World Breastfeeding week

Celebrating the Model of Attachment – World Breastfeeding Week – August 1-7, 2009

August 3, 2009

While I was pregnant with my first baby, I wanted to breastfeed – but because I would save money and because breastmilk has superior health benefits to formula. At that time, I didn’t know anything about attachment or how important breastfeeding behaviors are to the mother-baby emotional bond – that breastfeeding is the very model [...]

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Keeping a-breast…

August 6, 2008

It began when you were very small, No other source of food at all, every hour, sometimes less, you would suckle at my breast. Everywhere we went they’d smile supportive of us all the while, You were young and cute and small of course I breastfed, after all. Strangers told me they were proud in [...]

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World Breastfeeding Week- Supporting Nursing Mothers

August 3, 2008

World Breastfeeding Week starts on August 1, and runs through August 7th. The theme of this year is “Mother Support- Going for the Gold.” Supporting a mother who is breastfeeding is so important. There are so many other demands that a new mother faces when nursing, having support can be invaluable to the mother and [...]

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