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Born to be Breastfed
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May 12th 2014: Breastfeeding in the Animal Kingdom, and in Children’s Books
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Join Marie as she talks with award-winning science and parenting writer Dia L. Michels about her newly-rereleased If My Mom Were a Platypus: Mammal Babies and Their Mothers, and the role of children’s books in supporting breastfeeding families. Learn about breastfeeding in nature and find out what we can learn about infant feeding from our fellow mammals. Are there differences between human breastfeeding and the lactation habits of other mammals? Do children’s books that portray lactation help normalize this for kids (and adults)? What are the benefits of such books for families? Tune in for a
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Dia L. Michels
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Dia is an award-winning internationally published science and parenting writer. She has written, coauthored or edited over a dozen books. Her titles include Nurtured and Nuzzled (new for 2015); Milk, Money & Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding at a Glance: Facts, Figures and Trivia About Lactation; Breastfeeding Facts for Fathers; and the book we will be talking about today, If My Mom Were A Platypus Mammal Babies and their Mothers. Dia is founder and president of Platypus Media, an independent press in Washington, DC, dedicated to promoting breastfeeding, safe infant sleep and attachment parenting, A popular speaker, she appears regularly healthcare, parentin
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