http://boobsr4babies.today.com Save the Moo Milk for the Little Moos! Sat, 02 May 2009 22:42:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/05/02/the-zoops/ La Leche League: http://www.llli.org/ They have breastfeeding forums, where to attend breastfeeding support groups with other moms in your area & tons of helpful info! KellyMom: www.kellymom.com Lots & lots of tips, tricks & answers to all kinds of obstacles we face breastfeeding ILCA: www.ilca.org Find a Board Certified Laction Consultant in your area Normal Fed: ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/05/02/who-to-turn-to/ When I mention "lack of education" I mean breastfeeding education. When I say this is "whats in formula" I mean this is literally whats in formula. Not my personal opinion but the truth. A surprisingly large number of health care professionals and parents ( I was one of them ) do not ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/05/02/just-clearing-it-up/ Today I am going to shift a little and delve more in to why breast is not best, but normal. Below are excerpts from the essay written by Diane Weissinger published in the Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1996. You can view the essay in its entirety here. I don't ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/05/01/the-simple-truth-breast-is-not-best/   After what I have been through I cannot sit and be afraid to offend mothers who formula feed their babies. This is not about who is a better mother, it never should have been.  I believe breastfeeding is the most feminist thing a women can do! Taking the right to feed ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/04/30/i-refuse-to-half-heartedly-be-so-passionate-women-all-around-should-take-a-stand/ Humans as a species have been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. Today it is not uncommon to hear women MANY women feeling that they couldn't physically produce enough milk to sustain their infants and therefore opted for formula to meet their infants needs. Unfortunetly that is not the common case. ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/04/30/why-women-fail-to-breastfeed/ When I hear the word "formula" I think scientific concoction or math equation... not baby food. I always pictured babies at their mothers' breast not strapped in a car seat with a bottle propped on a pillow in their mouth with no engagement to a human being. Unfortunetly feeding our babies formula has become the norm,  no ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/04/30/so-formula-what-am-i-really-feeding-my-baby/ When I was pregnant with my first child Ella, I was completely oblivious to the fact that a breastfeeding vs. formula debate even existed. Going to Babies R' Us while pregnant my husband even went to buy a couple of cans of formula preparing for our babes' arrival. I assumed ... http://boobsr4babies.today.com/2009/04/29/how-my-hospital-birth-traumatized-me-or-made-me-a-women-on-a-mission/