Sentences with phrase «of lactivism»

Contrast the response of the science of obstetrics to the pseudoscience of lactivism in the face of paradigm shifting scientific evidence.

I learned, on encountering the world of lactivism and attachment parenting that I had assumed would be a good fit for me, as I imagined both feminist, that I was not good enough, not mom enough, not enough, no matter what I did.

That was my first impression and I thought the reaction was overkill, but she seems to be aligned with a side of lactivism that is well beyond the «breast is best» message.

Within several years of the NestlÈ disaster, WHO came out with its famous Code, an outpouring of studies suggesting the superiority of breastmilk hit the medical journals, and an international conference was convened to create the Innocenti Declaration, which could be considered the cornerstone of lactivism.

Not exact matches

Attachment parenting, and the related philosophies of natural childbirth and lactivism, are really about achievement and not about parenting.

Cross-Cultural Framing Strategies of the Breastfeeding Movement and Mothers» Responses portrays lactivism as a social movement with the avowed goal of increasing breastfeeding rates.

It seems to me that even if only 1 - 2 % of women legitimately can not breastfeed, not to mention many more with low supply, pain, infection, prohibitive work responsibilities etc., there are a significant number of us who are being emotionally attacked by «lactivism.»

Advocates of natural childbirth, lactivism and attachment parenting insist that they are «better for the baby.»

Now a Spanish doll, under the guise of teaching little ones that breastfeeding is normal, is trying to capitalize on lactivism.

-LSB-...] include Adventures in [Crunchy] Parenting on WIC and Infant Formula, and PhDinParenting's Lactivism and the Homelessness Problem and The Economics of Breastfeeding: A Cost - Benefit Analysis.

But as Courtney Jung points out in her book Lactivism, while 79 percent of American mothers initiate breastfeeding, only 49 percent are still doing so at six months, the length of time recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

By aggressively promoting their own choices, aggressively demeaning the choices of other mothers, and aggressively insisting that anyone who makes different choices is implicitly criticizing them, advocates of attachment parenting, homebirth, lactivism, etc. encourage the very conflicts that they claim to deplore.

It was mean and nasty, as is most of contemporary lactivism.

People want to do the best thing for their babies, of course, but lactivism pushes this to the extremes, and in the process alienates people who might listen to a more sensible approach.

I'd love to see the «natural» birth craziness and bullying of women / C - sections / medicated births / lactivism shown in this film.

Despite the proven health benefits of breast milk (it lowers the risk of diarrhea, pneumonia, and ear infections), underlying this «lactivism» is a sinister anti-feminist vibe, argues a piece in The Observer this morning.

Yet that hasn't stopped social media from fueling the rise of «lactivism,» or moms and health experts strongly advocating for breastfeeding over bottle - feeding.

Can I just say that recently the Academy of Breast Feeding Madison wrote a blog about lactivism and the breastfeeding backlash, I think it was in October of last year, and what they said that any woman who has just had a baby would probably see a lactivist as the enemy.

The recent response of lactivists to the growing body of evidence that aggressive breastfeeding promotion is injuring and in some cases killing infants suggests that lactivism is a form of pseudoscience.

Luschka of Diary of a First Child shares Lactivism, Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Mothers at War, one of her most viewed posts of 2011.

And it is obviously at the heart of natural childbirth advocacy, lactivism and attachment parenting.