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Breast Milk Is Good for the Brain, Scans Show

Using M.R.I. scans, researchers have added to the evidence that breast-feeding leads to increased rates of brain development in infants.

Invented in the mid-1800s as a last-ditch option for orphans and underweight babies, packaged infant formula has since been perfected to be a complete and reliable source of stress and shame for mothers.

Tina Fey

(and you don’t want stress or shame in your life, right new moms? No. No, you don’t.)

Why I let my adopted preschoolers nurse


 

When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles, as though this new person truly mirrors the flesh from which it sprang.
Diana Gabaldon
Seems so simple, no?

Seems so simple, no?

lovemarriagebabycarriage: ahnasark: Just wanted to share. My doula put this on Facebook. This is so useful! Whoa. This would have saved me a lot of time and anguish 3 yrs ago.

lovemarriagebabycarriage:

ahnasark:

Just wanted to share. My doula put this on Facebook.

This is so useful!


Whoa. This would have saved me a lot of time and anguish 3 yrs ago.

(Source: badgersstory)

Breastfeeding is a mother’s gift to herself, her baby and the earth.
Pamela K. Wiggins