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Breastfeeding Quote: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:17:43 +0000

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was a physician who became a well-regarded American poet in the 19th century. I can tell he was a smart man just by this quote from one of his books:

We are willing to give Liebig’s artificial milk when we cannot do better, but we watch the child anxiously whose wet-nurse is a chemist’s pipkin. A pair of substantial mammary glands has the advantage over the two hemispheres of the most learned Professor’s brain, in the art of compounding a nutritious fluid for infants.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), p. 276 of Medical Essays

A “pipkin” is a small earthenware boiler, so Holmes was expressing concern about the feeding of babies from a chemist’s cooking pot.

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Breastfeeding Quote: More Than Just Milk

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:58:11 +0000

This rather shocking quote affirms everything I have always felt about breastfeeding. You can’t replace breastfeeding with formula, or even breast milk with formula; they simply aren’t equivalent. That doesn’t make formula “bad” nor should it make formula-feeding mothers feel guilty. It acknowledges that breastfeeding is part of an intimate relationship between mother and child.

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To reduce breastfeeding to milk is like reducing sex to semen.

– Rachel Myr, Lactnet list facilitator, named “Midwife of the Year 2008″ in Norway, as quoted in Lactnet

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Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Nutrition from Breast Milk

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:10:20 +0000

The Pregnancy Journal: A Day-to-Day Guide to a Healthy and Happy Pregnancy is the journal I have used to document each of my three pregnancies. I love the daily bits of information it shares and how easy it is to write short journal entries as my pregnancy progresses. Many of the daily tips pertain to breastfeeding. Here is one fun fact:

The calcium-to-phosphorus ratio of breast milk is ideal for moving calcium into the baby’s skeleton and promoting growth. In addition, breast milk is low in sodium, and iron and zinc from breast milk is absorbed better than from cow’s milk.

- by A. Christine Harris, Ph.D., The Pregnancy Journal: A Day-to-Day Guide to a Healthy and Happy Pregnancy, p. 134.

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Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Food on the Go

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:38:48 +0000

Breastmilk: 100% nutrition in a handy little package.

– as seen on a CafePress.com bumper sticker for sale (no affiliation to Breastfeeding 1-2-3)

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Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Birthright

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:35:43 +0000

Breastmilk: It’s not a choice. It’s a birthright!

– as seen on a CafePress.com button for sale (no affiliation to Breastfeeding 1-2-3)

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Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Feeding Choices

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:29:38 +0000

While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby.

– Amy Spangler, author of Breastfeeding: A Parent’s Guide

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Breastfeeding Quote of the Day: Involving Fathers

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:30:24 +0000

“…the idea of bottle feeding just to ‘involve the father’ is one more instance of preserving the status quo at a price to the baby.”

—Marni Jackson, The Mother Zone. p. 78.

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