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Snow Mommy

January 21st, 2012

I was inspired by a snow lady that I saw on facebook to make a snow mommy. I am not, however, very artfully-inclined – so I did the best I could. What kind of snow-mommies have you built with your babes?

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Evenflo To Become WHO-Compliant!

January 19th, 2012

I just learned that Evenflo has announced it’s plans to sell it’s feeding business! it will now focus all of its sales and marketing efforts on breastpumps (via Ameda, who has always been WHO-Code Complaint), car seats, travel systems, baby carriers and more.

Evenflo use to be the only WHO-Code compliant bottle manufacturer in the world when they purchased Ameda and Ameda worked with them to help them reach this status. But last July, they announced that they were going to start advertising their bottles again, hence giving up their code-complaint status. White the Ameda division of Evenflo remained code-complaint, their parent company was not.

At the time, I kind-of “understood” why they did it. After all, how could they hope to compete in selling bottles if they were playing by rules that no one else followed and our government doesn’t require them to follow. Now, I really understand -in order to sell off part of your business – you need to make it look as good as possible – so pumping advertising dollars into that part of the business last year, surely affected their ability to sell it successfully.

I can’t even tell you how thrilled I am! In their press release, they state that the motivation behind this moved was “Demographic trends, such as the increasing adoption of breastfeeding and an anticipated recovery in U.S. child births, as well as longstanding relationships with the world’s leading juvenile products retailers, favor the growth prospects for Evenflo’s diverse remaining businesses.” (NOTE: bold italics added by me)

But isn’t this even more fabulous!! They violated the WHO Code for the short term so that they could sell off the non-compliant part of the business and focus their efforts on BREASTFEEDING!! I couldn’t be more thrilled!!

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Support With Integrity

January 4th, 2012

Have you heard of the Support With Integrity Pledge? Developed by Earth Mama Angel Baby, this pledge is about supporting moms and their choice and not being judgmental. It’s about normalizing breastfeeding and removing barriers that prevent moms from reaching their own breastfeeding goals. Whatever those goals may be. It’s not about breastfeeding the right way or at the right time on for the right duration – it’s about supporting moms in the decisions that each and every one of us make – no matter how different that may be from our own choices.

Please sign up and take the pledge – it is only when we support each other that we can learn ways to gain support from everyone else.

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The Year In Review – 2011

December 31st, 2011

As the year comes to a close, I thought I would take a few minutes to review my favorite blog posts of the year and to summarize breastfeeding during 2011.

2011 has been a year of celebrating successes, breastfeeding being covered by the media, breastfeeding in public and breastfeeding advocacy. We have seen . . . → Read More: The Year In Review – 2011

Last Minute Holiday Gifts – Save On Gift Certificates!

December 23rd, 2011

Just in time for those last-minute gifts for the mom or mom-to-be in your life – we are offering 10% off of our gift certificates. In denominations starting at $15 through $200 – there is something for every mom! And since they are sent via email – you can order them at the . . . → Read More: Last Minute Holiday Gifts – Save On Gift Certificates!

12 Days Of Christmas

December 21st, 2011