Not exact matches
* 1 grass -
fed steak (I prefer rib - eye but you can use your favorite cut),
about 1.5 inches thick / 1 pound * 2 cups halved «cherry» tomatoes, or chopped standard tomatoes (use heirloom tomatoes, if possible: I've been eating the ones I grow in my garden) * 2 heads California endive (red or white, or both), root ends trimmed off * 2 somewhat thin slices traditional sourdough bread or other sturdy whole - grain bread (or gluten - free bread) * Homemade ranch dressing (or the dressing of your
choice, preferably homemade)
The edible revolution is
about informed
choices, and we believe there is a better way to
feed the planet.
And now, Texas ranchers in particular are upset
about the
choice to source grass
fed beef from overseas.
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«In any case, there is clearly more going on the breastfeeding vs. formula
feeding debate than just worrying
about who can make which
choices.
This really was not an attack on HER
choice about how to
feed HER baby.
If you feel unsure of your parenting
choices because they are different than the «mainstream,» I doubt the answer is to boast
about breastfeeding and co sleeping while trying to make moms who formula
feed feel like shit just so that you can give yourself a pat on the back.
This isn't
about privileged women saying «breast is best» (a woman's
choice how to
feed her child is her own)-- it is
about misleading, unethical, and in some cases illegal marketing practices, illegally sourcing milk from a horrible dictator, and the use of slave labor.
Knowing
about this history and taking into account your own intentions for
feeding can help you to make the best
choice for you and your baby.
Dealing with criticism
about the
choice to bottle
feed can be difficult.
I would never make an issue
about someone else's
choice to breast
feed just because I don't want to do so in public, but I also have the right to feel uncomfortable
about it.
Then Jenna Pepper, a vegetable and nutrition enthusiast who blogs over at Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to
feed them junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school,
about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the
choice.
People should care less
about others
choices, as long as the baby is
FED its happy!
My personal
choice is to NOT use a nursing room, because it's sometimes a pain, the babe is hungry, and I don't think
about it much, I just
feed him.
I'm sorry, but you made the
choice, like it or give up, because there are plenty of mothers wanting to breast
feed but struggling, they don't need to hear those who can BF moan
about having to give stuff up or having to
feed in public.
However, I was always intending to combination
feed then give up breastfeeding and switch to formula after a few months as I wanted some freedom.It was my
choice to breastfeed, to give up having drinks, to do the night
feeds, to get my breasts out in public and everything else you mention above (I didn't watch what I ate, if I listened to the HV
about giving up dairy and greens and everything else, then I would have felt like crap) I made that decision and by the sounds of it so did you.
So whether we choose to breastfeed our babies for 2 years, 2 months, or not at all, we should respect each mother's
choice, feel confident in our own, and most importantly, be honest with each other
about both the gift and the sacrifice that comes with deciding to breast
feed (or not).
Our classes cover all the basic information
about labour and birth, but also include strategies for pain management,
choices, decision - making during labour, coping techniques, and medical options, as well as breast
feeding, baby care, and postpartum reality.
Lots of people consider, with good reason, that this woman's «activism» is not only silly and founded on ignorance and misinformation, but an attempt to shame other mothers who make perfectly reasonable
choices about how to
feed their children.
We're constantly bombarded with articles, blog posts, celeb stories, news reports, studies and images
about what mothers should look like and be like and say and do and wear and buy and how we should
feed our babies and where and when they should sleep and when they should do each thing and when we should do each thing and how we should be angry at people who don't chose our
choices and how many Instagram likes we should have on each photo and you know what?
Some parents and experts believe that kids need to know where their food comes from and understand how it affects their bodies, and that we can't educate them
about food
choices if we're sneaking stuff in and not being honest
about what we're
feeding them.
Moms who formula
feed hear horrific, rude and honestly, untrue, things
about formula and their
choice to
feed it to their kids.
And we expect parents to have access to information so that they can make informed
choices about how they
feed the most vulnerable and precious people in our society, babies and young children.
Pregnant women are given the facts
about how to breastfeed, and also the benefits and challenges of breastfeeding so that they can make an informed
choice about how to
feed their babies.
The project is «a celebration of every woman's right to decide how and where they
feed their children without feeling guilty or embarrassed
about their parenting
choices,» according to the agency's post.
If your
feeding method of
choice isn't keeping baby fully nourished, then it's time to do something
about it.
We did partially nightwean her my our
choice, not hers, at
about a year (I can't remember when, exactly), and that did involve some crying when my husband showed up and wouldn't
feed her (he gave her 1 bottle of expressed milk / night - the extra pumping bought me some much needed sleep).
I'm not sure if you are still looking for advice, but I have experience with it... My 8 yr old stayed in the bed with me (and hubby) since day 1, when I got pregnant with my second when he was 16 mths old, we set up his room with a toddler bed (he could get out of his playpen since 9 mths un-assisted, and never had a crib) so we made sure it was fun and playful and gave him that option, we also set up a separate cot beside out bed, so he could be with us still (I was not comfortable being pregnant with a toddler and hubby in bed then, knowing I would have a baby soon) since I was pregnant I was able to talk
about it to him and explain why he was going to have to one day move to his own bed (in our room or his) by the time I had the baby he was starting the nights in his own bed and if he woke up he would come into his cot beside our bed... I let him continue like that as long as he wanted, it took time but I did not push him at all, same with breast
feeding I let him make the
choice... when I left my hubby (now ex) the boys were both big enough (2 and 4 yrs) for me to be comfortable with them both in bed with me, and I was still nursing my younger one until he was around 3.5 yrs old, so we just had a big bed with us all piled in, I miss those days so much: (so how did I finally get them both out of my bed?
Promoting the WHO Code is
about ensuring the dissemination of appropriate information
about infant
feeding and supporting parents»
choice in the matter, and is not an attack against any parents for their own
choices or experiences in infant
feeding.
Now when I hear people asking a woman sporting a baby bump
about her breast
feeding choice, I think
about how it may not be a
choice for her or anyone in the long run.
It is important that clinicians, health educators, and policymakers are aware of patterns of media coverage and the complex cultural background within which women are making
choices about infant
feeding.
But the truth
about it is, you do what works for you, and no woman should feel isolated bc of the inability to breast
feed or even the
choice to use formula.
Practice Update: HIV and breastfeeding - Morrison P. - Essentially MIDIRS, August 2014; 5 (7): 38 - 9, available at page 38 HIV and breastfeeding: the unfolding evidence - Morrison P and Faulkner Z - Essentially MIDIRS, Dec / Jan 2015; 5 (11): 7 - 13, Breastfeeding for HIV - Positive Mothers - Morrison P - Breastfeeding Today, 1 November 2014; 26:20 - 25 What HIV - positive women want to know
about breastfeeding - Morrison P - World AIDS Day 2013 issue of Fresh Start, Trinidad & Tobago, 1 December 2013 (see pages 8 - 12) Informed
choice in infant
feeding decisions can be supported for HIV - infected women even in industrialized countries - Morrison P, Greiner T, Israel - Ballard K - AIDS 2011, 24 September 2011, PMID: 21811145 Letter to the Editor (2014)- Pamela Morrison & Ted Greiner - Health Care for Women International, 35:10, 1109 - 1112, DOI: 10.1080 / 07399332.2014.954705 Conquering Fear and Stigma with Knowledge: HIV - Positive Mothers and Breastfeeding, Fresh Start by Best Start - Morrison P interviewed by Dr Amanda Gabrielle Jones - HIV / AIDS Awareness supplement towards an AIDS - Free Generation, Issue 6, p 8, December 2014 Breastfeeding with HIV, is breast still best?
As it turns out, because Sausage was in the NICU and I didn't get to hold her until she was a week old, I never produced any milk at all, not even a slight leakage, so when people ask
about feeding, this is the part I tell them, so worried I am
about the stigma of bottle
feeding by
choice.
Last week's post
about how to deal with low milk supply was for my breastfeeding mamas, here's one for my mamas who supplement and bottle
feed exclusively... Lots of factors go into your baby formula
choice and as a mom you want to choose the...
Where women get accurate information
about breastfeeding and formula
feeding and are allowed to make the
choice (if they have one) that's best for their families and then supported, no matter what that decision is.
Please be positive and respectful of each mother's
choice in diapering, the same as you would to each mother's
choice to breast or bottle
feed, or to have a natural birth or medicated birth, family bed or crib... There are lots of sites on the internet, not just this one, that go into great detail
about elimination communication, as well as many support groups which provide tips and encouragement to moms who want to take their relationship with their baby to this new level.
Whether you're pregnant and still unsure
about your
feeding plan of
choice, or you have a newborn and are thinking of supplementing with formula, Enfamil Family Beginnings has a lot to offer.
Many new mothers are making
choices about infant
feeding without knowing breastfeeding can help reduce cancer risks for both themselves and their children.
And so over the course of the next few days you will get to hear all
about these great items, but today you will learn
about a product that has helped millions of moms breast
feed their babies and that is the # 1
choice of lactation consultants plus is being used in hundreds of newborn intensive care units and birthing hospitals.
Photographer Mikaela Bodkin created a photo series called «
Fed is Best,» and it's not just full of beautiful imagery — it also makes an important point
about the validity of all baby
feeding choices.
BFUSA believes: (1) human milk
fed through direct breastfeeding is the optimal way for human infants to be nurtured and nourished; (2) the precious first days should be protected as a time of bonding and support not influenced by commercial interests; and (3) every mother should be informed
about the benefits of breastfeeding and respected to make her own
choice.
Ability to give supportive information
about breast and bottle
feeding and supporting a woman's
choice.
I finished the ad feeling uneasy and only after thinking
about it for a bit did I realize what it was... I'm a breastfeeding mother that feels consistent judgment regarding my
choice to
feed in public, not necessarily wanting to cover my child while
feeding, pumping at work for my «older child» and she's less than 1 yr old, organizing my life / job / childcare to prioritize our nursing relationship... I feel judgment and yet I'm making an effort to do the best for my baby.
This book helped me make an informed decision
about how to
feed him, but also to not give one single flying eff what other people have to say
about my
choice.
When I complained
about being tired
feeding our son hourly it was my fault because it had been by
choice.
When it comes to a diaper bag, personal
choice is always the driver but look for wipeable materials and compartments to store all of the diapering and
feeding necessities you'll need when out and
about with baby.
Then you write
about people
feeding your child certain foods when you have told them not to, or not supporting your
choice to keep your child away from unhealthy foods!
The whole WIC thing where all these (mostly young and uneducated
about nursing vs. formula
feeding) women are being supplied with so much $ $ $ in formula is RIDICULOUS.If they only offered it to the women who have a real medical problem with nursing - imagine how much $ $ $ $ $ could be used for other, more neccessary issues.If they didn't have a
choice and they didn't have it given to them so freely - they would just naturally figure out nursing and it's that simple.If one does not have a
choice, what happens???? WE ADAPT
First, you obviously want to avoid saying anything disparaging
about formula, as this can be hurtful to parents who have chosen to or who have no
choice but to formula
feed.