Here we go again! Breastfeeding in public and the military is in the news once more. And this time it doesn’t even have anything to with the uniform. It’s all about a woman’s right to breastfeed in public, on a military base. Three separate incidents have occurred over the past month or so at military…
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10 New Year’s Resolutions for the AD Military Breastfeeding Mom
It’s that time of the year when we look back at the past year that has flown by and see if we accomplished the goals or resolutions we set out for ourselves. This year I’m going to ask all of you who are pregnant or breastfeeding to perhaps set a different type of resolution, “Breastfeeding…
Babywearing in the Military
And no, I don’t mean wearing your baby in uniform! We all know how the military feels about breastfeeding in uniform, and I really don’t think that babywearing in uniform would go over much better. What I am talking about is wearing your baby when you are off-duty as a way to help you stay…
Combat Medic Is On A Mission to Support Breastfeeding
This is Keyana’s story. She is a breastfeeding mother in combat boots, and is on a mission to make sure that military women are successful and beat the Booby Traps© that keep them from reaching their breastfeeding goals. Keyana is a combat veteran who earned a Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge as an E-5…
National Breastfeeding Month and the Military
August was National Breastfeeding Month here in the United States, and while many celebrations were taking place across the country to bring awareness to the importance of breastfeeding, I’d like to bring your attention to what one overseas military base does every year to support it’s active duty moms. I was asked to go…
Happy Birthday Army…Now Where’s Your Breastfeeding Policy??
While the Army celebrates it’s 237th birthday today, and makes a case for being ARMY STRONG, I have to ask where their breastfeeding policy is. Birthdays occur but once a year, however each time a baby is born, there is a good chance that it will be breastfed, and that includes those babies born to…
Breastfeeding in Uniform….It’s All About Support, Baby
By now everyone has seen the infamous photographs of two Air National Guard women breastfeeding their babies. The photographs were posted on this website on May 21st as part of blog post asking whether breastfeeding in uniform was acceptable and why I thought the Department of Defense should change the uniform regulations to accomodate military…
Being a Breastfeeding Mother in the Military Means Making Sacrifices
On this Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor those military personnel that have given the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms, I’d like to take a moment to talk about some of the sacrifices that breastfeeding mothers in the military make every day to provide their children with their mother’s milk. Some of…
Are AD military moms ‘mom’ enough?
By now I am sure that you (and the rest of the English speaking world) has seen the cover of TIME magazine with the mom breastfeeding her 3-year-old son. It is a very provocative and in-your-face photograph, meant to get people talking (and sell magazines). The title asks, “Are You Mom Enough?” and the article…
Do or Do Not. There is no Try.
Today is Star Wars Day and I am, unabashedly, a Star Wars geek through and through. I am old enough to remember watching the first movie (yes, the 4th in the line up, but the first in the theaters), “A New Hope” sitting in the car with my parents at the drive-in theater. I was…