Breastfeeding

One onlooker’s lips began puckering as if he was tasting that milk — “If anything else woke up every 45 minutes during the night demanding to see my wife’s breasts, you kill it.” — Ryan Reynolds The little boy was on the dock of the lake restaurant, playing. He was three or four years old, tow-headed, and enjoying being out on the water…

There’s a lot of confusion and anger out there right now, and no wonder — Infant feeding is a touchy topic, especially right now with the formula shortage. If you’re easily upset by this topic, don’t keep reading. Women who wanted to nurse but could not often have very strong feelings about this topic, and no wonder. They want people to understand that just wanting…

Breast isn’t best—but it is free, accessible and sustainable during unprecedented times — There is an infinite number of reasons a new mother might choose to bottle feed her baby— maybe she wasn’t able to produce milk for medical reasons, maybe her baby had health issues that prevented them from latching, or maybe, they simply didn’t want to. No reason is more or…

The Formula Shortage is Insane — New babies are a wonderful and miraculous thing. But they’re born hungry, and not all Mamas are able to nurse right away. Sometimes they’re not ever able to nurse. Our little ray of Sunshine came into the world Monday morning. Today we spent much of the day on intensive hunts…

Bette Midler’s Elitist Tweets Because she’s a 76-year-old erstwhile superstar who pathetically needs to have her voice heard, Bette Midler tweeted about the current baby formula shortage. Yet, as is too often the case when left-leaning celebrities share their opinions with us regular folks, it came off as out-of-touch, entitled, and insensitive. Knowing Midler…

How much of what you know about breastfeeding is false? — America’s baby-formula shortage has become a national crisis. With 40% of formula out of stock, parents are trying everything they can to ensure their babies are fed. Some are stockpiling formula, which led to retailers such as Target and Walgreens putting a purchase limit on formula products. Others are enlisting…