Breastfeeding provides solutions to these problems
	Famous people who have breastfed
	Are you ready to be a parent
	Did you know breastfeeding makes a difference?
	Infant feeding costs

 

Breastfeeding provides the solution for these problems	[top]
Poor infant nutrition High cost of medical care High cost of artificial milks Falling IQ, Poor vision Stroke & heart disease in the elderly Allergies SIDS Child abuse and neglect Overpopulation World hunger World peace
Famous people who have breastfed	[top]
Princess Grace of Monaco, LLLI conference speaker Diana, Princess of Wales Queen Elizabeth II of England breastfed Prince Charles Anita Baker, singer Tipper Gore Hillary Clinton Connie Selleca, actress* Katherine Ross, actress Jayne Kennedy, actress Susan St. James, actress Linda Kelsey, actress, LLLI conference speaker Mariette Hartley, actress, LLLI conference speaker Demi Moore, actress Jennie Garth Adrianne Barbeaux, actress, currently 52 and nursing her twin sons Joan Lunden, journalist (former GMA host) Melissa Gilbert, actress Cybil Shepard, actress (twins) Rita Wilson, actress/wife of Tom Hanks Madonna, singer and actress Jane Seymour, actress (of Dr. Quinn fame), twins* Madeline Albright, Secretary of State Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Britain Lindsay Wagner* Cathy Rigby, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist Michael Jordan’s Mom bf him for 3 years and said "I feel this is why he is the athlete he is." Cheryl Swoopes, BB player Joan Rivers, talk show host and comedienne Michael J. Fox’s wife: Tracy, actress Mary, Mother of Jesus Hannah, Mother of Samuel Christie Brinkley, model Nicole Simpson, late wife of OJ Simpson Eleanor Roosevelt Marilu Henner, actress Patricia Richardson, actress (twins) Carly Simon, singer* Valerie Bertinelli, actress Katie Couric, host Today Pamela Anderson Lee (with implants) Ruth Pointer, singer (twins) Miss Lillian bf President Jimmy Carter but bottlefed Billy Pele’s Mom bf him Laurie Metcalf, actress Ursula Andress, actress Sophia Lauren, actress Queen Sirikit of Thailand breastfed her 4 children Meryl Streep, actress Jacqueline Smith, actress Kathie Lee Gifford, talk show host and singer ** Lucy Lawless, actress Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni were born in Modena, Italy in 1935, eight months apart.  They shared a wet nurse, as their mothers both worked in the same cigarette factory. * These women are or did breastfeed for an extended (normal) period of time. These were known for certain. Do not know the length of time for everyone else. Connie Selleca sent a letter to LLLI within the past year. ** Jane Seymour did a commercial for a hair color with her twins. She was holding the twins and bottlefeeding. Wouldn’t it have been great to see her nursing them instead? ** Kathie Lee mentioned on Dave Letterman that she was weaning her baby (I think it was her youngest who was 6-8wks at the time), so she could fit into her gown for the Miss America pageant.
Are you ready to be a parent	[top]
Preparation for parenthood is not just a matter of reading books and decorating the nursery. Here are 12 simple tests for expectant parents to take to prepare themselves for the real life experience of being a mother or father. Women: To prepare for maternity, put on a dressing gown and stick a beanbag chair down the front. Leave it there for nine months. After nine months, remove 10% of the beans. Men: To prepare for paternity, go the local drug store, tip the contents of your wallet on the counter, and tell the pharmacist to help himself. Next, go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to its head office. Go home. Pick up the paper and read it for the last time. Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who are already parents and berate them about their methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance levels, and how they have allowed their children to run wild. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's sleeping habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior. Enjoy it -- it's the last time in your life that you will have all the answers. To discover how the nights feel, walk around the living room from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds. At 10 p.m. put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. Get up at 12 a.m. and walk around the living room again with the bag until 1 a.m. Put the alarm on for 3 a.m. Since you can't go back to sleep, get up at 2 a.m. and make a pot of tea. Go to bed at 2:45 a.m. Get up again at 3 a.m. when the alarm goes off, sing songs in the dark until 4 a.m. Put the alarm on for 5 a.m. Get up. Make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful. Can you stand the mess children make? To find out, smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. Hide a fish stick behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. Stick your fingers in the flowerbeds then rub them on the clean walls. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look? Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems: first buy an octopus and a string bag. Attempt to put the octopus into the string bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this--all morning. Get an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and a can of paint, turn it into an alligator. Now get a toilet paper tube. Using only scotch tape and a piece of foil, turn it into a Christmas tree. Last, take a milk container, a ping pong ball, and an empty packet of CoCo Puffs and make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower. Congratulations, you have just qualified for a place on the play group committee. Forget the BMW and buy the mini-van. And don't think you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that. Buy a chocolate ice cream bar and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. Get a quarter. Stick it in the cassette player. Take a family-size bag of chocolate cookies. Mash them down the back seats. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There! Perfect! Get ready to go out. Wait outside the toilet for half an hour. Go out the front door. Come in again. Go out. Come back in. Go out again. Walk down the front path. Walk back up it again. Walk down it again. Walk very slowly down the road for 5 minutes. Stop to inspect minutely every cigarette butt, piece of used chewing gum, dirty tissue, and dead insect along the way. Retrace your steps. Scream that you've had as much as you can stand until all the neighbors come out and stare at you. Give up and go back in the house. You're now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk. Always repeat everything you say at least five times. Go to your local supermarket. Take the nearest thing you can find to a pre-school child with you. A fully grown goat is excellent. If you intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goats eat or destroy. Until you can easily accomplish this DO NOT even contemplate having children. Hollow out a melon. Make a small hole in the side. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side. Now get a bowl of soggy Froot Loops and attempt to spoon it into the hole of the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane. Continue until half of the Fruit Loops are gone. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure that a lot of it falls on the floor. You are now ready to feed a 12-month old child. Learn the names of every character from 'Barney and Friends', 'Sesame street', and 'Power Rangers'. When you find yourself singing, "I love you, you love me" at work, you finally qualify as a parent.
Did you know breastfeeding makes a difference	[top]
Ö Breastfeeding provides infants all the nutrients for the best physical and mental development. Ö Breastmilk helps infants fight infections and develop healthy immune systems. Ö Breastfeeding helps develop strong mother-child relationships. Ö Mothers who choose to breastfeed are healthier, with less risk of ovarian and breast cancer, and wider child spacing. Ö Breastfeeding is convenient with no bottles or nipples to prepare or refrigerate. Ö Families who breastfeed save money on food and healthcare costs. Ö Employers and communities benefit from healthier infants and children and less parent absenteeism from work. Ö Breastfeeding contributes to a better environment by using less energy and creating less waste.
Infant feeding costs	[top]
Breastfeeding requires that the mother consume an additional 200 kCal per day, the equivalent of two tablespoons of peanut butter. The annual cost is $57. If the mother needs to rent an electric breastpump the cost averages $35 to $45 a month in the North Central Florida area. Normally the costs of an electric breastpump average $50/month, $130/3 months or $175/5months. Long-term rental for one year is $450. Just for fun: Figure the weekly cost of formula and put that amount of money in a special savings account for every week your baby is exclusively breastfed. A great start on your baby's college fund! Cost of Artificial Baby Milk FORMULA PREPARATION PER OUNCE PER MONTH PER YEAR Enfamil Ready to feed 6 oz bottles 27.0 cents $326.25 $3915 Enfamil Ready to feed 32 oz cans 13.0 cents $157.08 $1885 Enfamil Concentrate 11.0 cents $133.00 $1596 Enfamil Powder 10.0 cents $120.83 $1450 Similac Ready to feed 8 oz cans 19.9 cents $240.46 $2886 Similac Ready to feed 32 oz cans 14.0 cents $169.00 $2028 Similac Concentrate 12.0 cents $145.00 $1740 Similac Powder 11.0 cents $133.00 $1596 Carnation Good Start Ready to feed 12.0 cents $145.00 $1740 Carnation Good Start Concentrate 10.0 cents $120.83 $1450 Carnation Good Start Powder 8.00 cents $ 96.67 $1160 Isomil Ready to feed 14.0 cents $169.00 $2028 Isomil Concentrate 12.0 cents $133.00 $1596 Isomil Powder 10.0 cents $120.83 $1450 Prosobee Ready to feed 15.0 cents $181.30 $2175 Prosobee Concentrate 12.0 cents $145.00 $1740 Prosobee Powder 11.0 cents $133.00 $1596 Lactofree Ready to feed 14.0 cents $169.00 $2028 Lactofree Concentrate 12.0 cents $145.00 $1740 Lactofree Powder 11.0 cents $133.00 $1596 Nutramigen Ready to feed 21.0 cents $253.80 $3046 Nutramigen Powder 17.0 cents $205.42 $2465 Alimentum Ready to feed 21.0 cents $253.80 $3046 Pregestimil Powder 19.0 cents $229.60 $2755 Based on Ross Laboratory's estimate of 14,500 ounces of formula per year needed. Includes necessary amount to allow for infant growth and waste. April 1998 Chicago, IL and Charlotte, NC suburb supermarket prices. WIC: WIC clinics provide 31 cans of formula concentrate per month. This is enough to feed a baby weighing 9# 12 oz (a baby six to eight weeks of age). The mother will need to buy approximately 200 cans of concentrate in the baby's first year.
From breastfeeding.org	[top]