Monday, July 19th, 2010
I do not know many mothers who have breastfed their children past the 3 year mark (I’m not talking about breastfeeding different children one after the other; I know some mothers who have been breastfeeding for six years or more!). Those who do so probably do not need to read the following quote, although a little tap in the back once in a while can be encouraging. So, for those who wonder if breastfeeding past “x” (fill in the number) month/year will is spoiling their child, this quote is for you. Everybody else, enjoy:
There is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding and no evidence of psychologic or developmental harm from breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer.
American Academy of Pediatrics
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Really sweet!
“With his small head pillowed against your breast and your milk warming his insides, your baby knows a special closeness to you. He is gaining a firm foundation in an important area of life—he is learning about love.”
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, originally published by La Leche League in 1958
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Yes, that’s right, breastfeeding is more than milk! I think this quote is rather thought provocative, probably because of the use of the three letter word. But hey, what did you do to get pregnant in the first place? There are moments like this when I feel very prude and I wonder why. The quote does not say that breastfeeding is like having sex, it simply says that there is more to breastfeeding than milk, and more to sex than semen. We can all relate to that, and that is why such a simple comparison can be that powerful. And emotional.
“To reduce breastfeeding to milk is like reducing sex to semen.”
Rachel Myr, Lactnet list facilitator, named “Midwife of the Year 2008″ in Norway, as quoted in Lactnet
What are your thoughts on this?
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Today’s breastfeeding quote is from Grantly Dick-Read (1890-1959), who is considered to be the father of natural childbirth. He encouraged mothers to give birth with as little medical intervention as possible, educating parents about the benefits of giving birth naturally. Whether a woman gives birth by c-section or not (let’s acknowledge that about a third of American women now give birth by c-section) breastfeeding remains the answer to the three baby’s demands stated below by Grantly Dick-Read. Ain’t that grand?
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
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
So peaceful and calm; I’m back with the Monday’s breastfeeding quote. For me, reading this has the effect of stopping the sounds of traffic and all other city noise. Let’s start this week on the right foot !
She pictured a child, her own—like the baby she had seen the day before in the arms of her old nurse’s daughter—at her own breast, with her husband standing by and gazing fondly at her and the child.
—Tolstoy. War and Peace. Book I, part 3, chapter 3
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
I am very new to Twitter (as of today, really !) and I already found this lovely quote :
“While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby.” ~Amy Spangler
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
- 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
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Monday’s Breastfeeding Quote
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.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
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
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
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
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