Breastfeeding Older Children Survey

Ann Sinnott, whose 15 yr old daughter self-weaned at the age of six and a half, is writing a book (publisher: Free Association Books www.fabooks.com) about sustained breastfeeding, defined as: breastfeeding children 3 years and older. She would like long-term breastfeeding mothers, past and present, to complete a questionnaire at the link below. She would also like completed questionnaires from mothers who are breastfeeding children 18 months - 2 years, provided breastfeeding is open-ended [no decision to wean] or continuation to long-term is being considered.

Please click on the link and complete the survery if it is relevant to you. :)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ann.sinnott/index.htm

Excellent Breastfeeding Article!

It's quite long, but well worth the read. Please feel free to post your thoughts in the comment section.

http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=586

FaceBook

Facebook, a popular website, has been deleting many breastfeeding pictures, claiming they are obscene.

If you aren't a member already, please consider joining this group and help write letters.

Also, we are reporting as many other photos as we can. There are hundreds of pornographic photos, naked men and women having sex, which are still available for anyone to view. And yet, breastfeeding pictures are being removed????? I don't think so!

Please click on the link and join the official protest to facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2517126532

Why Moms Can't Do Yoga

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sT8PXuocdO8&mode=related&search=

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal made news recently by breastfeeding her 7-month old baby Ramona in public. People in the general population were shocked and outraged; revered and admired by the breastfeeding community.

I personally think it's a beautiful photograph and encourage supporters to send her an email thanking her for breastfeeding her baby, and doing it in public!

Encouraging Teen Moms To Breastfeed

I had the priveledge of presenting a breast-feeding class to a small group of teen and pregnant moms at a local outreach school.

There was a wonderful group of pregnant moms, young moms with their babies, and even a teen dad! I was so happy to see him there! One of the moms had an 8-month old whom she was still breastfeeding, and one mom had a one-year old whom she had recently weaned. Very encouraging!

I brought my 16-month old baby with me, and unfortunately, he was not very agreeable. He was very fussy, didn't know what he wanted, and I had a difficult time speaking at times, because he was squirming and shrieking in my lap. Hope I didn't scare off the expectant moms, lol.

Here is a link with further information. Let's encourage our teen parents to breastfeed their babies!

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/prepare/teenbf.html