It’s Child Passenger Safety Week, which means, SURPRISE! We’re talking about car seats. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has made lots of awesome graphics that show one scary fact: Most people think their car seats are used correctly… but they’re wrong. And in this case, wrong can mean deadly wrong. The Lower Anchors and Tethers [...]
Breastfeeding advocates can’t help it — when we see that a popular show or magazine is looking to discuss full-term (or extended, as they always say… or extreme) breastfeeding, we can’t help but get our hopes up a little, hoping it goes well and is beneficial to the cause. But we also wince, cringe, and [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, dr. phil, education, gma, good morning america, jamie grumet, media
I was reading some old posts over at Just West of Crunchy yesterday, and came across her fabulous 10 Things Breastfeeding Advocates Should Stop Saying article, and it really got me thinking about things. While discussing breastfeeding with breastfeeding advocates, I really hate feeling like they’re defending formula marketing. Now, I don’t mean the women who are [...]
Tags: #nonestle, advertising, breastfeeding, education, formula, formula feeding, nestle boycott
Have you heard that argument? People saying that breastmilk is only really needed for 6 months, or a year, or 2 years, or something random? I’ve even heard of doctors saying, “After 6 months, there’s really no difference between breastmilk and quality formula.” Well, here’s a little news flash: That’s right. Something that [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, education, images
Breastfeeding is a complex issue. On one hand, it’s what our bodies are made to do, and our babies come out designed to make it work. However, there are so many nuances, potential issues, and even just basic understand of how it works versus how you think it’s going to work that it’s much harder [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, education, formula feeding, health & medicine, research
It’s been exactly a year today since the American Academy of Pediatrics updated their car seat recommendations to include rear-facing children until at least two, or until they outgrew their seat, and for older kids to stay in boosters until they were 8-12 years old and 4’9″. These simple recommendations, as we know, can and [...]
Tags: AAA, aap, car seat safety, car seats, carseat, carseats, education, parenting choices, research, safety, traveling with baby
Have you ever heard the phrase “Fervor of the Born-Again”? You know, where people who are new to an idea, lifestyle or belief system are so fervent about it that they can be overbearing to the point of turning people off to an idea? I used to be like that with breastfeeding. I really did. [...]
Tags: activism, advice, breastfeeding, education, parenting choices
I love looking through peoples’ pictures they share on Facebook and Twitter. If I see a car seat photo, I do notice installation, harness tightness, etc. When I notice something wrong, I really feel like I have to say something. After all, most moms just don’t know they’re making a mistake. However, approach even an [...]
Tags: car seat safety, car seats, carseat, carseats, education
I know not everyone spells as well as I do, nor were most people raised by an aspiring author and an editor, nor granddaughter to a superintendent for a special-needs school. English mistakes weren’t tolerated while I grew up. My father carried around pens and even a marker to correct misspellings in public. When I [...]
Tags: education, illiteracy, literacy, misspelling, proper english, reading level
If you’ve hung around us much, or some of our online community, no doubt you’ve heard the World Health Organization’s International Code [of Ethics] for Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes. For some people, this matters a lot. Others don’t understand so much why mere advertising is such a big deal. One of the biggest issues [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, education, international code for marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes, misleading advertising, nestle boycott, who code