Posts by: Laura Weirich
Just this month (August) the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released it’s 2012 Breastfeeding Report Card. The news was good. In areas of initiating breastfeeding, breastfeeding friendly hospitals, and breastfeeding at 6 and 12 months, the percentage is higher than last year. When looking at the data for each individual state, one can clearly see [...]
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I believe in a concept called subsidiarity. In a nut shell, it’s the belief that political decisions should be made at the lowest, most local level possible. The government, therefore, should not step in and take over matters which individuals and groups can themselves govern. Mayor Bloomberg of New York recently developed a new program [...]
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I’m sure that you’ve heard by now that Facebook temporarily banned Lauren Ferrari, a blogger and Facebook user, for uploading a picture of her oldest daughter pretending to breastfeed her youngest daughter. I think it’s the most crazy thing that I’ve heard. A child pretending to breastfed is sexual? It’s child pornography? Unfortunately I’m not [...]
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Apparently the internet is all aflutter with the latest in breastfeeding. The news reports that a television show is going to feature a man who helps his erectile dysfunction through breastfeeding. There is also The New York Times editorial piece featuring a gentlemen complaining about his wife breastfeeding their five year old. I understand [...]
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I received a Dinkledooz one-size pocket diaper thanks to Gogo Natural, an online retailer. Dinkledooz come in seven bright colors, and the one that I received was orange with yellow snaps. Immediately when I opened the package the first thing I noticed was how soft the diaper was. Not only was the inside (micro-fleece) very [...]
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Last week I was in the supermarket waiting in line. The lady in front of me, clearly pregnant, had her groceries on the belt. The last group of items was infant formula, the kind with the orange ring. They were Similac sensitive formula. On top of the cans was a pink WIC (Women, Infants, Children) [...]
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Cloth diapering is the cheapest way to diaper a baby. Here are my tips for cloth diapering with very little money. 1) Flats are your friends- I know. I’ve already sung the praises of flat diapers so I promise that I won’t repeat myself. I’m just reemphasizing it as an affordable option. 2) Create [...]
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I have two breastfed boys, and both of them like to bite. My toddler especially hurts because he has a mouthful of teeth, and he’s purposefully doing it so he locks his jaws. Although blood has not been drawn, my poor nipples look beat up with all those teeth marks. I was thrilled, then, when [...]
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In 2011, Kim Rosas, who writes the blog Dirty Diaper Laundry, saw a newscast about low income families reusing/abusing disposable diapers in an effort to save money. Rosas, who is a cloth diapering advocate, felt that these families were not being educated about affordable and safer alternatives. Believing that many low income families might feel [...]
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I practice “extended” nursing. I don’t really consider it to be extended because historically and anthropologically, the average age for weaning is roughly three years of age. According to various studies, biologically, humans would normally wean at about three years of age if it is a societal norm. What I mean by weaning is that [...]
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I love flat diapers. Don’t get me wrong. I also love the modern cloth diapers we have today, but there is a special place in my heart for flat cloth diapers. Flats were the only diapers I was wrapped in as a baby. Beyond that flats, as it turns out, have their place in modern [...]
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Editor’s Note: This post is not meant to be a discussion about vaccinations. The focus of this post is about educating our health care professionals about nursing during painful procedures. My oldest son has nursed during vaccinations. Our first two pediatricians were perfectly fine with it. In fact they were encouraging of it. Several research [...]
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