‘Nurse-in’ Planned After Mother Stopped From Breastfeeding In Kids Store
Supporters are rallying behind a Montreal mother who was asked to stop breastfeeding her five-month old baby in the play area of a downtown children’s store. Shannon Smith was shopping at a store...
View ArticleCityVote Day 16: McGuinty visits BT, Horwath tops barbecue poll
Health care was a top priority for Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty on the sixteenth day of the provincial election campaign — the same day a poll was released that suggests NDP Leader Andrea Horwath...
View ArticleB.C. woman furious at Facebook after site removes breastfeeding photos
A Facebook representative has apologized to a Vancouver woman who was furious at Facebook for removing breastfeeding photos she had posted on the social networking site. Emma Kwasnica, 33, said since...
View ArticleTime Magazine’s breastfeeding cover photo sparks wide-ranging debate
The jury’s out on whether it’s breastfeeding at its best or parenting at its worst. Either way, it’s an image that has tongues wagging. A controversial Time Magazine cover photo is going viral and...
View ArticleNew Health Canada guidelines encourage meat for infants
There’s no need to delay feeding your infant meats and fish. New guidelines handed down from Health Canada, Canadian Paediatric Society, Dietitians of Canada, and Breastfeeding Committee for Canada...
View ArticleToronto moms take part in 2012 Breastfeeding Challenge
A group of mothers gathered to try to get Toronto into the record books. The eighth annual Breastfeeding Challenge took place Saturday at the East York Civic Centre. Toronto moms competed with their...
View ArticleMuseum apologizes after guard tells breastfeeding mother to move
OTTAWA, Ont. – The Museum of Nature has apologized to an Ottawa, Ontario mother after she was asked to move to an isolated area to nurse her baby. Spokeswoman Elizabeth McRay said she has discussed the...
View ArticleMarch 10 – Breastfeeding
Find out why so many Canadian mothers think they don’t have enough milk to breastfeed.
View ArticleMarch 27 – Morning-after poll, drinking & breastfeeding, Mickey Mouse negativity
Morning-after pill will soon carry a new warning — that is not effective in women who weigh more than 165 pounds Mother arrested after drinking two beers and then breastfeeding her baby while having...
View ArticleAug. 7: Reducing stress when breastfeeding
Today’s Parent content and products director Nadine Silverthorne discusses ways to reduce stress when breastfeeding your baby. Reported by Anne Lavrih.
View ArticleSept. 16: Breastfeeding benefits, prostate cancer, Ikea fabric swing recall
Research finds an unexpected long-term benefit to mothers who breastfeed Study suggests a specific baldness pattern could be connected to a greater risk of prostate cancer Ikea recalls Gunggung fabric...
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