Manila: Guinness’ holder for breast-feeders
Yup, you read it right: We hold the Guinness World book record for the greatest number of mothers who breastfeed simultaneously for one full minute. We even have a picture to show for it, courtesy of Inq7!
It’s all for a good cause too. It started out as a protest against prohibiting the practice in public. Well, 3,738 moms went to the San Andres Sports and Civic Center in Malate district, and you guessed it – fed their babies in public, en masse. Talk about People Power!
Dr. Nicholas K. Alipui, UNICEF representative in the Philippines:
This is a magnificent gathering; this is one way of affirming that nothing will stop mothers from providing the best for their children.
Breast-feeding is life-affirming; it’s the smartest, most effective way of giving a secure foundation to our children.
Mayor Lito Atienza of Manila also confirmed the benefits of breastfeeding and debunked it’s disfiguring effect on a woman’s body, mentioning that his ever-beautiful wife nourished all his children the same way. He’s proposing to set up feeding centers in offices and malls. Now that’s good news for moms on Mother’s Day, don’t you think?
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Kudos to all the mothers !!
I hope that more would be mothers contemplate on doing this for the health of their babies.
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[...] From a consumer’s point of view, there is no distinction between ads for formulas for babies less than a year old and those for older babies. Formula is formula. So advertising for follow-on formulas is effectively one for formulas for newborns as well. However, I think the Health Department might be taking an extreme position if it seeks to label infant formula as harmful and inappropriate. They should channel more resources to their own aggressive educational campaign to promote breastfeeding. Train nurses and doctors to give breastfeeding support to new moms right in the delivery room. Get a famous celebrity to actively endorse breastfeeding. Make it glamorous and beautiful to nurse your babies. (Heck, Angelina Jolie breastfed her daughter Shiloh!) It will not change things overnight, but it could shift the perception of moms to consider giving this gift to their babies, even for just the first months. I believe there is hope, as the Philippines is the Guinness record holder for the most moms breastfeeding simultaneously for one full minute. [...]