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Re-visiting pacifiers and breastfeeding
A newly published study in Pediatrics is receiving media attention due to its finding that “restricting pacifier distribution during the newborn hospitalization without also restricting access to...
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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine urges AAP to end formula marketing partnership
New Rochelle, NY, December 27, 2013—The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine today asked the American Academy of Pediatrics to end its formula marketing relationship with Mead Johnson. “AAP participation...
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Reports on breastfeeding sibling study are vastly overstated
A recent analysis of breastfeeding’s effects on child health is making headlines that some of the benefits of breastfeeding have been overstated. The authors examined behavioral assessments of children...
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Shame, guilt and the search for common ground
In the fallout from the breastfeeding sibling study, I’ve been struck by the intensity of conversations about shame and guilt. A colleague and friend posted on Facebook: This study is for my patients...
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How often does breastfeeding come undone?
One afternoon in my lactation clinic, I saw two mothers who came to see me because they couldn’t make milk. One was pregnant with her second child, and the other was considering a third pregnancy. Each...
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What if we realized that food security is homeland security?
I’m waiting for my flight home from the 1,000 Days U.S. Leadership Roundtable, a spectacular meeting that was held today at the Gates Foundation in Washington, DC. Stakeholders in nutrition and...
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Should the AAP Sleep Alone?
Some public health messages everyone can agree with: Never drink and drive. Always put your infant in a car seat. Other public health messages seem to ask us to do the impossible: Teenagers must never...
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Breastfeeding Management: It’s so much more than just the latch
Breastfeeding initiation and the period of the first month after birth for the mother and infant can often be complicated by medical and psychosocial challenges which may be difficult for lactation...
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Help Your Clients Understand Their Rights in the Workplace
With more than half of women with infants employed, simple workplace accommodations are critical for breastfeeding success. By helping moms understand their rights as a breastfeeding employee and plan...
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Mastitis Protocol Updated
In case you missed it, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #4, “Mastitis“, by Dr. Lisa Amir, was published in Issue #5 (May/June) of Breastfeeding Medicine. The good news (or the bad news,...
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I #March4Nutrition to make #breastfeeding a right, not a privilege
I #March4Nutrition because breastfeeding is a powerful predictor of health and wellbeing for mothers and infants — and yet, too many families face barriers that prevent them from achieving their own...
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Fallout from IQ study ignores barriers to breastfeeding
A recent study linking longer breastfeeding with higher IQ in adulthood seems to be pushing some people’s buttons. The study followed several thousand children, recruited in the early 1980s, through...
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Is it really about sexualizing breasts? Or is it about rape culture?
A guy friend once informed me that breastfeeding breasts aren’t sexy. Sure, there might be the odd dreamboat (thank you, Brad Pitt) who will publicly announce his preference for the breeding female...
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The Lancet Launches Breastfeeding Publication
The Lancet has boldly stepped onto center stage to launch its new publication, Breastfeeding in the 21st Century. They state that “every mother and child no matter their location or circumstance,...
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How rooming in helps moms and babies
Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine had her first baby at a prestigious Boston hospital. She was a resident in Ob/Gyn at the time, and a long labor ultimately ended with a c-section, and a healthy...
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US Public Health guildelines should reflect evidence, not anecdote
In 2008, the United States Preventive Services Task Force issued the following recommendation with Grade B Evidence: “The USPSTF recommends interventions during pregnancy and after birth to promote and...
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It’s time to disarm the formula industry
The WHO Code is turning 35, and this vital public health policy is more critical than ever. The World Health Organization Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes was passed in 1981 to regulate...
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Evidence is Clear: Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Increases Breastfeeding...
By Melissa Bartick, MD, MSc and Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD The US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) published its recommendations regarding breastfeeding promotion in the October 25, 2016 issue of...
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AAP New Policy Statement on Donor Human Milk for the High Risk Infant
While the birth of neonatology was in the late 1800s with the development of the incubator, it was only in the 1970’s when the modern NICU was established with the neonatal respirator. More advanced...
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On Sunday, the most shared story in the New York Times was about breastfeeding – specifically, about how the US government threatened multiple countries with trade sanctions and withdrawal of military...
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