Author Archives: Bettina Forbes, CLC
Laila Ali Avoids Bottle Booby Trap in Breastfeeding Sydney!
Laila Ali shares her personal breastfeeding story and how different it is for her second child, daughter Sydney, who was born on April 4th. She also shares her motivational tips and how she communicates with her husband, former NFL receiver Curtis … Continue reading
To Out-Foxx Proposal to Cut WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program, Cut the WORD “Support”!
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) introduced an amendment to a House spending bill that would eliminate funding for a peer counseling and support program for low-income women who want to breastfeed. The peer counselor program is run through WIC, the Special … Continue reading
“The Starter Wife” Star David Basche Goes from Boob Man to Breastfeeding Fan
Is it possible to go from being a “boob man” to being a breastfeeding fan? In honor of Father’s Day, the awesome David Alan Basche shows us how it’s done. David starred as Debra Messing’s ex-husband Kenny on the hit TV show … Continue reading
Actress Kaitlin Olson & Her Mom Swap Breastfeeding Stories
This month, in honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve focused on “Rebuilding the Broken Circle of Breastfeeding: Helping Our Mothers Heal“. We wanted to close out the month with this inspirational interview with Actress Kaitlin Olson and her mother, Earth Mama … Continue reading
Jenna Elfman, Kelly Rutherford, Alysia Reiner share THEIR mothers’ breastfeeding stories
Our theme for this year’s Mother’s Day is “The Broken Circle of Breastfeeding: Helping Our Mothers Heal,” inspired by the letters between BfB Co-founder Danielle Rigg and her mother, Jill Berke. Like many of our mothers, Jill didn’t breastfeed her children, because, … Continue reading
Will donor milk save or sink breastfeeding?
Whenever there is another article about donor milk, I do a happy dance. Last week there was a great article in Time.com about the increasing competition between milk banks and milk sharing organizations for excess milk from producing mothers. In February, a … Continue reading
No Homebirth for Laila Ali, But a Doula all the Way!
Congratulations to Laila Ali on the birth of her second child, daughter Sydney, on April 4th! We had a chance to catch up with the awesome boxer, Dancing with Stars alum and daughter of Muhammed Ali before she gave birth, … Continue reading
Real Princesses Do Breastfeed, Even Twins!
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, is breastfeeding her twins. The twins were born in January, and mother-in-law Queen Margrethe recently admitted “that the newborns are keeping their mother busy (duh!): Asked by Billed Bladet if coping with twins was different than … Continue reading
Ask Michele Bachmann: Is $15 Million Too Much for Breastfeeding?
120 leading organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians, have signed a Breastfeeding Appropriations Letter urging Congress to direct $15 million in Fiscal year 2012 to breastfeeding. The letter was sent to Congress on March 7 … Continue reading
How to Bottle-feed as You’d Breastfeed
Recently we provided a few bottle-feeding tips in our story about actress and breast cancer survivor Christina Applegate. Not all moms can breastfeed, so it’s important to remember that lots of skin-to-skin contact, baby-wearing, feeding on cue, and the use of donor milk (if … Continue reading
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