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The Pool
Remember the baby pool? Well, we have a winner! Bethany of Ice Cream Mama came in with the correct guess of 8 lbs, 1 oz. It’s a damned shame that ice cream doesn’t ship well because we have two awesome local ice cream places here. Congrats, Bethany and I will be contacting you for your particulars so that I can mail your non-melty-like prize. It will be lame, but hey, bragging rights are priceless, no?

NYC Hospitals Remove Formula Samples from Gift Bags
In support of World Breastfeeding Week, NYC hospitals took the forward step of removing formula samples from the free goodie bags that are dispensed to new mothers. As the article goes on to say:

Instead, new mothers will get a tote bag stuffed with disposable nursing pads, a mini-cooler for breast-milk bottles, and pint-sized T-shirts for the babies that proudly declare “I eat at mom’s.”

Awesome!


Posted in General, News on August 2nd, 2007

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5 Responses to “A few good things.”

  1. celebrate woo-woo Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 6:56 pm

    That gift bag change makes me want to cheer! I was always amazed at how much free formula stuff was given to me even while I was still pregnant and yet never got anything that would help with breastfeeding.

  2. Dooneybug Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 9:32 pm

    Hmmm….I’m not sure what to think about that. On one hand, I’m very “Yay!! Fantastic!! About time!!!” and on the other I think how that would make a new mother feel if she’s having lots of issues or for whatever reason’s, honestly can’t breastfeed. Although the article does state that those who request formula would receive it, which I guess is a good compromise.

  3. dee Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm

    I read about the gift bag change yesterday and thought it was great. I would love to see that change made in the hospitals around KC, preferably before I deliver baby #2. Of course, there should always be an option for those who can’t or won’t breastfeed.

  4. Bethany Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 8:48 am

    Wow! Thanks, this is the spirit picker upper I needed!

  5. Amy Says:
    August 6th, 2007 at 4:39 am

    I’m an L&D nurse. We have the stuffed diaper bags, one for nursing mothers and one for formula moms. I feel like if a mom has decided to formula feed it would be incredibly insensitive to give her a goodie-bag with those items when she (most times in my experience) already feels embarassed for choosing to bottle feed anyway. This is promoting guilt and feeding postpartum depression. Our hospital has two different goodie bags, the formula one gives samples, coupons, etc. The nursing one does not.


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