Woo-hoo! Breast pumps,nursing bras and other supplies for breastfeeding are eligible for an exemption from Louisiana state sales taxes beginning October 1,2011. Act 331 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature created the tax exemption for products identified as “breastfeeding items.”The list includes:· Breast pumps,breast-pump accessories and replacement parts · Nursing [...] [...]
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          | Breastfeeding? Yes Virginia,there’s an app for that too! Quite a few actually,and Nursing Master is a great choice for keeping track of your baby’s feeding schedule. Nursing Master makes it easy to track all your baby’s breast and bottle feedings so you can see how much and how often your baby eats. Nursing Master was [...] [...] A few months ago,I happened to stumble on a fascinating website dedicated to raising awareness about a breastfeeding-related medical condition I’d never heard of before,something called ”Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex,” or D-MER. D-MER refers to a sudden and often overwhelming feeling of sadness that some nursing moms experience with milk letdown. For many women,[...] [...] Nursing prof helps launch national breastfeeding ‘Call to Action’ By Jacquie Posey The World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that newborn babies breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of life,but only about 13 percent of infants in the United States receive nothing but human milk for that amount of time. With the [...] [...] It was only a matter of time before someone produced a sculpture of Angelina Jolie naked. But naked and nursing? And how about a naked Jolie nursing twins? In 2009,sculptor Daniel Edwards took it upon himself to depict Jolie seated while feeding twin infants simultaneously for an odd-looking work entitled Landmark for Breastfeeding. The [...] [...] First lady Michelle Obama will be speaking out to remove barriers to breastfeeding,Politics Daily has learned,throwing the spotlight on nursing as a way to reduce childhood obesity. This comes as the Obama administration in the past year has made several moves to encourage breastfeeding —including a push for more flexible workplace rules and [...] [...] |                | |
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