TO AVOID EARLY WEANING, KEEP NURSING COZY
By Wendy Wisner, IBCLC Every mom has different goals for breastfeeding. As an IBCLC, I always strive to support each mom in her specific nursing goals, whether she wants to nurse for just a few months...
View ArticleHuman Breast Milk Helps a Lion Orphaned by Poaching
Badass Yana is a farmer in South Africa. On her farm she has rhinoceroses and other game. On the farm next door there are lions. Poaching of these wild animals is a big problem in South Africa. Last...
View ArticleA Review of the Ardo Calypso-To-Go Breast Pump
You are invited to read this review, enter the giveaway and use the promo code indicated below! It’s kind of amazing that it was only two decades ago that the first electric breast pump for personal...
View ArticleFull Figure Ambassador & Model Search
You know who has the perfect body? You do. Your body is yours, it is completely unique and no matter how you feel about it, it is the perfect vessel through which you are experiencing this life with...
View ArticleSage Breastfeeding and Beyond: Author Interview
1. What is your name? What is the name of your book and what is it about? Author: Rachel Rainbolt, M.A. Title: Sage Breastfeeding & Beyond: wisdom from the front lines for the connected, badass...
View ArticleThe Milky Way: Witness the Nature of Nurture
The Milky Way is an eye-opening documentary about breastfeeding and an expose’ of the pervasive formula marketing in America. The U.S. has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world; the simple...
View ArticleNursies When the Sun Shines: Author Interview
What is your name? What is the name of your book and what is it about? My name is Katherine Havener. My book is Nursies When the Sun Shines and it’s a book that is meant to help moms communicate with...
View ArticleKangaroo Care Awareness
When my first son, Jack, was born I probably resembled the victim of a bar fight more than a mother. I was not physically or emotionally prepared for the birth and far less for the transition to...
View ArticleWhy Would You Nurse a 4-Year-Old?
You may be expecting a snarky blog post aimed at critics of “extended” breastfeeding filled with awesome comebacks to sling around comment threads of breastfeeding posts. But I have written enough of...
View ArticleInternational Day to Normalize Breastfeeding – June 27, 2015
On June 27, 2015 the Mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer, will proclaim the first International Day to Normalize Breastfeeding. You can participate by sharing one of these images below and using...
View ArticleBadass Breastfeeder of the Week: 6-8-15
Badass April shares, “This is our first recorded (second latch) after finishing chemo and pumping and dumping for almost 5 full months. When people told me I was crazy for trying this I stuck to my...
View ArticleWeaning: Your Story. You Own It.
By Wendy Wisner We need to come up with new language for long-term breastfeeding. Here’s the thing: I’ve used all the terms myself. I have said I’m doing “child-led weaning.” I’ve called it “natural...
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Let’s talk about nipples. For 35 years my nipples were not something I thought much about. They came out of my shirt in the shower and when I had sex. One afternoon, long before having kids, and in the...
View ArticleA Review of Motherlove Herbal Company Nipple Cream
Let’s talk about nipples. For 35 years my nipples were not something I thought much about. They came out of my shirt in the shower and when I had sex. One afternoon, long before having kids, and in the...
View Article8 Tips for Breastfeeding With Boundaries
We talk a lot about breastfeeding on demand, so much that when I found myself breastfeeding a toddler I just kept right on doing it on demand! It wasn’t until I was pregnant and experiencing nursing...
View ArticleSage Breastfeeding and Beyond: Author Interview
1. What is your name? What is the name of your book and what is it about? Author: Rachel Rainbolt, M.A. Title: Sage Breastfeeding & Beyond: wisdom from the front lines for the connected, badass...
View ArticleNormalize Breastfeeding
By Melody Fetterman I had a conversation with someone recently, someone who I really love and respect. It was a hard conversation, though. If my friends and family describe my parenting, they use one...
View Article11 Tandem Nursing Myths Busted
By Abby Theuring, MSW and Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC The amount of misinformation about breastfeeding is staggering so it’s sort of surprising to me that when it comes to tandem breastfeeding the problem...
View ArticleA Review of the Sarah Wells Breast Pump Bag
If you ever travel with your breast pump you need a bag. But not all bags are created equal. If you travel outside with your pump often (to work or simply get outside!) then your transport bag is just...
View ArticleMy Interview With George Moss
You all remember the rapper made famous in the on-line mommy world for posting a photo of himself washing his wife’s pump parts after a concert, “If you ever wonder what #rappers do when they get off...
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