For starters, negativity
around public nursing is getting less and less common as more people remember that breasts have a purpose beyond, you know, selling beer and cars and stuff.
Not exact matches
It was only when the school
nurse starting asking
around that
public health officials got wind that jacketing was a common practice among Lincoln High's football players and wrestlers.
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all
around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and
nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for
nursing in
public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in
public, not
around male relatives and friends, not
around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
Never mind the general
public... Some examples: 1) the passenger in front of us on our first flight, whom when my daughter was crying while we waited to take off and I said something aloud such as «I'll
nurse her once we take off and then she'll be quiet», had to tell everyone
around us that she was a
nurse and that I was essentially a bad mom to not
nurse my baby during takeoff (sorry lady, but the reason I bought her a seat was for her to be in her car seat during takeoff as it's much safer than in my arms
nursing).
Closer to home, I have
nursed in
public around much of Yorkshire in England and for the most part it has been an incredibly positive experience.
It's so cute that she associates that with
public places and knows that we don't use one at home unless there are other kids
around such as our older son's friends who might have not been exposed to
nursing at home.
Most of the negativity
around nursing in
public comes from people erroneously associating breasts with sex.
A lot of tips I gleaned from parenting forums and sites, and even other moms, revolved
around ways to avoid exposing myself when
nursing in
public.
I'm not sure why I've gotten such a negative response this time, but I thought I've done well, especially having a toddler running circles
around me while
nursing at home and in
public.
In May, Lily's second birthday passed, and again, no signs of weaning We have some boundaries set
around night
nursing (so mama can get some sleep) and
around nursing in
public, but for the most part, she has full access to the breast and still
nurses 4 - 6 times per day, more when she's teething, overstimulated, sick, growing...
So there was no way to work
around that without
nursing in
public.
@theadventuresoflactatinggirl.com: That's a big reason we stopped
nursing in
public around 3 — I couldn't take the attention anymore.
Mothers» Letters Photo: Orit Gilad Mother's Situation
Nursing in
public I'm expecting my second baby in a few months and really want to breastfeed this time
around.
She was successfully treated but the sleep issues and separation anxiety stayed
around for a while... We live in a state of Australia that promotes a very strong
public health message about the risks of co-sleeping, which is particularly disseminated through its maternal - child health
nurses.
Nursing one baby can be done on the go, in
public,
around others and rather quick.
Baby - led weaning (a term coined my Gill Rapley, a former
public health
nurse and midwife) essentially means that you skip pureed foods all together and your baby self feeds right from the start of weaning (
around 6 months of age) with breast milk or formula «on tap.»
Susan C. Miller, professor (research) of health services, policy and practice in the Brown University School of
Public Health and lead author of the study in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, worked with colleagues to survey
nursing directors at more than 1,900
nursing homes
around the country between July 2009 and June 2010 to assess their knowledge of palliative care and their facility's implementation of key palliative care practices.
If you're
nursing in
public, though, I can see how it could be better — but I liked this one for
nursing around the house.
«And we're doing it in a way that isn't necessarily at the expense of other educational cuts,» Tillis said, emphasizing that the House doesn't include severe cuts included in the Senate's plan, which would offer teachers an eleven percent raise but would also eliminate second and third grade teacher assistants from the classroom, cut the Department of
Public Instruction by 30 percent, and reduce the number of badly needed school
nurses around the state, among other cuts.
The Horizon program is the BBC's flagship science program, so when it uses the weight of the BBC's authority alongside, Sir Professor Paul
Nurse, a Nobel Laureate and the new President of the Royal Society it has a clear responsibilty to the
public to fairly present the detail of the sceptical views climate science and the issues
around the climategate emails.