Posted on 21st December 2008 by Mish in miscellaneous
miscellaneous
Anyone can be green when you live on a farm, right? But what about if you move to the city – a city that embraces paper mills, and has coal piles on the banks of the river? Yes indeed! This environmental activist and writer is heading back to the belly of the beast…back to Green Bay, WI!
Green Bay is a wonderful city and one I have often missed living here in Vermont. It’s a truly great place to raise kids, with great schools and opportunities. It does however, need a little push in a more eco-friendly direction!
So – this family of soon to be nine is going to live in the city on a regular city block and see how environmentally conscious we can be! We’re moving after Christmas, so we’ll let you know how it goes! Have tips for being green in the city? Let me know…I can use them.
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Posted on 13th December 2008 by Mish in breastfeeding
breastfeeding
After receiving a particularly vehement comment from a young mother who claims that formula feeding is the best choice for all infants, I felt it necessary to re-post this article from last year:
http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/02/04/breastfeeding-versus-pumping-versus-bottle-feeding/
To read the young woman’s comment and my reply, please visit here.
It is disheartening to see such a young woman so convinced that formula is the best option – and that just because she can afford it, it means that it’s the best choice. Please help me, fellow nursing moms. I want this young mom and many others like her to understand the benefits of breastfeeding – and why formula, while an adequate solution, is not the best one!
Oh, and I am well aware that I am opening myself up to attacks on this issue…but I am unwilling to yield. Breastfeeding is best. There, I said it…and I’m not willing to waiver in my belief!:-)
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Posted on 4th December 2008 by Mish in breastfeeding
baby, baby formula, breastfeeding
I was watching the news the other day, and watched this story about a five-month-old who was nearly killed by watered-down baby formula.
The mother told the story of how, in order to save money, she waters down her baby’s formula – never thinking that the extra water could hurt her baby!
This is quite possibly the saddest thing I have ever heard! This mother is struggling to buy expensive baby formula for her baby – thinking it is what is best for him…when she could have been feeding the child plentifully – and without watering down – if she had simply chosen to breastfeed him.
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