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Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind. — Mike Harding, The Armchair Anarchist’s Almanac, 1981

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Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed

Offers of water, formula supplementation cut likelihood new mothers will achieve goals

HealthDay

By Robert Preidt

“FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) — Hospital practices such as providing formula or water to supplement breast-feeding significantly reduce the number of mothers who breast-feed only, U.S. researchers report.

They analyzed national survey data from 1,573 mothers who gave birth in a hospital [...]

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Formula: Better for the last before-bed feed?

This is a great Q&A from ivillage!

Q:  Many of my friends have told me if I give my baby a formula feeding before bed it will help him sleep through the night. So far this experiment has been a disaster, with crying, screaming and constipation. Should I rely on just breastfeeding for my four month [...]

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How Safe Are Infant Formulas?

The FDA recently announced that they will allow the chemical Melamine in Baby Formulas a month after they announced it was not safe. The FDA found trace amounts of the chemical Melamine (which has caused havoc in Asia sickening and killing pets and children) in 2 products: Nestlé’s Good Start Supreme Infant formula with iron, [...]

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Toll From Tainted Chinese Formula Climbs

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Contact Karla Shepard Rubinger, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (914) 740-2100 ext. 2153, krubinger@liebertpub.com

Toll From Tainted Chinese Formula Climbs to 53,000; Producer [...]

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HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads

Formula Industry Urged Softer Campaign

By Marc Kaufman and Christopher Lee

Washington Post Staff Writers  –Friday, August 31, 2007

In an attempt to raise the nation’s historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not [...]

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