Monthly Archives: May 2008
links for 2008-05-14
Jenny Frost on her pregnancy scare – Sunday Mirror My question is, why have a celeb fronting BFAW who only breastfed for a few weeks, and then HAD to give up because of mastitis?! (tags: breastfeeding)
Milk Is Medicine
A hard-core lactivist such as myself would not normally talk in terms of the benefits of breastfeeding, preferring to refer to the risks of not breastfeeding. But here on Rise we like to be positive, and talk about nice things … Continue reading
links for 2008-05-13
Breast vs bottle: the new battleground – The Independent Nice to see the babyfood manufacturers being described as aggressive, rather than the BF supporters, for a change. (tags: breastfeeding corporate_ethics)
Perfect Infant Food
This week is National Breastfeeding Awareness Week, and I’m going to write about breastfeeding. I’m also going to write about artificial baby milk, lack of support, and nursing a toddler. I’m not going to write about “failed” or “successful” breastfeeding … Continue reading
Grazed Knees
Lately, I have been very busy indeed. It’s all a bit of a blur, but here’s a summary: Knee-deep in NCT work, committee meetings, book clubs, helping out at the nearly new sale (in order to get the chance to … Continue reading