by lcbaker | May 11, 2012 | Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is a normal biological process. It’s normal for many mothers and children. But it’s far from normal in the U.S. today. The reaction to Time Magazine’s cover this week demonstrates that. Any woman who has breastfed past a year could have...
by lcbaker | Mar 19, 2012 | Breastfeeding, Featured
The title of this post is misleading. I’m not going to preach at you–chances are someone has already done that. Nor am I going to list all the health benefits of breastfeeding–I know plenty of people have done that. Actually, I’m going to tell...
by lcbaker | Mar 12, 2012 | Babywearing, Breastfeeding
I love impressing people with my babywearing skills. Even when I’m not feeling the wrap love (and therefore I feel like a wanna-be instead of a super cool hippie mama), at least I can still look cool with the things I can do with a baby carrier. When you...
by lcbaker | Feb 17, 2012 | Breastfeeding
My friend Jessica at The Mom Creative was visiting Atlanta last weekend and was asked to move while she was breastfeeding in public (in the lobby of a church she was visiting). Now, I don’t want to turn this into a debate, and I’m not going to stage a...
by lcbaker | Feb 3, 2012 | Breastfeeding, Featured
If you’re on Facebook and you follow any of the natural parenting groups there, you’ve probably heard about the breastfeeding pictures problem. The issue has to do with Facebook removing pictures of breastfeeding mothers as “sexually explicit...
by lcbaker | Jan 16, 2012 | Breastfeeding
It’s the end of the world in the Baker household: my baby’s diaper rash came back. And it’s ugly. I’m still not sure if it’s really yeast, but I have a feeling it is. There are these bright red spots that just seem like something more...