June 2010
3 posts
My Mother's Breast Cancer Gift
People always talk about how “breast is best,” how it’s healthier for mom & baby but people usually only think about short term health benefits (i.e. breastfed babies get fewer ear infections than formula-fed ones) but less attention is paid to the long-term benefits. Even though I had breastfed my daughter for two years, I was surprised to learn during my lactation counselor...
The Dairy-Free Breastfeeding Mother's Lament
We’re having a tough couple of nights with Asher. His system doesn’t tolerate cow’s milk - it makes him very gassy - and I thought maybe he might have gotten over it because I had had goat cheese recently with no problems on his end (literally). So yesterday, while extremely hungry with little else to eat, I scarfed down the few bites that were left of Whole Foods Macaroni and...
Nestle-Sponsored BlogHer10 is a Huge Fail
It was just announced that two Nestle brands are sponsors of the 2010 BlogHer Conference this August: Stouffer’s and Butterfinger. This is giant fail on BlogHer’s part because they are very aware of what happened in September with the Nestle Family junket. A number of bloggers like Elita of Blacktating are canceling or contemplating canceling. Annie of PhD in Parenting is a speaker...