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• Breaking News: Cadbury chocolate made in China recalled

  The AP is reporting that Cadbury is "recalling 11 types of Chinese-made chocolates after tests found they contained the industrial chemical melamine." This follows the recall of tainted milk powder in China. Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 11:15 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: news, baby, China, babies, CNN, chocolate, FDA, baby formula, recalls, breast milk, breast feeding, Pizza Hut, cheese, formula, candy, Taiwan, scary, milk, Brett Singer, la leche, they say, chinese, sanlu, white rabbit candy, white rabbit creamy candy, candies, cadbury

• UPDATE: Tainted Milk Tally tops 50,000

  The number of children affected by a dangerous chemical in certain brands of Chinese-made baby formula is going up. CNN is reporting that more than 13,000 children in China have been, "sickened by tainted milk." The details are even worse... Read More... Posted Sep 23 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: news, baby, China, babies, CNN, baby formula, recalls, breast milk, breast feeding, formula, scary, milk, Brett Singer, la leche, they say, chinese, sanlu

• Special ingredient at Swiss Restaurant? Breast Milk!

  We all know about the benefits of breast milk for our babies, but the benefit of breast milk as a culinary ingredient for us grown ups? The owner of a Swiss restaurant wants to include in his menu dishes (such as stews and sauces) that include about 75%  of mother’s milk. "We have all been raised on it. Why should we not include it into our diet?" Hans Locher the owner stated and continued to say...   Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 02:52 PM by SunnyChanel with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: food, breast milk, breast feeding, eating out, restaurant

• They say: Chinese baby formula is dangerous

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a waning about baby formula made in China. These products are illegal in the U.S., but the FDA fears that some bottles may have found their way onto store shelves in Chinese neighborhoods. According to Chinese officials, "contaminants were found in Sanlu-brand milk formula," which, "killed one baby and caused kidney stones in dozens of others who may have drunk the same product." Read More... Posted Sep 13 2008, 12:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: news, baby, China, babies, baby formula, recalls, breast milk, breast feeding, formula, scary, milk, Brett Singer, la leche, they say, chinese, sanlu

• Fear of plastic + timing = big bucks

  Interesting article over on Forbes.com about the BornFree people. Turns out they not only make the bottles, they help make sure that people know how dangerous the BPA-filled versions are. Apparently, when BornFree began back in 2006, very few people cared about BPA. So what does a dadpreneur (that's a dad entepreneur – see how dumb it sounds?) do? Make sure that everyone knows how bad plastic is. According to Forbes, BornFree's President Ron Vigdor "sometimes exaggerates when comparing bisphenol A-free bottles to polycarbonate versions. 'One is with arsenic, one without. Which one would you like to buy?'" So what's wrong with that? Read More... Posted Jun 08 2008, 10:30 AM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, health, baby, mother, business, babies, mothers, mompreneurs, infants, nursing, breast milk, breast feeding, bottles, formula, BPA, Bisphenol-A, plastic, feeding, milk, Brett Singer, Bisphenol free, Bisphenol-A free, born free, Bisphenol, forbes, entepreneurs, bornfree, bpa free

• They Say: 40 Percent of Babies Need More Vitamin D

  Boston Children’s Hospital researchers found that 40 percent of children aged 8 to 24 months are not getting enough Vitamin D—but only 12 percent are actually Vitamin D deficient. Of the 380 infants and toddlers tested, those who were breastfed displayed lower levels of Vitamin D, reopening the discussion about the link between Vitamin D deficiency and breast milk. Read More... Posted Jun 06 2008, 04:57 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: breastfeeding, infants, breast milk, vitamin D, vitamin d deficiency, boston children's hospital, sunshine

• It’s Raining Little Men: India’s Baby Throwing Ritual

  Many experts believe a mother’s breast milk help a baby grow stronger. In India, they have a different method of toughing up their babies: drop them 5 stories.       Save your Michael Jackson jokes for after you see the video.   Read More... Posted May 07 2008, 09:00 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: baby, religion, michael jackson, breast milk, child endangerment, india, you tube, strange, dropping, throwing, weird culture, international news, custom

• Crafty: Waste Not, Want Not

  Attention lactators! Do you have a couple of ancient bags of breast milk hanging out in your freezer? Are you so productive that you have plenty to spare? Gather up all of your excess milk and get ready to save a fortune on soap.   Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 10:00 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: breast milk, crafty, soap

• Breast Milk On Board

  Here's some good news for women who want to transport breast milk with them the next time they fly (or, for that matter, light things on fire). According to the Associated Press, on Aug. 4 two Transportation Security Administration regulations will be changed: More carry-on breast milk will be allowed, and in an unrelated move, the ban on most cigarette lighters will be lifted.  Currently, TSA regulations state that women with infants are allowed to carry as much breast milk onto the plane as they please. Others, however, are limited to 3 ounces each -- the same amount permitted for other essential liquids like, you know, mouthwash or hairspray. After Aug. 4, though, it's a breast milk free-for-all. Bring it on by the quart. Bring it on by the gallon. Sure, the TSA "encourages" you to carry only the milk that's necessary for your journey, but don't let that stop you. We're in America, after all, where every man, woman and child should have the right to lug around as much breast milk as he or she pleases!   Posted Jul 27 2007, 06:32 PM by MetroDad with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: breast milk, travelliing, TSA

• Lactivist Gets Pork Board Apology

  Remember recently when the Wrath of Pork descended upon blogger The Lactivist? Lactivist writer Jennifer Laycock, in a satirical commandeering of the Pork Board's slogan "the other white meat", made shirts that declared breast milk to be "the other white milk." When the Pork Board sent a harsh lawyer-gram threatening all sorts of legal sadism, Laycock howled - and parenting bloggers the world over grabbed their torches and pitchforks. Apparently, Pork knows when it's licked (or is that suckled?). Pork National Board CEO Steve Murphy has sent Laycock a personal letter of apology, As part of its mea culpa, the Board will launch a voluntary fundraising drive among its employees, with proceeds going to the Mother’s Milk Bank of Ohio. (Federal earmarking regulations prevent the board from making a direct donation; it's forced to spend most of its money on National Enquirer-style Web sites devoted to pork porn.) Laycock is thrilled, and wants bloggers to spread the word as a demonstration that we can propagate good news as quickly as we can bad. Mission accomplished, ma'am. Posted Feb 09 2007, 01:34 PM by thezeroboss with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: food, law, breastfeeding, lactivism, pork, breast milk, the lactivist