Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has been an advocate for natural birth, but she upset people during World Breastfeeding Week by suggesting there should be "a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months." She has since "backed down" … [Read more...]
Saudi Cleric: Adult Breastfeeding Allows for Mixing of Unrelated Sexes
We advocate breastfeeding here at Eco Child's Play in any shape or form, but a fatwa (religious edict) issued by a Saudi cleric last month takes the practice of nourishing a child naturally and uses it to justify unrelated male and female relationships. Specifically, the edict … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Advice: Don’t Buy Nursing Bras and Tops
Inspired by a series we featured last year called Baby Essentials That Aren't, I decided to share my thoughts on the necessity of nursing bras and tops. When it came time to buying breastfeeding and baby paraphernalia, I was quite prudent with my purchases. I didn't want to … [Read more...]
Bottle Effect: Pumped Breast Milk or Formula Affects Appetite "Self-Regulation"
My daughter was a very chunky baby. I worried she would become an obese child, but every study or book I read said that breastfed babies have lower risks of becoming overweight. She's now a slender child, and my worries certainly did not make me change her on-demand feeding … [Read more...]
Cry-It-Out: "Toxic" For Babies' Brains
A new book puts more pressure on parents to pick up that crying baby, calling the cry-it-out method (CIO) "toxic" and "very bad for brain development," the BBC reports. Many of you consider yourself natural or attachment parents, so chances are, you would never consider … [Read more...]
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