Category Archives: Breastfeeding and Pumping
Suck Me, Long Island Railroad
Do we still need the women’s movement? On Friday I had a personal experience that reminded me that sexism is alive and well, even in the most liberal of places — the New York metro area. I was coming home … Continue reading
Filed under Breastfeeding and Pumping, Politics
Breatfeeding Round-Up
Yesterday I responded to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal suggesting that the costs of pumping milk in the workplace weren’t worth the benefits to mother and child. Turns out that a similar conversation on this topic is … Continue reading
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The Costs of Pumping
Every so often newspaper and magazine execs must think to themselves “How can we drive more traffic to our website? How can we get those mommy-bloggers everyone is talking about to pick us up? We know! Let’s write about breastfeeding … Continue reading
Filed under Breastfeeding and Pumping, Health, News
Are Working Parents Giving Their Children as Many Cuddles as Stay-at-Home Parents?
Over the weekend Lisa Belkin’s Motherlode column sparked another round of so-called “mommy wars.” The post discussed a recent study from the Australian Institute of Family Studies indicating that the children of working mothers receive just as much “cuddle time” … Continue reading
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Is Breast-Feeding Making Working Women Poorer?
Ah-ha! says Hanna Rosin in a recent post on Slate.com’s blog The XX Factor titled Breast-feed More, Earn Less. She finally has proof that breast-feeding really does hold working women back: a new study from Princeton University that, she writes, … Continue reading
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AAP and Others Respond to Hanna Rosin
Hanna Rosin’s breast-feeding article is getting a lot of play in the blogs. Without being too cynical about the media, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what The Atlantic was looking for when it chose to publish her piece. Nothing sells … Continue reading
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Are Breastfeeding and Working Really Mutually Exclusive?
On the heels of Jill Lepore’s anti-pumping article in The New Yorker comes a similar piece in The Atlantic by Hanna Rosin. While the conclusions drawn are somewhat different — Lepore is pro-breastfeeding, but anti-pumping; Rosin suggests that the benefits … Continue reading
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Extended Maternity Leave and Office Morale
A few weeks back on The New Yorker website, Jill Lepore answered questions about her article Baby Food, which explored the history and cultural implications of pumping breastmilk. I had a few issues with the original article, which I’ve discussed … Continue reading
Filed under Breastfeeding and Pumping, Management, News, Work
Traveling and Pumping: No Fun, Even If It Is Legal
Yesterday’s New York Times had an article about working mothers who travel and the challenges of pumping and transporting breast milk. It’s heartening to see that the TSA understood this issue well enough to change their rules. Unfortunately, expressing milk … Continue reading
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Less Leave, Longer Hours = Better Work Life Balance?
The San Francisco Chronicle’s The Mommy Files has an interesting article today about women taking less time off after having a child, giving up flex time, and losing job shares because of the economic downturn. Security in times like these … Continue reading
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