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CDC Backs Breast-Feeding: A widely shared story that U.S. health officials are recommending a delay in breast-feeding to improve "CHICAGO (AP) — A widely shared story that U.S. health officials are recommending a delay in breast-feeding to improve vaccine effectiveness is false.	Organized Support Helps Keep Women Breastfeeding "All forms of extra organised support analysed together showed an increase in the length of time women continued to breastfeed, either with or without introducing any other types of liquids or foods, the authors wrote."
Support programs help moms extend breastfeeding time "Breastfeeding is really important," said lead author Alison McFadden, who directs the Mother and Infant Research Unit at the University of Dundee in the UK.	Breastfeeding: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here? "Both exclusivity and duration are important, because dose response is well established for breast milk benefits.3–5 Maternal IQ was not measured, as the authors appropriately note; ideally we need this information to consider child cognitive... read more
For babies, breastfeeding is still best, even if it doesn't make them smarter (though it might) "In a commentary that accompanies the study, Dr. Lydia Furman of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital suggested that this won’t be the last word on breastfeeding and brain growth.	What’s really keeping women from breast-feeding? The answers may surprise you. "We use breast-feeding to help change that narrative, and say ‘this is our commitment to the health and nutrition of our children.’ Kimberly Seals Allers' book “The Big Letdown."
Joint Statement from WABA & LLLI in celebration of World Health Day "Mother support groups, including La Leche League International, provide role models and accurate information for both normal breastfeeding as well as problem-solving.	Breast-feeding may not raise child's IQ, but it still has other benefits "Despite the findings, Branovsky said there is ample evidence that a nurturing bond between mother and child after birth is important to child development, and breast-feeding can still be one tool to promote that bond.
Understanding sensory processing difficulties in our children Many families discover Attachment Parenting in their quest for how to raise their "spirited" children. All children, evident from birth on, have their own unique temperament.	Breastfeeding and Economics: Liberating Motherhood Our economic system places absolutely no value on breastfeeding despite its overwhelming benefits to babies, families, and the next generation.

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