Thanks to public-health messages, everyone pretty much knows that breast-feeding is beneficial for baby. But it’s also …
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How Formula Could Increase Breast-Feeding Rates
One of the surprising ways to boost breast-feeding rates among new moms may involve formula, according to the latest research.
Breastfeeding’s Role in Controlling Obesity Is Weakened
Breastfeeding is no magic bullet against obesity, according to research that contradicts previously held beliefs about the scope of human milk’s capability.
The Connection Between Dirty Diapers and Childhood Health
Cesarean sections and breast feeding can have lifelong effects on a baby’s health, and researchers may have uncovered why.
Is the Medical Community Failing Breastfeeding Moms?
The problem isn’t free formula samples at hospitals, but a lack of trained professional help for women with serious breastfeeding problems.
Did Attachment Parenting Contribute to Mayim Bialik’s Divorce?
The actress says it didn’t, but we can’t help but wonder
Breast-Milk Donors Come to the Rescue of a New Mom with Breast Cancer
Moms diagnosed with breast cancer are getting help from total strangers in feeding their newborns
Breast Milk During the Storm: With Power Gone, Moms Safeguard Their Stash
When freezers fail, breastfeeding moms come to each other’s rescue to save precious breast milk
20 Ways to Make Breast-Feeding Easier
This week, the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee launched a month-long campaign enlisting everyone — not just moms — to increase breast-feeding rates
Bloomberg’s Breast-Feeding Nudge: Why Locking Up Formula Is a Bad Idea
Dr. Amy Tuteur says that New York City’s campaign to promote breast-feeding by restricting new moms’ access to baby formula is profoundly out of touch with the realities of motherhood. Find out why on our companion blog Ideas.
Bloomberg’s Breast-Feeding Plan: Will Locking Up Formula Help New Moms?
New York City is calling on hospitals to lock up infant formula like medication and lecture new mothers about the benefits of the breast. Is that going too far? Maybe not
What Mitt Romney Has to Do with Breast-Feeding and Infant Formula
Massachusetts has become the second state in the country whose hospitals ban free formula gifts to new moms — more than six years after then-Gov. Mitt Romney overturned the state’s first attempt to institute a ban. What happened?
Boob Tube: A New Reality Show About Extended Breast-Feeding? Who Cares
Producers want to examine “extreme” parenting practices, so they’re making plans for a new reality TV series on extended breast-feeding.
