November 9, 2012 It’s a breastfeeding doll whose suckling sounds are prompted by sensors sewn into a halter top worn by little girls. It's caught some flak after hitting the U.S. market.
June 3, 2012
May 11, 2012 A mother of two has told of how she breastfeeds her two sons who are aged three and five. Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26 is the mother on the cover of Time.
This week’s issue of Time magazine features a cover story on attachment parenting, a controversial form of child-rearing that involves breastfeeding to an older age, co-sleeping and wearing children in slings. It also features a cover image of a mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son that’s sure to raise a few eyebrows.
The benefits of breastfeeding to both mother and child have been well-documented. Among other things, it can boost a child’s immunity and help protect moms from several different types of cancer. However, a new study by the American Sociological Review says breastfeeding may hurt mothers in an unexpected way – in the pocketbook.
January 12, 2012 Although Sesame Street was known for incorporating tasteful breastfeeding scenes into its educational platform in the 70s and 80s, it's since abandoned the practice in favor of bottle-feeding.
Now blogger Lani Michelle wants "Lactivism" to go mainstream, and is circulating an online petition:
While the world rejoiced over the arrival of Beyonce‘s baby girl Blue Ivy Carter, one group of new moms was not so elated about the event.
July 19, 2011 Is this an awful new children's toy, or an important teaching tool for young girls?
The video is a YouTube commercial for Berjuan Toys' Bebe Gloton, "The World's First Breastfeeding Baby". The doll is a hit in Europe, and on track for retail sale in the US soon. The video is a bit graphic, and possibly not suitable for work.
July 9, 2011 Have you ever watched something unfold, like a mobile breastfeeding truck, and say to yourself, why didn't I think of that. I did when I first stumbled on to this story, what a great idea. The rest of the story after the jump.
