A couple news-worthy items...

I really did like my college professors. However, I wish I had a professor who told us this:

"Taste some infant formulas sometime. Why any kid would drink this is beyond my comprehension, this stuff tastes awful. And if you ever get the chance you should taste some breast milk, I'll have to tell you that this stuff tastes delicious."

Dr. Jordan Finkelstein: Biobehavioral Health 101

Thanks for Angela over at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 for the heads up on that funny quote.

Another cute little breastfeeding video that I found over at YouTube. It's pretty corny in the beginning, but the end has a cute little kick to it.


And finally, a news article on the cultural impact in a woman's decision to breastfeed vs. bottlefeed. From the article:

"A lot of our cultural confusion about mothering and raising children comes to a point at the breast," says Gale Pryor, author of "Working Mom: Nursing Mom." "Society brings all its confusion and lays it on breastfeeding mothers, who end up weaning not simply because breastfeeding is such a headache, but because dealing with the world as a breastfeeding mother is such a headache."

They're not alone. The woman who chooses to bottlefeed has to face her own set of critics. This includes self-described "bad, bad mother" Tish Durkin, who received many nasty letters after writing in the New York Observer that she chose to forgo nursing for a variety of reasons -- including a desire to get some sleep. On the other hand, she got some fan mail, too: "From bottlefeeding New York mothers who are scared to death to reveal their true identities, lest some marvelously nurturing lactivist haul them out and have them stoned."

It's a shame that mothers are too busy fighting each other over these issues to fight together for mother's rights in general.

Another neat thing I read about in the news lately is how women are sending their breastmilk over to Africa to help save babies there. How cool is that?

I also read a positive article on cloth diapering, and finally, an article on a truly ignorant women who removed her seven year old child from class because they were learning about childbirth and breastfeeding. From the article:

And she is reported to have questioned why Startforth Morritt Memorial School,has lessons in breastfeeding, saying "it's disgusting".

Well that is it for now. Ciao!

A couple news-worthy items...