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December 20, 2011
I will be returning to work soon, and I will need to pump milk while at work. What is the best way for me to store my milk while I am at work?… Read more
December 20, 2011
I plan to breastfeed for at least one year but I have to return to work after 16 weeks. Will I be able to pump my milk at work?… Read more
November 22, 2011
From the White House on down, childhood obesity is recognized as a pressing public health concern. Earlier this year, in part responding to First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) decided to do what… Read more
November 17, 2011
A campaign to establish lactation rooms at the busiest airport in the world started with a simple post on Facebook. Sojourner Marable Grimmett—an Atlanta mother, blogger at Married With Two Boys, and author of a study about balancing work and… Read more
May 19, 2011
On May 16, Forest Park, Georgia passed a citywide “public indecency” ordinance that bans public breastfeeding of children over the age of 2. The purpose, city manager John Parker told local news station WSBTV, is “to control nudity throughout the… Read more
April 12, 2011
Despite recent and well-publicized efforts advocating the accommodation of breastfeeding in the workplace, the United States (U.S.) lags far behind just about every other industrialized nation in its overall support for working parents. Although family values are often cited by… Read more
January 4, 2011
More often than not, passing a law is the easy part—implementing it is the hard part. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010, which amended section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), requires that employers… Read more
November 28, 2010
When my maternity leave ended, I was a mess. My son Tommy was only 6 weeks old. I had successfully established breastfeeding but was sleep-deprived and emotionally spent. All I wanted was to stay home with my baby. Tommy cooed… Read more
November 8, 2010
Here’s a question for you: Is breast milk food or a major arsenal in disease prevention? Regular baby gooroo readers—as well as most professional health organizations and countless mothers—know that the correct answer is both. Not according to the IRS…. Read more
October 8, 2010
With only one month to go, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) is hoping its media campaign will encourage more parents to breastfeed. Breastfeeding… For My Baby. For Me was launched on September 9 and features TV spots,… Read more
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