Records

On Wednesday, there was an event in the Philippines, to gather the most breastfeeding mothers, breastfeeding simultaneously in one place, and set a Guinness World Record....the unofficial count was that at least 3,608 mothers took part in it, in hundreds of locations all over the country. They beat a previous record set by mothers in Berkley, CA, in 2002.
Breastfeeding is quite an issue in a country where many mothers cannot afford to give their babies artificial milk, but many still do, because it is often linked to status. So many of the formula adds show fat western babies...and that is appealing to people here.
There are plenty of studies, and reasons that show breastfeeding is the best for babies, but so many people here are not aware of those studies, and only see the advertisements from the media.
According to the World Health Organization, children fed with infant formula are 25 times more likely to die of diarrhea than those who are breast-fed.
In 2003, WHO estimated that 16,000 children under the age of 5 died in the Philippines as a result of improper feeding practices, including infant formula.
Today, only 16 percent of Filipino children between 4 and 5 months old are exclusively breast-fed and 13 percent of mothers do not breast-feed at all, believing they do not have enough milk, according to UNICEF.

To read the full article, click here...
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=63829


In other news...all of us girls went to go see Spiderman 3 on Wednesday...good times! They went all out, and we all had matching Spiderman T-shirts....maybe I'll be able to get a picture up in a couple of days...=) The theater was pretty much full, and it a great time.