Passing along more webby goodness.  :)

Watch Your Language! {Breastfeeding Language} by Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC

{by far one of my most favorite articles ever}

Check out what playgroups & classes Mom & Pop Place in Neenah, WI are offering this month!

Have you visited Happy Healthy Mama yet or tried any of her amazingly delicious recipes? 

Fox Valley Babywearers are having an event!  Come to "Try 'Em Out"!, Wednesday, August 17th, from 11 - 2pm.  {Learn about different slings, wraps, carriers, and try on several styles to get a better feel for what will work for you.}

Sesame Street is breastfreeding friendly. Love this little clip.


P.S. I have no idea why Blogger is ignoring my color choices for fonts.  Don't overanalyze the randomocity.  It means nothing.  :)

Are you KIDDING me??

{No Liabilities for Beetles in Baby Food by Jack Bouboushian}

 

"The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about and refuse to investigate." ~ Wayne Dyer

{Thank you, Made to Birth, for sharing this awesome quote!}

Just passing along a few articles, sites, videos, links and other tidbits... 

{Breastfeeding: Advocacy and Rights by A Living Family}

{A refreshing look at modesty...}

{You may want to think twice about that early, elective C-Section..}

{Just Act Natural is having an indoor tent sale through August 13th!  Check out this awesome downtown Appleton shop!}

{At Home in Maine: A Film Series About Homebirth and Midwives}

{Whole foods: Why fat-, cholesterol-, and sugar-free mean nothing, by Our Motherhood}  

{Dr. SJW at Peaceful Parenting shares Why African Babies Don't Cry} 

{Stop by This Busy Mom Knits for beautiful custom handmade knitted wear.}

So, I'm EXTREMELY excited to share with you  the special offer that just arrived in my inbox from Le Leche League International....

I wish this special would have been available when I was becoming a member of LLL!  Sadness for me.  :(  Still, I'm excited to spread the word and hope you consider investing in such great resources.  LLL.org has been my major online go-to for everything breastfeeding related, this book is one of the three I keep on my bedside table, and, well, I already openly admitted to crying at just the preview of this video.  {Emotional much?} 

No, I'm not being paid to gush over the wonders of LLLI.  I promise.  I'm not affiliated with them in any way, other than being a member, using their site, loving their book, and hanging out at monthly meetings.  Just a groupie sharing some fan love.  :)

But seriously, you don't want to pass this up!  You can take advantage of the offer by clicking THIS. {Can I make it any easier?}

Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week {August 1 - 7}!  Check out the official site for lots of ways to get involved!

August is also National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and so I pose this challenge to you:  Do something you've been afraid to do.  Nurse in public, nurse uncovered, stand up to that one relative or friend who's goal in life is to make you feel guilty over extended nursing... just one thing, just a small step, can make a world of difference when we're all making those steps together. 

Also, make sure to preview this video now available through Le Leche League International, BabyBabyOhBaby: Nurturing Your Gorgeous and Growing Baby By Breastfeeding   {I'm telling you, I cried while watching this.  Seriously.  I can't wait to see the whole thing!}

Happy Breastfeeding week and month!  Make the most of it and let's begin to change our culture's thinking on this natural, beautiful relationship.

Passing along tidbits, hoping it inspires, encourages, awakens or even enrages you... whatever you're needing right now to be the parent, and the person, you are on the best of days.  :)

 

Check out the creative efforts of these readers when challenged by Jill at The Unnecesarean to alter an anti-doula sign in a real medical facility...

The Real Reason Not to Cover Up Nursing Mothers at The Babe and Breast...

Check out Keeper of the Home's Relaxed and Common Sense Approach to Feeding Babies...

Can a playground be too safe? 

Meet Allie Sakowicz, a 16 year old DONA trained birth doula...

Are you new to babywearing?  Check out this super simple explanation of babywearing benefits at sleepywrap.com...

Get a visual on what a sip of soda actually does to your body thanks to Term Life Insurance...