links: nationalization and nursing

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* Alan Greenspan: It's time to nationalize the banks.
* Framing nationalization: the FDIC takes over failing banks all the time; it's as American as apple pie!

* Ethiopians churches call for a constitutional ban on homosexuality

* List of what we vaccinate against, and why
* Nursing and breast pumps, with racism, Freud, technological quick-fixes, and banning breastfeeding in pumping rooms.
* Possible cure for peanut allergies, via repeated exposure and desensitization.
* Alice Waters calls for re-make of the school lunch program.
* Supermarket redlining; see also.

* http://www.utilitarianism.com/

Comments

[mlc23.livejournal.com]

The breast pump promotion article was interesting, and focused at the end on the warm fuzzies of maternal bonding, but I think failed to mention a couple of other good points:

1. Many women do not respond well to pumps. I breastfed for 19 months and was never able to get more than 2 oz with a good (though not hospital grade) pump. It is not as efficient as a baby and is something that you really have to work at.

2. In light of #1 - handing out breast pumps too early before a supply has been well established can cause many women to think they aren't making enough milk and switch to formula.

3. Even if you are a good pumper, pumping even every 3-4 hours can lead to low supply as babies don't really eat that way. They go through periods of cluster feeding (usually lasting a few days) nursing as often every hour - which dramatically increases a woman's milk supply.

Personally I would like to see more money made available for lactation consultants, which I think would help women across the social spectrum. Mine was a lifesaver.

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Second supermarket redlining article was pay-for. T_T