Sentences with phrase «by lactivists»

But the IRS» stated reason for denying tax sheltered status is the characteristic enthusiastically embraced by lactivists themselves: breastfeeding is natural.

My guilt about not being able to breastfeed was based on misinformation that is routinely trotted out by lactivists.

The only thing that got me through the pain was using nipple shields (also, I discovered later, frowned upon by lactivists).

These «ladies» are actually life - sized photos of women feeding their children, an effort by lactivists to make people more comfortable with public nursing.

Another post by the Lactivist I found interesting is» Wooly Boobs?»

Not exact matches

There is no way that this terminology is in any way meant to be taken seriously, even by the most sanctimonious and sensitive of lactivists.

It's a troublesome feeling because we're all supposed to be good little lactivists who never speak unless we're spoken to, and yet by doing so we allow misinformation to be spread like wildfire when we had a chance to correct it... then when we do it only results in more defensiveness, often regardless of how you phrase it.

«Dr. Johnston... developed this sudden and seemingly urgent interest in this issue not via a last minute clinical review of the scientific literature, or even after consulting with the AAP's own recognized lactation science experts... his concern came immediately after aggressive, personal lobbying by representatives of one of the AAP's biggest financial contributors, the $ 3 billion U.S. infant formula industry,» wrote lactivist Katie Allison Granju in «The Milky Way of Doing Business,» a rebuttal to the AAP's actions regarding the campaign.

The International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes (known in lactivist circles as the «WHO Code»), prohibits formula companies from advertising in any conspicuous way: «There should be no advertising or other form of promotion to the general public of products within the scope of this Code,» proclaims article 5.1 of this policy, coauthored in 1981 by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).

And the lactivist in me is embarrassed by my embarrassment as well.

I would be shamed for this by many lactivists but my husband and I agreed before the baby was born that if she had issues with dairy we would have to go with formula.

I am not a radical lactivist by any means; however, I do believe in breastfeeding my baby whenever she is hungry and will do it wherever I am.

By night, she's a wife, mother to 2 gorgeous children and a co-sleeping, lactivist, intactivist, attachment parenting, and natural birth supporter.

You're only 21, you're basically just a silly little girl who has been so misled by natural parenting / lactivist craziness that you've unwittingly made yourself into a laughable internet meme.

I still can't figure out how the «breast is best,» slogan by these «lactivists» reconciles with the deadly and irresponsible choices the same «mamas» often make to bring those poor babies into the world.

Using to promote her crazy agenda by posing in front of a formula booth and saying you should use homemade recipes instead puts it solidly in the crazy lactivist camp.

By blabbing to the whole internet about this intimate practice, Maile conflates breastfeeding and sex — and, in so doing, inadvertently damages the lactivist cause.

Davis sent a scorching e-mail around Capitol Hill, reported on by the Times in December 2010, claiming the study of the additives «was being pushed by «lactivists» who wanted to force women to continue breastfeeding.»

Perhaps lactivists overreached by dramatically inflating the cost of breastfeeding supplies:

A friend of mine sent me a link to an interesting parenting blog called the Lactivist, «Supporting Breastfeeding in Public, Extended Breastfeeding and Breast Milk Bank Donations», written by Jennifer Laycock.

I'm not trying to turn my two year old into a lactivist by any means; it is simply my hope that as she gets older she remains comfortable with the breastfeeding relationship when she observes it!