Employees dressed up in doctor’s coats or nurse uniforms telling moms formula is healthiest for their babies and handing out free cans… Babies getting diarrhea and dying or getting incredibly ill from contaminated water mixed with their formula… That was in the 80′s, and what started the Nestle boycott. People claim those who boycott need [...]
Tags: #nonestle, breastfeeding, education, formula, formula feeding, indonesia, nestle boycott, research
Water. It’s a resource that plenty of us take for granted. After all, we can just go to the grocery store and buy cases of plastic bottles of the stuff, jugs of it, have barrels of it delivered to our door, or just turn on our faucet. You don’t really have to work for [...]
Tags: #boonestle, #nonestle, being green, blog action day, environment, plastic, research
“Are you SERIOUS?!?!?! WHAT THE F&^%?!?!” Ok, how did I get to that point of frustration? We’re going to Tarantino this. It all started yesterday… A blogger I follow on Facebook had posted something and it popped up in my news feed. The post was a story about a baby dying from complications after circumcision. [...]
Tags: baby dies, circumcision, grieving, intactivists, tragedy
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the yardstick that a lot of American pediatricians and mothers measure by. They’re often quoted: “Breastfeed until at least 1″ and “Rear-face until at least 2″. There’s also the “Pacifiers don’t cause nipple confusion” and “Co-sleeping is dangerous” comments. When one actually starts to look into the AAP’s [...]
Tags: aap, american academy of pediatrics, breastfeeding, formula, formula feeding, lies, money, parenting choices, research, sponsors
I’m watching Whale Wars, getting all pissed off that people want to kill endangered creatures — illegally — so people can eat them. It’s nothing new. I watched the same thing last season and I know what to expect, but it keeps happening. Even with the monumental and very brave efforts of Paul Watson and [...]
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All babies are safest room sharing – this means in the same room, near the mother, at approximately the same level. Even Maria Montessori over 100 years ago stated this and it’s NEVER proved to be untrue. When babies are near their mothers, multiple things happen: – Baby mimics parents’ breathing rhythm, helping prevent sleep [...]
Tags: co sleeping, research, safety, sleep
And I know that for millions of people it is, I’m not here to debate that. All I know is that we have excellent insurance with a well known company and no matter how much money I fling out of my wallet every month we can’t seem to get good health care to save our [...]
