Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 @ 10:43am • My Weblog
It's almost here! In keeping with the summer Olympic Games, over 120 countries will celebrate World Breastfeeding Week with this year's theme being Mother Support: Going for the Gold....
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 @ 10:46am • My Weblog
Aisha Qaasim, a civil rights attorney and writer based in Redondo Beach, CA, is doing her best to awareness for stronger cultural breastfeeding support. She's most concerned about African-American...
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 @ 5:31pm • My Weblog
My husband has a running joke about my mother's cooking. He says her secret recipe is to "take chicken out of package, put directly in oven, take out of...
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 @ 3:57pm • My Weblog
We know that oxytocin is an essential hormone to breastfeeding successfully. It is also known to leave mom with a euphoric feeling. But why? What is it...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 @ 11:59am • My Weblog
At the beginning of June, I posted information about how the FDA was revising their drug labeling system. The new labels will notify when certain medications could be harmful...
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Monday, 14 July 2008 @ 8:03am • My Weblog
We understand that in developing countries it is necessary to breastfeed, but the risk of HIV is raging. Although yet to be tested on humans, a new theory shows...
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Friday, 11 July 2008 @ 12:38pm • My Weblog
The husband and wife, American indie rock duo, Mates of State were shooting a new video in Brooklyn. It involved playing their instruments in plexiglass cubicles filled with colorful...
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 @ 9:28am • My Weblog
A new study reported in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows an association between early surrogate child care, a reduced rate of breastfeeding, and increased...
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Wednesday, 9 July 2008 @ 4:58pm • My Weblog
Don't let all of the advice about plastics confuse you! Sophie Uliano, eco-consultant and author of Gorgeously Green, summarizes everything for us. How does it relate to breastfeeding,...
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Sunday, 6 July 2008 @ 1:26pm • My Weblog
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reports new research that breastfeeding protects children against wheezing for the first three years of life. However, there is less evidence of...
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