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Once established, breastfeeding is convenient, portable and always ready anytime, anywhere. Where are you breastfeeding today?
"In Australia, women spend 3.4 hours per day on “domestic duties”, whereas men put in 2.6. The gender gap widens for those with young children, where work intensity increases with multitasking.![]()
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The approach the Taskforce report adopts is a standard one to “recognise, reduce, and redistribute” the care work done by women.![]()
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But in a paper just published in Frontiers in Public Health we argue that breastfeeding is different from other care work: it can’t be redistributed, and shouldn’t be reduced."![]()
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Full paper: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1181229/full
We won’t get real equality until we price breastmilk, and treat breastfeeding as work
theconversation.com
The report of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce mentions birth only twice, and breastfeeding not at all. Yet, properly valued, breastmilk contributes $154 per litre to the Australian economy.
🙌When will my baby stretch our their feedings?![]()
In reality - probably never. Adults put something in their mouth very frequently. I challenge you to an experiment. How often did you eat or drink yesterday? Count all snacks, all glasses of water / cups of tea etc.![]()
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My day looked like this:![]()
1. 7:45 - Breakfast![]()
2. 8:00- glass of water & some vitamins![]()
3. 8:50 - cup of tea as I started work![]()
4. 10:15 - another cup of tea![]()
5. 10:40 - a little water from my bottle![]()
6. 11.40 - more water![]()
7. 12:45 - lunch and also drank from my water bottle on and off until 1.30![]()
8. 3:00 - refilled my water bottle and drank a little![]()
9. 4:15 - more water![]()
10. 6.00 - dinner![]()
11. 7.00-8.30 - drinks on and off while I watched tv![]()
12. 9.30 - herbal tea![]()
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That’s 12 “feeds”, sometimes with a gap and sometimes I clustered with lots of little sips of water. You have to drink frequently to stay hydrated. Why should a baby be any different?![]()
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What does your day look like?
Please share your experiences of feeding your babies during our flood events around the country. Infant feeding (and in fact the needs of any pre-school aged children) is a hugely forgotten area in emergency planning and yet crucial for authorities to consider as little people are amongst our most vulnerable.An Inquiry has been established to identify lessons from the three severe North Island weather events in early 2023.![]()
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It is important that all of our communities can be prepared for future extreme weather events. The most powerful way we can prepare is to hear from people who experienced the events or have something to share.![]()
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➡️ You can share your experiences by using the online submission form: consultations.dia.govt.nz/submissions/share-to-prepare/![]()
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The survey should take between 10-20 mins to complete. The closing date for submissions has been extended to 15 December 2023.![]()
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Thank you sharing your experience and for helping to make a difference💜🧡![]()
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➡️ Find out more about this Inquiry on the Department of Internal Affairs website: www.dia.govt.nz/Government-Inquiry-into-the-Response-to-the-North-Island-Severe-Weather-Events
Sending late night La Leche League love 💚💚💚You are doing an amazing job, Mama!![]()
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sorry I don't have a reference to this 'study' but it certainly sounds legit.