Breast-feeding, flat tires, politics, Blog it! and more…
This week’s cover story in the Toledo Free Press focuses on Melanie Flores and her goal to create Zane’s Law,” related to a mother’s right to breast-feed. The article, Breast-feeding mom proposes education law highlights Melanie’s recent experience at PacSun at Westfield Franklin Park Shopping mall and how that incident has made her decide to take action. As Scott McKimmy shares in the article, Melanie Flores has a MySpace page if you want to learn more about what she’s planning in the future.
There are quite a few articles this week in the Opinion category, from School Board Candidates to the Mayor to some citizens have penned pieces there this week. Michael Miller had a flattening experience that he shares that at least had a happy ending. Karl Rundgren ponders name changes in his thought provoking yet entertaining writing style.
I have to admit, I never thought of putting squash on pizza until I read Spuds, squash make hearty pizza, I have the squash…now to find some purple potatoes…
Much more than what I’ve highlighted awaits you in this week’s edition of the Toledo Free Press including some articles that are Exclusively Online, like this week’s trip down the information highway via Blog it! Toledo.
Let Mr. Miller know that the Belle Tire locations in Toledo are no better than the one in Orion, MI! WOW is all I can say!
September 23rd, 2007 at 3:45 pmYou know, the statements made by the lactation consultant in the breast-feeding article are just ignorant. You can’t over-feed a breastfeeding child because you can’t force a breast in their mouth but you can force a bottle in their mouth?? Are you kidding me? Has this lady ever tried to bottle-fed an unwilling child? Ms. Flores is out to make some money and that’s what this is all about. She was what, 100 feet away from a family lounge where she could breastfeed in comfort and privacy.
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:30 pm[...] Original post by LisaRenee [...]
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:39 pmThe not being able to over feed a breastfed child is a standard belief. Not just because of the mechanics of breastfeeding versus bottle feeding but because breastmilk is easier to digest than most of the commercial formulas out there.
If you search, you’ll discover many experts in parenting and breastfeeding state that tidbit of information.
You can force a bottle in a baby’s mouth and they will drink, it would be very difficult to do that with breastfeeding. There is also the measuring aspect, many with a bottle try to get the infant to finish the portion in the bottle, with breastfeeding unless you weigh the infant before hand and then after there is no way to measure how many ounces is consumed.
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pmOne of the many resources on that topic as an FYI:
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 pmAs a p.s., Melanie Flores does not appear to be motivated by money. In my limited contact with her, it was clear to me she’s actually not comfortable with being in the spotlight but the experience at PacSun made her decide that something needed to be done.
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 pmI’ll respectfully disagree with you. I’ve bottle-fed infants- if they don’t want it, they won’t take it. They purse their lips, clench their jaw shut and if the formula (that evil, evil formula) does make it’s way into their mouth, they spit it out.
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm“The good news about breastfeeding in public is that in the United States, women are gaining more breastfeeding rights. In 1998, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (a Democrat from New York) introduced legislation (The Right to Breastfeed Act, H.R. 184
to protect a woman’s right to breastfeed on federal property where she and her child have a right to be. The bill was signed into law on Sept. 28, 1999 when President Clinton signed the Treasury Postal Appropriations bill, which included Rep. Maloney’s Right to Breastfeed Act.”
http://www.breastfeeding.com/advocacy/advocacy_bfinpublic.html
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:48 pmIsn’t the family lounge, at the mall a restroom? Would you want to eat your lunch on the toilet?
September 24th, 2007 at 1:16 pmMelanie Flores wants her 5-minute fame for this senseless breast-feeding debacle just like the rest of those TV reality show wannabes. Melanie needs a dose of intelligence, respect and maturity when it comes to going out to the public. Take a towel, cover your baby and breast, and the rest of us will be fine. Stop the senseless drama that you think you shall whip out your boob anywhere and anytime.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:06 amNo, the family lounge breast-feeding area is not a rest room. They are seperate, comfortable cubicles (kind of like dressing rooms) that allow for privacy, and quiet for the nursing baby and mother. They also include bottle warmers for those of us bad mothers who choose to bottle feed. Whether you breast or bottle feed, they are a nice environment away from the noise of the mall crowd.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:35 pm