‘Milk machine’ hailed for persistence
Kudos to the Inquirer for coming out with the article “Confessions of a milk machine.” (Inquirer, 6/15/11) Its message was in line with the Nutrition Month theme for this year: “Isulong ang...
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LAST SUNDAY’S Inquirer had a large banner headline photo showing a woman breastfeeding, as well as a smaller photo and articles to promote National Breastfeeding Month. All that brought back to me...
View ArticleWealthier mothers tend not to breast-feed babies
A thesis by two 2012 graduates of AB Economics at Ateneo de Manila University may provide policymakers and advocates of breast-feeding information to achieve a breast-feeding rate of more than 34...
View ArticleRare prism
Who of the kids will die? Who will get a more-than-even chance to achieve full lives? “Seventy is the sum of our years, eighty if we are strong,” the Psalmist writes. More important, how do we ensure...
View ArticleDucking a prophet’s lament
We goofed, Sen. Francis Escudero admitted. Legislators dozed when a libel proviso was sneaked into the Cybercrime Prevention Act. Escudero, who filed a bill to decriminalize libel, wants the...
View ArticleLatching on
After the birth of my daughter in 1986, I went back to work with a vital accessory: a small cooler filled with empty feeding bottles and a breast pump. During breaks, I would park myself in the...
View ArticleThe breastfeeding Virgin Mary
AROUND THIS time last year, I wrote an article about our clan’s Lenten tradition of the pabasa (“‘Pabasa’: Lenten ritual and family tradition,” Opinion, 2/26/15). In the article, I mentioned a rare...
View ArticleBreastfeed and save both your lives
The number we must look at when evaluating the practice of breastfeeding in the country is not how many mothers start breastfeeding, but how many persist in breastfeeding for at least up to six months...
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Google “infant formula” and you’ll find two entries for Lazada, which now sells infant formulas online, and several articles with titles like “Trusted milk brands in the Philippines for babies” and...
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