The 40 Hour Famine
The other day I walked into a shop to pick up a few groceries. There was a boy of about eight years old standing outside begging for food. His clothes…Continue Reading →
Mozambique – A Window To Another World
Mozambique. I’ve never been to it, but always known it as a place for great fish, and beautiful beach holidays,…
Lack Of Experience Doesn’t Equate To Informed Decisions, OBGYN
I read an article titled Why Posh has the right to push: Caesareans are no more dangerous than natural births last…
Breastfeeding Flash Mob London Paddington
Today Ameli and I participated in a Flash Mob in London’s Paddington train station. So, what is a flash mob? A flash mob is a large group of people who…Continue Reading →
What If This Were Your Baby?
It’s taken me almost as long to come up with a title for this post as it has to write…
The Problem With Principles
I’ve been in a quandary lately. While I would love to live in a world where my daughter could wear…
Lactivism, Breast Feeding, Bottle Feeding, Formula And Mothers At War
If you’re easily offended or like a good fight, now might be a good time to look away. I’m talking about the World War 3 of parenting: breast vs bottle.…Continue Reading →
Breastfeeding and Race: South Africa
*** Welcome March Carnival of Breastfeeding readers.*** I find myself in a strange situation. I am one of my race,…
Misleading, Inaccurate Headlines Harm Babies Too
I went away for the weekend and seem to have come back to the world gone mad. Headlines such as…
News Of The Week: Paid Surrogacy – Immoral Or Not?
I read an article this week which really bothered me. To start off with, the article titled Why it is immoral to deny payment to surrogate mothers, was certainly meant…Continue Reading →