Comments for Breastfeeding World http://breastfeedingworld.org Spreading the Breastfeeding Love, One Latch at a Time Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Comment on 5th annual Big Latch On in Times Square, a celebration to remember by Estefanny http://breastfeedingworld.org/2019/08/5th-annual-big-latch-on-times-square/#comment-785 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:42:55 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=9173#comment-785 La Lactancia materna es una fuente de amor de una Madre hacia nuestro pequeño bebé, para brindarle el mejor alimento y a libre demanda. Amo disfrutar de este valioso vinculo que me sigue uniendo a mi bebe, este momento es único y valioso, amamantar si se puede hay que tener fe en Dios y constancia , recuerden siempre pensar en el bienestar de nuestro bebé.
Att. Tefyto

]]> Comment on 5th annual Big Latch On in Times Square, a celebration to remember by estefannypolonio http://breastfeedingworld.org/2019/08/5th-annual-big-latch-on-times-square/#comment-781 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:06:39 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=9173#comment-781 La Lactancia materna es una fuente de amor de una Madre hacia nuestro pequeño bebé, para brindarle el mejor alimento y a libre demanda. Amo disfrutar de este valioso vinculo que me sigue uniendo a mi bebe, este momento es único y valioso, amamantar si se puede hay que tener fe en Dios y constancia , recuerden siempre pensar en el bienestar de nuestro bebé.
Att. Tefyto

]]> Comment on 5th annual Big Latch On in Times Square, a celebration to remember by Gabrielle http://breastfeedingworld.org/2019/08/5th-annual-big-latch-on-times-square/#comment-780 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:23:43 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=9173#comment-780 A better nutrients for babies. Good initiative of BFW moms. Congratulations

]]> Comment on 5th annual Big Latch On in Times Square, a celebration to remember by Alessandra http://breastfeedingworld.org/2019/08/5th-annual-big-latch-on-times-square/#comment-778 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:39:04 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=9173#comment-778 Me encanta que cada vez seamos más mujeres que nos hacemos a la idea de que lo mejor que podemos hacer por nuestros es la lactancia materna. Para mi ha sido una experiencia única e inigualable y de verdad no la cambiaría por nada.

]]> Comment on 5th annual Big Latch On in Times Square, a celebration to remember by Martin Boris http://breastfeedingworld.org/2019/08/5th-annual-big-latch-on-times-square/#comment-777 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:07:10 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=9173#comment-777 Very interesting and inspiring story.
I think that BFW shall grow bigger for more women to be empowered.

]]> Comment on This is Why I am Fed Up with “Fed is Best” by Anonymous http://breastfeedingworld.org/2017/04/fed-up-with-fed-is-best/#comment-774 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 03:02:31 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=5400#comment-774 Lauren, you didn’t demean formula once. You stated hard knock FACTS. Problem as I see it is OWNERSHIP. If breastfeeding isn’t for you…. ok! But don’t start accusing everyone who acknowledges it’s FACTUAL benefits as shaming. OWN YOUR CHOICE without trying to change the facts. BREAST IS BEST!!!!

]]> Comment on This is Why I am Fed Up with “Fed is Best” by OSuzyQuilts http://breastfeedingworld.org/2017/04/fed-up-with-fed-is-best/#comment-773 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 22:02:19 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=5400#comment-773 Breast is best, fed is adequate. I felt this 36 years ago and was determined to breastfeed my newborn when it wasn’t widely supported. I was 20 years old, 1000 miles away from home, and had no previous experience with mom, grandmother or aunts or friends to go to for help. At two months, when my son was probably going through a cluster feeding growth spurt, I thought, I’m not making enough milk. The education and information wasn’t there or readily available for me. Same happened with my second. By my third, I learned of la Leche league and I nursed him for three years. He, too, went through a growth spurt cluster feeding at two months, and I realized it for what it was, but still tried bananas at two months, which at first he liked then rejected. He didn’t like pacifiers. I somehow managed. He’s almost 30. My milk came in with him after only a day, because he nursed for 2.5 hours after he was born. The nurse said your nipples will crack. They did. It hurt when he latched for the first week. But the milk actually helped heal the cracked nipples. I didn’t know that would happen, but I was determined.

My 20 year old daughter was born, we had trouble with the nursery that night, she was born at :147 and after an hour, they took her to nursery and we didn’t get her back till after 8 am, a supposed supportive hospital tried tube feeding her without our consent or knowledge because she was low blood sugar, and she wouldn’t take a bottle. We left as soon as we could at noon, and that night, she cried for five hours. With all the stress and lack of sleep and everything, I nursed her for hours, but finally gave her a touch of formula, because I think my milk or colostrum supply was affected by the stressful night and birth and not getting enough to eat or sleep. I knew that early supplementation could cause supply issues, but we all needed to sleep. I heated the formula in hot tap water, offered her the nipple, and she barely drank a teaspoon, and crashed. No problems after that.

The point of my story – I was a well seasoned mom who had been through both feeding types. Education and information is key. Lactation consultants may be like doctors who only see the problems. I was so glad for la Leche league when my son went on a nursing strike for 4 days at 15 months.

Normalizing breastfeeding and getting people help from people that really know is key. Professionals don’t always know. That’s just my take.

Thanks for your article.

]]> Comment on My Child Has A Food Allergy, And Yes, You Should Care by Anonymous http://breastfeedingworld.org/2017/10/food-allergies-kids/#comment-769 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:00:56 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=6711#comment-769 ok. Seriously you send your child in every day with peanut butter? You only have to experience an allergic reaction ONCE to get it! My grandson was 4 months old when I thought it a good idea to give him formula just in case his mom couldn’t longer breast feed. Well about 2 hours later my grandson became lethargic pasty white and vomiting over and over again. My daughter called 911 and when they got there she said “Shouldi have called you? And they said this boy is not responding and so sad. Yes you should have called us! So we went totheER And hewaalying in bed just looking at his mother! We thought he was going to die! They treated him and he survived! But the whole process was totally shocking to us all! So there you have it! Would you like to go through that? STOP SENDING IN PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES! My grandson istotallergic to all dairy and eggs! Imagine that! So please rethink your outlook! Thank you for reading this post! Thank you! Really!

]]> Comment on What You Should Know About the Perfection Plague Ruining our Motherhood by Mom Guilt is Real - Teach.Workout.Love http://breastfeedingworld.org/2017/04/know-perfection-ruining-motherhood/#comment-768 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:00:39 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=5567#comment-768 […] What You Should Know About the Perfection Plague Ruining our Motherhood by Paige Christian […]

]]> Comment on Intro to baby-led weaning by Why You Should Never Call Your Childcare Provider a “Sitter” – Raising Lauren's Littles http://breastfeedingworld.org/2015/09/intro-baby-led-weaning/#comment-767 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:28:14 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=1469#comment-767 […] I do provider for them, though. I provide comfort for boo-boo’s. Providing discipline, I teach your child right from wrong.  I show them how to respect their friends. When the time comes, I potty train them. As babies, I help them learn to feed themselves. […]

]]> Comment on This is Why I am Fed Up with “Fed is Best” by Laura Hill http://breastfeedingworld.org/2017/04/fed-up-with-fed-is-best/#comment-763 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:39:45 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=5400#comment-763 Definitely agree with all of this, Elizabeth.

]]> Comment on This is Why I am Fed Up with “Fed is Best” by Laura Hill http://breastfeedingworld.org/2017/04/fed-up-with-fed-is-best/#comment-762 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:03:50 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=5400#comment-762 I agree with you that no-one should shame others or feel ashamed because of their feeding choices (although sometimes, as in mine and my baby’s case, it wasn’t a choice- I simply wasn’t making enough milk to feed my baby, so combination fed for a few months until he decided one day not to take the breast any more). However, I think you’re missing the point of the message of Fed is Best- you should read in detail some of the publications from the Fed is Best Foundation. They actually support and promote all the benefits of breastfeeding, but what they’re against is the pushing of breastfeeding at all costs by health professionals and policy makers who are supposed to put the interests of the individual patient first, and the failure to inform parents of the risks of starvation and dehydration through exclusive breastfeeding if not enough milk is present for the baby and of how to monitor if the baby is getting enough. Starvation and dehydration can lead to the need for rehospitalisation, hypoglycaemia, jaundice, and even brain injury and death; my baby had to be rehospitalised and we were very lucky there were no long-term effects. No benefits of exclusive breastfeeding can justify these risks. This is the message of Fed is Best, which is run by health professionals and parents and based on sound, recent scientific research- I notice that the most recent study cited in your article is 24 years old.

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