Yes, you read that right, the aggressive promotion of breastfeeding by the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative has led to an epidemic of newborn brain damage. No less an authority than Lawrence Gartner, MD, member of the BFHI Board of Directors has admitted that 90% of kernicterus cases are attributable to breastfeeding! Sadly, Dr. Gartner acknowledged […]
One of the great ironies of the philosophy of attachment parenting is that is contradicts what we know about infant attachment. The founding studies of Attachment Theory were led by scientists like John Bowlby, Harry Harlow and D.W. Winnicott. Their most critical finding was that human contact was more important than any particular parenting practice. […]
Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman famously said, “War is hell.” It’s an accurate description, so it’s surprising that very few people said it before the 19th Century. War is about maiming, gutting, killing other human beings. and potentially being killed oneself. It is horrifying in every possible way, yet that is not how it […]
According to Wikipedia, a whistleblower: is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization … [A]whistleblower can bring allegations to light by contacting a third party outside of an accused organization such as the media, government, law enforcement, or those who are […]
Considering the breathlessness of the news reports, you might imagine that the results of a new study tell us the best way to reduce SIDS. According to the Daily News: [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]If we want to reduce SIDS, our efforts should be applied to promoting pacifier use and discouraging co-sleeping.[/pullquote] Babies who […]
If vaccines work, why should my refusal to vaccinate my children hurt your children? In the world of anti-vax, this is supposed to be an incisive, penetrating question. Of course, in the world of anti-vax, there’s not a whole lot of thinking going on. To understand the foolishness of the question, it helps to think […]
Why do breastfeeding professionals thinking it is acceptable to refuse to believe women about insufficient breastmilk and blame them when it happens? Why do they insist that it almost never happens when it is actually quite common? Why do they offer all sorts of excuses that place primary responsibility on a woman’s behavior? Isn’t refusing […]
For people who claim to know so much about breastfeeding, many lactivists are profoundly ignorant on the topic. Indeed, the amount that they don’t know about breastfeeding dehydration is enough to fill a small coffin … and sadly sometimes does. That’s one of the reasons why so much ire is directed toward the Fed Is […]
One of the most amazing traits of human beings is the ability to empathize with others. We don’t have to lose a parent to imagine how devastating the loss of a parent could be and therefore we offer our support. We don’t have to experience a divorce to imagine how devastating the end of a […]
Most of what passes for natural childbirth “knowledge” is entirely made up. Why? Because in large part, natural childbirth advocacy is just reflexive defiance of obstetric practice without any scientific evidence to support it. The latest natural childbirth claim to bite the dust is the insistence that upright positions improve the chances of vaginal birth. […]
Dr. Amy Tuteur is an obstetrician gynecologist. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1979 and her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Tuteur is a former clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. She left the practice of medicine to raise her four children. Her book, Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting (HarperCollins) was published in 2016. She can be reached at DrAmy5 at aol dot com... More
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