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Breastfeed or Bottle

February 26, 2013
Baby #3 is almost here!! Can you believe it? I often get the question, "Are you going to breastfeed or bottle feed?" For me it was really never a question for this baby or my other two. Breast is Best. I know some moms choose to bottle feed and we all have our reasons. So, I make it a point not to...
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Bernetta Knighten
Health Care Blog Carnivals

Engaging Fathers and Partners and Garnering Their Support of Breastfeeding

February 26, 2013
As I reflect on my 16 month (and counting) breastfeeding experience, I think about the elements that have been critical to such a wonderful stage in the life of me and my child: the desire to breastfeed, education, resources, and support. I always knew that when I had a baby, I would breastfeed. I...
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April Brown
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Breastfeeding: Obesity, Diabetes and Asthma Prevention

February 26, 2013
When it came to breastfeeding my two amazing children, it was an easy choice to make. I wanted to be sure I provided my children with the very best start in life and I understood that breast milk was considered the very best first food. Being born African American, we are already predisposed to...
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Anjanette Davenport Hatter

The Little Boobs That Could

February 26, 2013
I’ve worked hard to be in that less than 8% of Mississippi women (16% nationally) who exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of life, and my son and I are happily headed toward nursing for at least a year as he’s slowly introduced to solids. In these last six months I've learned...
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Alicia Barnes

Oh, Freedom

February 26, 2013
Michael Morgan , founder and Executive Director of the African American Music Foundation, visited my church this week to celebrate Black History Month . During morning service his thrilling bass voice highlighted an inspiring memorial to Paul Robeson. That afternoon he delivered a recital and...
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Barbara Coombs Lee
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Fighting Sickle Cell with Breastfeeding

February 26, 2013
My daughter was born 3lbs and 12oz, on February 10th 2011 at 37 weeks. She was tiny for her gestational age because she experienced, Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR). I had an emergency C-Section and she was placed into the NICU. I was determined to breastfeed my daughter prior to her birth...
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Cheyenne Mateen
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Beyond Controversy: Black Breastfeeding & Social Media

February 26, 2013
When it comes to breastfeeding, major media outlets have pretty much decided that it’s a leisurely activity that some women may engage for their entertainment. Seriously, discussions of the topic are deemed newsworthy by the extent of controversy they create. Last year, there was this thing with...
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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka
Childcare & Early Education

Who's Ready for Affordable, High Quality Child Care?

February 25, 2013
We Are! A few weeks ago, all U.S. children under the age of five grew to amazing heights. Ok, so babies didn't physically grow to ten feet tall (thank goodness, think of the diapers!), but all young children were raised up to the national stage when President Obama announced his plan for preschool...
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Sarah Francis

Maryland Campaign to Stop Shackling Takes Off

February 25, 2013
“It’s ironic that it’s both shocking and incredibly commonplace,” Jacqueline Robarge says about the shackling of women in labor. Robarge’s group, Power Inside , works with women affected by incarceration, street life, and abuse in Baltimore and is organizing to put a stop to what the American...
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Rachel Roth
Childcare & Early Education

Pre-K as Policy, Not Politics

February 25, 2013
My favorite part of the President’s State of the Union address was his plan for expanding pre-kindergarten to all four-year-olds. The idea has been around for decades, and it did once very nearly become law until it was vetoed by President Nixon. But in the past 40 years, two big parts of the early...
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Valerie Young

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