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15 May 12 - Breastfeeding News

The Breastfeeding Brouhaha
These are some of the comments about the TIME magazine cover that went online this week, showing a woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son as he stands on a chair.

ABM affirms breastfeeding beyond infancy as the biological norm
has triggered widespread and damaging misinformation about biological norms for breastfeeding. “The average age at weaning ranges anywhere from six months to five years,” says Arthur Eidelman, MD, president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

Nothing 'Extreme' About Breastfeeding a Toddler, Local Mom Says
The much-talked-about Time Magazine cover might have shock value, but breastfeeding shouldn't, says a local parent and business owner.

United States Ranks Last on Breast-Feeding Support
The United States ranks last on the Breastfeeding Policy Scorecard. It is the only economically advanced country - and one of just a handful of countries worldwide - where employers are not required to provide any paid maternity leave after a woman ...

Breastfeeding considered normal worldwide
Despite the brouhaha over breast-feeding kicked off by a Time magazine cover photo last week of a mom nursing her 3-year-old son, that's actually the norm worldwide, experts say.

Breastfeeding: Student draft policy in motion before TV report, Metro says
By Michael Roberts Tue., May 15 2012 at 2:27 PM Thanks to a certain Time magazine cover photo, breastfeeding is a hot topic -- one 7News localized with the story of a Metro State student who said her grade was docked for taking time out of class to ...

They're her nipples, and she can breastfeed however she likes
A compelling photo on the cover of the US version of Time magazine: a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old child. And that group who should not be allowed to call themselves doctors (since I've always thought of medicine as a helping profession), ...

BirthPlace plans breastfeeding class
FORT MADISON - The BirthPlace at Fort Madison Community Hospital is sponsoring a breastfeeding class from 6 to 8 pm May 21 in the FMCH conference rooms.

HMO critically important in understanding how breastfeeding protects babies
A new University of Illinois study shows that human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO, produce short-chain fatty acids that feed a beneficial microbial population in the infant gut.

Breastfeeding, Popular Culture and Body Politics
The child keeps both his arms down, not even attempting to hug her while breastfeeding. Where is the emotional bond? Where is the carnal affection that is supposed to be shared by mothers and their offspring?

Pink quit smoking to breastfeed
Party-loving Pink put a limit on her alcohol intake and quit smoking last year so she could breastfeed her baby girl. The “So What” hitmaker gave up her wild child ways when she became a first-time mom to daughter Willow Sage a year ago - and she made ...

Submit your breastfeeding beyond infancy images to Mothering's new slideshow!
Curled up in warm snuggles, many of us have and will breastfeed our little ones well past infancy and into childhood. The topic may cause quite a stir in mainstream media (note Time's new cover of a mom nursing her three-year-old) but Mothering has ...

NSW mum, 49, defends 'extreme breastfeeding'
By Alys Francis, ninemsn A 49-year-old Byron Bay mother who continues to nurse her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter has leapt to the defence of "extreme" breastfeeding. When a 26-year-old was shown breastfeeding her three-year-old on the cover of ...

The Hypocrisy of Breastfeeding Shamers
There's a lot of drama going on at TIME about 'extended' breastfeeding and whether the cover photo of a gorgeous blond mother nursing a preschooler was such a great idea.

Breastfeeding for older kids just another dummy
BREASTFEEDING three- and four-year-olds won't provide any nutritional value they cannot get another way, but it can offer some children emotional comfort akin to a thumb or dummy, leading obstetrician Andrew Pesce says.

breastfeeding nadir--support sought
I seem to have had an outlier-type experience breastfeeding. It's been the most difficult thing I've ever done, physically.

Celebrity Breastfeeding Advocate Releases Cutting-Edge Maternity and ...
The simple pull-over function for breastfeeding mothers allows the garment to be pulled down over the breast, then snap back into place.

Newsweek's gay Obama cover one-ups Time's breastfeeding controversy
BY BOB HOLT After the controversial Time magazine photo of a woman breast feeding her son, cover wars among the national magazines appear to have begun in earnest.

'Time' Magazine Inspired: 10 Examples Of Breastfeeding In Art History (PHOTOS)
By now we are almost certain you have all seen the controversial breastfeeding cover of "Time" magazine, which features a 26-year old mother with her son sucking on her breast.