If more mothers continued as long as they wished to, the proportion starting may well increase as expectant mothers will be less likely to hear negative messages.
Yet, that figure is down from just two years earlier
as more mothers return to the workforce.
With
more mothers in the workforce, some companies provide rooms so employees who are nursing can take a short break to express milk.
Moms need to see
more mothers breastfeeding in public, not bottle - feeding, to get comfortable with nursing and for it to become culturally acceptable.
My hope is that by and by more and
more mothers with chronic conditions will find the courage to question recommendations not to breastfeed under medication.
I was surprised that
more mothers didn't do this, as it was my first instinct when I knew that my boy would be in pain.
Keeping mother and baby together will mean a positive breastfeeding experience for
many more mothers although it obviously can't prevent every problem.
I decided that if I wanted our children to benefit from a better nutritional start that I needed to
reach more mothers, fathers, grandparents and caregivers.
Increased Baby - Friendly hospital practices, particularly giving only breast milk in the hospital, may help
more mothers achieve their exclusive breastfeeding intentions.
We need
far more mothers like you, who are willing to ask questions, listen, and see beyond the rhetoric.
In actual fact, there are many, many
more mothers like me, feeling the same way and taking the same approach of connecting with our children.
The recession and a new baby are a scary pairing, but some are hoping it will
inspire more mothers to breast - feed.
I only
wish more mothers would decide to continue to breastfeed their older children; there's nothing absolutely wrong with it.
As
more mothers entered the workforce during the 1970's and 80's, the market for disposable diapers increased dramatically.
Compared with 2007,
more mothers now say working full time would be ideal for them, and significantly fewer say not working at all would be ideal.
Providing
more mother support groups in the community and well planned communication strategies to promote breastfeeding throughout society.
By 2008, the program had brought 70,000
more mothers into the paid workforce — 3.8 % more women employed.
Just as you might ask why so few women are in technology, you might ask
why more mothers aren't developing products for your children.
Some parenting gurus suggest that helicopter parenting became the rage as
more mothers went to work outside the home.
And I agree with you that the norm will shift, we will see more and
more mothers nursing toddlers now and in the future.
That made the skirt a little less sexy office assistant and a
little more mother appropriate.
Maternal depression, which can negatively impact a baby's social - emotional development, may not be identified and treated
if more mothers lose insurance coverage.
«Support for a mother's delayed return to paid employment, or return at part - time hours, may help
more mothers achieve their breastfeeding intentions,» the researchers wrote.
More mothers in work however means a better economy and more money for the country.
«Support for a mother's delayed return to paid employment, or return at part - time hours, may
help more mothers achieve their breastfeeding intentions,» the researchers wrote.
The return to breastfeeding has been incredible
as more mothers are choosing to feed their babies the most natural food in the world - breast milk.
I only wish that there were
more mothers like you, especially when I see a young child who eats what he or she is fed and can not shop or cook for themselves.
Despite the trend
of more mothers working for pay, American parents» time with children continues to go up.
If formula were cheaper
more mothers who use it may then feel able to follow the Department of Health advice to discard unused formula after a feed.»
New data from the Department of Health
shows more mothers are getting abortions than they were ten years ago.
I think if
more mothers felt free to follow their hearts, more of them would make the same choice I did, because I see a lot of ambivalence and unhappiness in the weaning stories I hear.
If we want to
get more mothers breastfeeding, we have to be real with what's biologically normal instead of pretending that the choice to bedshare has nothing to do with their desire to give their babies the very best.
In the 2 years between my third and fourth babies they became a
lot more mother - friendly and even more baby - friendly.
«Because
more mothers work, it «s more of a problem than it used to be, «said Dr. Loraine Stern, a Los Angeles pediatrician and a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics.