Author Archives: Bettina Forbes, CLC

Target Responds

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 28, 2011

  Copyright Target Nurse-In We reached out to Target last week on Wednesday, December 21st to see if we could work with them so that the nurse-in scheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 28, 2011 would not be necessary.  Nurse-ins require a … Continue reading →

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FAQs on Target National Nurse-in, Dec. 28 2011

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 26, 2011

At last count, nurse-ins have been organized at over 100 Target stores across the country for 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011. For locations and more information, join the closed Facebook group, Target Nurse-In and see the … Continue reading →

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Help us Create a Company Policy & Employee Training Toolkit for Target & Other Stores, Restaurants, etc.

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 15, 2011

Yesterday, we posted about an incidence at a Houston area Target where a mother was humiliated and harassed for breastfeeding in the store, despite Target’s corporate policy, and despite the legal right Texas mothers have to breastfeed in public.   … Continue reading →

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Target Employees Bully Breastfeeding Mom Despite Corporate Policy

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 14, 2011

Although Target issued a corporate statement supporting nursing mothers in 2006, apparently they are still falling short on efforts to educate employees about their policy.   (You may remember the incident in 2006 reported by thelactivist and the incident in … Continue reading →

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Alyssa Milano: Charmed by Breastfeeding!

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 12, 2011

Woohoo! Alyssa Milano and her son Milo, born August 31, are breastfeeding champs!  The super cool actress was super quick to respond to questions from our readers and staff, and we’re thrilled to share them with you. (As usual, we’ve footnoted our … Continue reading →

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Great Breastfeeding Quotes

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 24, 2011

If I had only known when I had my first . . . I definitely experienced a lot of challenges.  As a result, I’m on a mission with every pregnant woman I see!  I’ll ask, “So are you planning to … Continue reading →

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2011 State of Breastfeeding in the U.S.

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 22, 2011

This is a one-page summary that we created to send to our celebrity champions for moms, the media and other key influencers that can help us raise awareness of this cause,  change the public perception of breastfeeding, and join us … Continue reading →

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Influencing the Influencers: World Pneumonia Day

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 14, 2011

Behind the scenes at Best for Babes, one of the most important things we do is reach out through our network to connect with influencers who can help us put the “breastfeeding message” on the radar of  highly visible and … Continue reading →

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Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Sleet . . .

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 10, 2011

. . . will keep us from racing, the Booby Traps to Beat!  Okay, so I’m paraphrasing the U.S. Post Office creed, or Herodotus, but either way, these were the words that popped into my head when our small but … Continue reading →

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What is the WHO-CODE?

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 8, 2011

The primary purpose of the “WHO-CODE” is to protect mothers and babies from the highly effective, aggressive and predatory marketing of substitutes for breastfeeding (i.e. infant formula, bottles, artificial nipples) at the most vulnerable period of their lives, the birth … Continue reading →

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