A quick scan of parenting forums that Filipino moms frequent show that among the top questions asked have to do with changes in their baby’s bowel movement. It’s certainly a topic of foremost interest and concern.
Save the Children has advised lawmakers and aspiring candidates in the upcoming congressional elections in May 2013 “not to tamper with provisions in the Milk Code, which promote breastfeeding over milk substitutes.”
I think the picture itself was extreme. The way they staged, styled and put a condescending headline to it was to me, offensive and bordering on scandalous. And let me make it clear that what I am reacting to was the manner in which they presented Attachment Parenting and not the fact that we have an extended breastfeeder in the photograph.
The May 21, 2012, issue of Time Magazine, depicting a mother breastfeeding her standing three-year-old toddler, has caused an uproar worldwide. Breastfeeding advocates are divided: while others claim how long the breastfeeding period lasts is the mother’s prerogative, others insist such children are being set up for dysfunction in the name of “attachment parenting.” Here, Filipino mothers speak their minds on the matter.
My mom always said that the third sex is really a pregnant woman. Pregnancy brings about strange changes in the body that one never gets used to, such as dry patchy skin, discolorations, sensitivity to smell and taste, and the overall emotional rollercoaster you are on. Next to pregnant women, babies and children have the [...]
When radio personality Angelicopter (Angelica Schmeing-Cruz) was breastfeeding her firstborn, her bra size went from 34B to a cup D. After lactation, however, she felt as if her breasts shrank. While she was buying a bra, she asked for her usual size. However, the saleslady insisted she was an A cup. “I was in denial,” [...]
While pregnant and confined to bed rest, I had read several books, from pregnancy to parenting, baby-proofing to breastfeeding. On my list was the La Leche League’s hefty tome, “The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding,” which I read along with several articles online. I watched how-to videos. I wanted to be as prepared as I could [...]
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