Mothers are selling their breast milk on facebook but doctors warn it could be harmful to babies
Women are selling their milk for £1 per fluid ounce online
Breast Feeding
Breast milk is known to give babies better protection against illnesses, however, doctors in Germany said parents should not buy milk online as donors could have infectious diseases
Why any mum will put their child through the risk out infection baffles me. I understand the pain mothers go through when the can produce milk and they want an equivalent substitute, Buying in on the internet with knowing little to nothing about the origin is just outright dangerous and risky for your child. Read more here: Breast Milk
"There is a new trend amongst fashion-conscious parents" reports daily mail. The report states that some parents have been blingingfing (If that’s even a word) their children’s feeding equipment with stick-on diamantes all in the name of fashion.
Blinged out feeding bottle
Apparently the diamante pieces are glued or stuck-on to cover children’s feeding bottles, pacifiers and other feeding related items to make it look really sparkling and expensive.
When I read the article, my first thought was Woooow really, what right thinking parent will want to bling out pacifiers and why a child needs stick on sparkling diamond or diamante feeding bottle is beyond me. Even my soon-to-be mum friend loves it, I guess she doesn't see the danger yet until her baby pops out lol.
I can comprehend the occasional designer outfit but a blinged-out pacifier is just over the top, dangerous and unnecessary.
Trading officers in the UK seized a stash of pacifiers from operating retailers in Rutherglen shopping centre near Glasgow because similar products failed safety test performed by watchdog nationwide.
Trading standard have now released a statement warning parents of the potential choking hazard these accessories pose to children, urging them to think of their children’s safety before fashion.
Blinged out pacifiers
TS also states that once the diamante stick-ons comes in contact with water, it gradually chips off as parents try to clean the equipment; the loose bits may then accidently drop into the baby’s mouth while feeding.
As an adult and a parent I think whatever we do to ourselves in the name of fashion is cool, as long as we are happy and not hurting anyone; but a baby hasn’t asked for a blingified feeding bottle, which also poses a threat to his/her life.
My advice to the fashion-conscious yummy mummies is please ditch the bling to save your child’s life. Trust me they don’t need it and neither do they appreciate it.
Before you buy this item ask yourself this “Do I want to bling the dummy or choke the child” My answer Neither.
Birthday Cupcakes
Enjoy the rest of your day and oh I forgot to mention, happy birthday to me.
I couldn't stop laughing when I read this on yahoo news. Cherie Blair was quite firm with her statement. She spoke at the fortune magazine most powerful women event.
She said and I quote“Women
who give up their career when they have children are unambitious and their
decision impacts their kids negatively”
To the women who give up their careers to look after their amazing
kids, making sure they support them in their early year development stage,
which only happens once in a life time, they provide them with love, affection,
security and so many other valuable life lessons and as most mums know, nobody
can take care of your own child as much as you. A survey by Netmums
confirmed 7 out of 10 mums would love to stay at home if they can make it work
financially.
She also said every woman should be self-sufficient which I completely
agree with. Whatever her view are as we all know are hers and she has every
right to express them and so do I.
Here are mine.
Regarding her opinion on women giving up their career to take care of
their kids full time, well that’s up to them and for all I know most of these
women never really give up their careers anyway; especially with the new breed
of Mumprenuers, mummy bloggers, interpreneurs etc. like myself. The fact
that we were not sitting in the audience at the fortune magazine most powerful
women event now doesn’t mean we haven’t got a career and that we’re just at
home chilling and we won’t be sitting there in months or years to come.
Take JK Rowling for example she became an unemployed stay at home mum
not by choice and later tapped into her writing skills. She is now one of
the best-selling authors of this generation who would have probably
been invited to the event, so Mrs. Blair I suppose you’re talking to her too.
Please understand that I admire and respect working and stay at home
mums alike. I just strongly believe everyone’s situation is different and we
need to respect that and not judge or generalise.
A woman and her husband/partner may decide he or she
stays at home with the kids because it would be financially smarter than going
to work especially in the current economic climate. Another like me through
staying at home during maternity leave, may have discovered her entrepreneurial spirit by finding a niche in thechildren's on-line market
and tapping into it or another woman who may have to work to financially
maintain the survival of her family and the list goes on.
I would call myself many things: stay at home working mum,
entrepreneur, interprenuer, mumprenuer, mumblogger etc. but unambitious! I
doubt that very much.
As for my son he is 21months and I would say he is intellectually and
socially more developed than most children his age I know. He learnt over
forty words before he was one, he interacts with people easily, he learnt his
alphabets using phonetics, he can count to ten, he adores reading, loves puzzles, numbers and
he learnt all these before he started nursery.
Mrs Bliar this wasn’t down to any teacher or nanny it was all mummy’s
job well done. You know the stay at home one you mentioned.
This is to all good mums; working or stay at homes, trying to raise
the best model citizens that will probably be the next prime minister, greatest
artist, footballers, lawyers, marketer, doctors, accountants, nurses etc. Here’s
to the sleepless nights, rushing for the early train after work to catch them
before bedtime, supporting them with their homework, endless music/dance
classes, football practice and so on. Keep being the best mum you can be, do
what you love to do best and never give up your passion because it will be one
day appreciated just like in the P&G advert.
By the way I love the advert, viewyahooarticle
here and P&G Video below to inspire you.
So Visitors, parents, mums leave your thoughts in the comment box
below on Mrs. Blair’s statement
