{"id":508,"date":"2007-08-02T01:56:22","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T07:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/?p=508"},"modified":"2007-08-02T01:56:22","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T07:56:22","slug":"world-breastfeeding-week-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/02\/world-breastfeeding-week-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"World Breastfeeding Week 2007!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous post I mentioned that I&#8217;d be back with a review of the Safe Side video&#8230; I will absolutely be doing that but today is such a big day for babies everywhere that I thought I&#8217;d postpone the review.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"breastfeeding\" id=\"image630\" title=\"breastfeeding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/161052_lactation2%20250x187.jpg\" \/><strong>August 1-7 is <a href=\"http:\/\/worldbreastfeedingweek.org\/\">World Breastfeeding Week<\/a>.<\/strong> That&#8217;s a huge deal. The goals of this event each year are to promote breastfeeding worldwide in order to create healthier babies, stronger communities, global connections, and a stronger mama-baby-family bond.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest event this year kicks off August 8th at 10am (for whatever zone you&#8217;re in). Event planners want to beat the First Guinness World Record for Simultaneous Breastfeeding.<\/p>\n<p>The last time more than 20,000 mothers in more than 400 sites all breastfed simultaneously. A good number to beat. If you want to support this event or sign up to participate visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breastfeedingworld.net\/\">Breastfeeding World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week each year is very important for so many reasons. Here are just some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/pregnancy\/breastfeeding\/why-breastfeed\">positive benefits of breastfeeding<\/a> offered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llli.org\/\"><span class=\"td_box\">La       Leche League<\/span><\/a> that you should keep in mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studies show that breastfed babies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have lower odds of childhood obesity than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/pregnancy\/breastfeeding\/risks-of-artificial-feeding\">formula fed babies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have better eyesight than formula fed babies.<\/li>\n<li>Are healthier overall with fewer allergies and colds than formula fed babies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A recent study shows that breastfed babies may experience positive future heart health including fewer incidences of high blood pressure and cholesterol as adults than formula fed babies.<\/p>\n<p>Other benefits include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/parenting\/parent-education\/five-tips-for-dads-reading-and-bonding-with-babies-and-toddlers\">positive bonding<\/a> between mother and baby, a decreased likelihood           for dental caries, and reduced maternal rates of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/health\/healthy-living\/maintaining-womens-health\">breast cancer<\/a> and ovarian cancer. One benefit of breastfeeding that people often forget is that the environmental impact of formula is very negative where as breastmilk comes without excess packaging and doesn&#8217;t need any factory time. Breastmilk is a very earth-friendly product.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more visit <a href=\"http:\/\/worldbreastfeedingweek.org\/\">World Breastfeeding Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous post I mentioned that I&#8217;d be back with a review of the Safe Side video&#8230; I will absolutely be doing that but today is such a big day for babies everywhere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}