Archive

Listed are the posts for September 2008.

Mother’s Milk Makes Cents

Literally, Mother’s Milk Makes Economic Dollars and Cents A family’s money will be stretched to the limit during the economic crisis. Breast pumping and breast feeding can save a family between $3,000.00 to almost $5000.00 in the first year of a baby’s life. When mothers breast pump, they can continue to augment the baby’s diet [...]

Our First Advice Blog, Many More to Come

Question   Hi, my name is JA and I gave birth to my son, on August 27th.  I am finding that I prefer to pump and bottle feed as opposed to traditional breast feeding.  He is a big boy already and at two weeks is taking 4 oz every 3 hours.  I am barely keeping [...]

Breast Milk Ice Cream

I certainly understand PETA’s new campaign against Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream regarding the use of mother’s breast milk in their ice cream instead of cow’s milk. Those poor cows must be really tired. However, I do believe that this would be the end of Ben and Jerry’s. And I nor my thighs can possibly [...]

Palin Pumping for Baby Trig

& Giving Voice to Breast Pumping and Breast Feeding ‘Round the World Politicians, WIC moms, teachers, and police women breast pump and breastfeed their babies.  Moms of every income, ethnicity, and religion breast pump and breastfeed for the same basic motivations. Mothers have the need to feed (their babies). Breast milk is the most natural [...]

Hurricane Gustav Finally A Thing Of The Past

Wow! What a LONG week. We have lived here in Baton Rouge for well over a decade and have prepared for many hurricanes and there was nothing new with this hurricane. As a matter of fact, in the past, we were always lucky to just perhaps feel the winds and get some heavy rains from [...]