----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 5:01
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] sleepless
night
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.
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.
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
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----- Original Message -----
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
