Re: [ozmidwifery] sleepless night

[barbara glare & chris bright]

Dear Sheena,   Australian Breastfeeding Association's annual Calendar is currently at the printer's and will be available in 2 weeks.  It's $12 + $5 postage+ $1 for each additional.  As well as beautiful shots of mothers and babies and breastfeeding, you support the Australian Breastfeeding Association.    You can order by e-mailing me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can accept credit card orders.    Feel free to plaster the town with them.  I'm hoping to get the pics and order forms on the ABA website tonight.  If you order the calendar NOW, I'll send you a free copy of the 2002 calendar, and you can enjoy the last few months. Also, have a look at ABA's posters at http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/products/groupprojs.html Not all the photos in the calendar are breastfeeding shots, and I could tell you 100 funny calendar stories like the young bank teller who bought the calendar off her ABA counsellor boss for the pictures of the beautiful babies, but mentioned that she'd cut out the "porno" ones before she hung it up at home   We've still got a way to go, so help us out and buy some calendar.   Ooh, I may have just got carried away, and I hope you can all excuse my enthusiasm.  Visual images of birth and breastfeeding are my passion at the moment.    Love, Barb Barb Glare, IBLC Mum of Zac, 9, Dan, 7 and Cassie 4 ABA Counsellor Warrnambool, Vic calendar and poster orders to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheena Johnson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] sleepless night Dear List   While I was up at 0400 working on my research because I could not sleep, I started wondering about breastfeeding, why we do, why we don't and all the other myriad reasons and influences there are that contribute to the difficulties in increasing our breastfeeding rates. Anyway, one of the things that popped into my mind was skin to skin contact after birth and the baby finding it's way to the breast if given the time and opportunity. Then I thought about how not many children these days even know what breastfeeding is etc.etc. Then I thought about the advert on breastfeeding not being allowed to be screened in prime time because of the PG rating.   Anyway, the idea that popped into my head was, what if a calendar was produced with January: photo of initial skin to skin contact after birth February: baby finding it's way to the breast and latching on - with a caption to explain March: Family photo with siblings and possibly grandparents and new baby feeding after birth April: May: June; other photo's of breastfeeding in different scenarios, even to toddlers and older children.   The exposure doesn't sound much until you think of where you could use them. Kindergartens, and Primary school classrooms, so that children become used to the idea of seeing a baby on the breast. On the back of your toilet door. Remember how you read anything that is going when you go to the toilet!! I am sure many of you will have better idea's than that, but I had to put this thought down before it disappeared.   Would be interested to hear if anyone has done something like this already?   Sheena Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]