Natural Family News

Australian toddlers have weighed in. The results? Breastmilk is as good as chocolate and better than ice cream. I thought that was one of the sweetest quotes I’ve read in a long time. This article was part of World Breastfeeding Week’s focus this year on nursing toddlers. Many women stop nursing by one year, in spite of the World Health Oranization’s guidelines, which indicate children should be nursed until at least two years of age. I know that here in the United States, women interpret the AAP’s guidelines of “at least a year” as meaning *until* a year. So, here’s to all those women who have continued on past a year. May your nursings be as sweet as your children. (read article here)

From time to time, a product comes across our screen that is just too interesting not to share– even if we can’t quite make it fit with our regular categories. This product is one of those. It’s a bucket. It’s a bathtub. It makes me giggle. I think the idea behind it is probably very useful (we actually bathe with our babies, but, hey, to each his own). I’m sure it’s better than the regular baby bathtubs that caused all my children to scream in terror.