Feed the Mother Who Feeds the Baby
September 17, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under advantages of breastfeeding, books
In celebration of my 1,000th post here at Breastfeeding 1-2-3, I want to share a very happy story I came across. You might remember this post I wrote for Blog Action Day last year on Breastfeeding and Poverty (read it if you haven’t already — it’s one of my better posts if I do say so myself ). In that post I shared what I learned about how a malnourished mother should continue breastfeeding and not wean and give her baby f*ormula. I remembered that information as I started to read a post by Mary at Owlhaven.net on …read more
Five Damaging Myths about Breastfeeding and Poverty
October 15, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding
Welcome Blog Action Day and Carnival of Breastfeeding readers! As thousands of bloggers around the world reflect on the topic of poverty, Breastfeeding 1-2-3 and other breastfeeding carnival participants (see links at the end of this post) are discussing poverty as it relates to the topic of breastfeeding.
Myths about Breastfeeding and Poverty
1. Myth: If a breastfeeding woman is malnourished due to poverty, she should be told to wean and be given formula for her baby.
