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• Issues! 'Parenting' Offers Fake Apology

  I'm plowing through my stack of unread magazines -- grows much like laundry, only this one I actually pay attention to -- and this non-apology in the May issue of Parenting: Early Years caught my eye. Apparently, some readers called them out for a LIT-tle too much eye rolling over "natural" (orgasmic and/or epidural-free) childbirth. But in saying they're sorry, the editors wind up ridiculing some childbirth experiences, which they purport to be fully in support of.   Read More... Posted May 15 2009, 05:27 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, magazines, childbirth accidents, judgmental mothers, As the Cookie Crumbles, issues, mama guilt, naturalral birth

• No Boobs for Baby: Why Love is Thicker than Breastmilk

  Aimee got cancer as a young woman and had both of her breasts removed.  As she made ready to start a family she began to grieve the loss of her ability to breastfeed. But when she looked for support from other mothers around which formulas worked best, she was asked instead to join the "breast is best" chorale.   Read More... Posted May 20 2008, 04:01 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: children, babies, breastfeeding, breast is best, bottles, formula, loving parents, healthy babies, la leche league, breastcancer, healthy formula, self-righteous parents, judgmental mothers, feedingi your baby, bottle-feeding, safe bottles, babies need the breast, la leche league sucks, breastfeeding sucks, feeding baby, breastfeeding babies, babies need bottles