Tag Archives: Aggressive Formula Marketing

Booby Trap: Docs Who Won’t Snip Tongue-Tie, Thousands of Breastfeeding Moms & Babies Suffer

By Bettina Forbes, CLC

Kudos to the researchers at the University of Florida for drawing attention to a major “Booby Trap” in helping mothers achieve their personal breastfeeding goal, as published online in Pediatrics. Many in the breastfeeding community have known for a long time that … Continue reading →

Posted in Booby Traps | Tagged Aggressive Formula Marketing, Booby Traps, breastfeeding, feeding, frenectomy, frenotomy, frenuloplasty, infant weight gain problems, latch, Myths and Misinformation about Breastfeeding, Prepare, tongue-tie | 42 Comments
Last revised on 07/03/2010

Best for Babes Debuts Game-Changing Breastfeeding Ad in USA Today

By Bettina Forbes, CLC

The Best for Babes Foundation is releasing a provocative new breastfeeding ad in a special Pregnancy & Wellness Report to be inserted in USA Today on June 25th in the greater metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Booby Traps | Tagged Ad Campaign, Aggressive Formula Marketing, Booby Traps, breastfeeding, breastfeeding ad, Breastfeeding in the News, Corporate Partner Spotlight, Human Milk Banks, USA Today, WHO Code | 13 Comments
Last revised on 06/25/2010

Give Kourtney Kardashian Kudos on Blogging About Breastfeeding for People.com

By Bettina Forbes, CLC

Hotly followed reality star Kourtney Kardashian is now writing a regular blog for People.com’s Mom & Babies and we’re thrilled about it! In writing about traveling with baby Mason, Kourtney expresses every new mother’s anxiety: At first, I was scared … Continue reading →

Posted in Main Content | Tagged action, Aggressive Formula Marketing, breastfeeding and flying, Breastfeeding and Protection from Illness, breastfeeding tips, Celebrities, Inspire, Kourtney Kardashian, People.com, Public Breastfeeding | 14 Comments
Last revised on 06/16/2010

Breastfeeding News 5/22/10: Shady Studies, Chocolate Formula, Julie Bowen & Fundraiser Success

By Elita Kalma

By Elita of Blacktating.com for the Best for Babes Foundation ©2010 Have you ever asked yourself, “Who benefits from all of this research conducted on breast milk?” It seems that we are constantly hearing about a new study touting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Main Content | Tagged Aggressive Formula Marketing, Atlantic, Breastfeeding in the News, breastfeeding studies, Celebrities, chocolate formula, fundraiser, Fundraiser for BfB, julie bowen, Research & Science, Weekly Wrap | 2 Comments
Last revised on 05/24/2010

Nestle Twitter Firestorm: Anthology of Activist Blogs & Twitter Names

By Bettina Forbes, CLC

As a service to the media, bloggers, twitter followers, and the members of the professional breastfeeding, ecofriendly and corporate watchdog communities, we have compiled a list of recent activist blogs related to the Twitter Firestorm about the “Nestle Blogging Junket” … Continue reading →

Posted in Main Content | Tagged Aggressive Formula Marketing | 11 Comments
Last revised on 10/03/2009