Author: Backpacking Dad

(h/t to @jessicagottlieb for the link)

Kevin of Always Home and Uncool has asked me to post this as part of his effort to raise awareness in the blogosphere of juvenile myositis, a rare autoimmune disease his daughter was diagnosed with on this day seven years ago. The day also happens to be his wife’s birthday. I gladly turn my blog…

I’ve grown increasingly frustrated and offended by all of the material regarding the benefits of breast-feeding that is circulated in hospitals, doctors’ offices, and online. I’m offended not only as a parent, and a father, but also as a critical thinker: the arguments in favour of breast-feeding babies are all so impoverished that it’s a…