“Mothers who share a bed or use a three-sided cot attached to the bed are far more responsive to their babies than… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“For the greater part of human existence we went bare-breasted and were accustomed to the great diversity of breast shape. Now instead… — Gabrielle Palmer Human existence Copy Share Image
“We have organised our own lives to fit in with machines, much against our own biorhythms (the short night and siesta schedule… — Gabrielle Palmer Birth Copy Share Image
“If a woman joins the modern industrialised economy she must be seen to be like a man and it is taken for… — Gabrielle Palmer Taken for granted Copy Share Image
“Practical Rules for the Management and Medical Treatment of Negro Slaves in the Sugar Colonies, stated: “Negroes are universally fond of suckling… — Gabrielle Palmer Children Copy Share Image
“The assumption that fertility control should be manipulated by authorities without respect for the wishes and dignity of individuals still exists. We… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“There is no government in the world that fully respects nomads or other ‘Stone Age’ people. At best they are ignored; more… — Gabrielle Palmer Politics Copy Share Image
“Interventions such as weighing can be postponed until the baby has nuzzled and suckled without interruption; neither mother nor baby should be… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“The AAP, an organisation supposedly concerned with child health, considered quality control an extravagance, whilst millions of dollars were, and are, spent… — Gabrielle Palmer Food industry Copy Share Image
“The commercial and medical pressures to use artificial milks would have kept breastmilk supplies low.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“In rich countries, there has been a trend to harvest cord-blood for stem-cells. Harvesting 100mls of blood from a newborn is equivalent… — Gabrielle Palmer Health Copy Share Image
“In the 20th century, women were presented with an illusion of liberation through the artificial feeding of babies, only to find their… — Gabrielle Palmer Freedom Copy Share Image
“Many people have felt hungry, yet too upset to eat, but they forget that babies are people too. No adult would enjoy… — Gabrielle Palmer Food Copy Share Image
“There is more prolactin in a woman’s bloodstream at night, indicating that over the millennia babies have taken more milk from their… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“In the USA, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) accepts artificial-milk company money and promotion which defies the WHO Code.15” — Gabrielle Palmer Business Copy Share Image
“Women have a unique power through breastfeeding to maintain health, life and finite resources.” — Gabrielle Palmer Health Copy Share Image
“If she then has to cry to communicate her hunger, when she gets to her mother’s breast she might be too exhausted… — Gabrielle Palmer Mother Copy Share Image
“The term ‘infant formula’ was a stroke of marketing genius, it made a recipe based on ordinary old cows’ milk seem like… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Parents who believe they must leave their baby to cry and sleep alone from an early age, will tuck numerous cuddly toy… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“The fact that some men (and their families) behave decently does not negate the unequal power structure.” — Gabrielle Palmer Family Copy Share Image
“Artificial milk is an entirely different substance from human milk, containing no living cells and not adapting to each baby’s individual and… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“In the USA mothers on ‘welfare’ are compelled to return to work six weeks after birth or they do not get their… — Gabrielle Palmer Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“Artificial feeding requires medical services to be nearby. In much of the world, access to medical care is scarce and services overstretched.” — Gabrielle Palmer Medical care Copy Share Image
“Danone is the second biggest (after Nestlé) artificial milk and baby food manufacturer in the world. This was not stated on the… — Gabrielle Palmer Business Copy Share Image
