Posts on ‘November 15th, 2006’

Here’s a follow-up to the story about Emily Gillette being kicked off a Delta airlines flight for refusing to cover herself while breastfeeding.
About 30 mothers and fathers ? and dozens of their young children ? gathered in front of the Delta Air Lines check-in desk at Burlington International Airport this morning, staging a “nurse-in” to [...]

Boy, was I excited when I ran across this online! It brought back memories (and made me feel very old). It’s the Chatter Telephone by Fisher Price. What makes it so special? It’s rotary dial! Ah, the days of actually dialing a phone number.
I had one of these phones when I was a kid; it [...]

I love babywearing. I had a sling (also known as a pouch) that I wore Pooky in when she was younger, and it was so nice to have her snuggled up next to me. Joanna Butenko, creator of Heavenly Bundle slings, is a work-at-home mom with two daughters. Her slings come in numerous fabric choices [...]

Breastfeeding is not an easy thing to get the hang of. Not that I’ve tried it, but it took May and Pooky a while to get on the same page. It can be especially nerve-wracking when the baby is extra fussy and not wanting to accept the breast, even though you and the baby both [...]