Rules state that covers be removed while eating, perhaps that goes for feeding also.Yup, if you see anything wrong with the above photo, feel free to unfollow me.
I see a couple of things wrong……
These ladies are not wearing hats! and so technically not in uniform. Also, I’m sure they didn’t obtain permission from their CO and the PR dept of their duty post before posting these pictures of themselves in uniform to a public forum.
So, yes, there is some disrespect to the uniform and the UCMJ, but the babies have nothing to do with it.
You’re right about the covers (hats). They’re outside, so they should be in full uniform.
However, they DID obtain permission from the media relations department of the AF (though to be fair, that isn’t mentioned in the linked article; it is mentioned in other reports of the “controversy”).
Oh, thanks. I’d not read any but the linked article. And comparing feeding babies to going to the bathroom is just vile. To be honest the mother with twins just makes me want to see the uncropped version of this pic to understand what sort of wizardry she is using to hold those two.
Like, is she sitting on a stool with a bb on each knee? are they standing on little stools like that “Mom enough” cover? is there an unseen table all the babies are laying/resting on? perhaps this mother has obtained a “nursing service dog” who is really a great dane that the twins just ride around on? Is this what “Service ponies” are for?!
The physics in my brain won’t shut up about it
I am assuming the mother with twins has a nursing pillow on her lap, wyich is like a giant version of those crescent shaped travel pillows that curve around your neck. The nursing pillow curves around your whole abdomen though, allowing the baby to sit on it, propped right below the bosom.
Honestly, the twins in this photo look big enough to sit up while nursing, so no “props” would be necessary. Here’s an example of the “saddle hold” position for nursing: http://pregnancy.about.com/od/feedingyourbaby/ig/Breastfeeding-Gallery/Breastfeeding—-Twins-Saddle-.htm
The twin size nursing pillow tends to be used more for the football hold than anything else, from what I’ve seen at LLL meetings. Here’s some other examples of breastfeeding positions…http://pregnancy.about.com/od/feedingyourbaby/ig/Breastfeeding-Gallery/index.01.htm
Thinking the same thing.JC Penney’s new ad for Father’s Day
The text reads:
“First Pals: What makes Dad so cool? He’s the swim coach, tent maker, best friend, bike fixer and hug giver—all rolled into one. Or two.” The text at the bottom reads: “Real-life dads, Todd Koch and Cooper Smith with their children Claire and Mason.”
Shopping at JCP tomorrow now!
"Mayim Bialik, You Disappoint Me" →
This whole debate is just first world problems. You would never hear a mother in Haiti refuse a vaccine for her child. People have simply stopped seeing anything beyond their own noses.That is a very selfish way to view this issue. It is the youngest and weakest babies that reap the consequences of a very selfish and ableist decision. There are many diseases that can kill a young baby or immunosupressed child that s/he may come into contact with by simply sitting in the same waiting room at the doctor as your nonvaccinated kindergartener. These children are too young or too sick to receive the vaccination that would have made him/her immune to the vicious little bug your precious snowflake passed along when they were so innocently sitting there. You are lucky enough to have a perfectly healthy child, but there are many parents who are not so lucky, and by refusing to vaccinate your kid s/he could be the nail in some very sick child’s coffin.She was Blossom. She plays Amy Farrah on The Big Bang Theory. She holds a real-life PhD in neuroscience. There’s a lot to love about Mayim Bialik.
So I was disappointed to find out she doesn’t vaccinate her kids. Refusing to vaccinate is not an individual decision. It affects the whole population. It’s basic epidemiology.
Marziah had this to say on the Wired “GeekMom” blog:
Stop being responsible for the measles or pertussis revivals. Once you blog about it and talk about it on interviews, like the one you did recently for Science Friday, you’re no longer just influencing your friends. It’s no longer a private, personal decision. You’re influencing everyone within earshot. Stop being a disease vector. Stop pretending like the only person affected by your decisions is you. Start acting like the role model you aspire to be.
Someone with Bialik’s influence and credentials shouldn’t be endorsing this kind of behavior. She plays someone very smart on TV, and she should start acting like that instead of sharing a pediatrician with Jenny McCarthy.
I say this because so many of my readers are fans of hers and of her show, and if you believe in science you know that this is wrong.
Sorry, but I call bullshit on this one. It is no one’s right to tell another person what they should do with their own bodies or the bodies of their children. If she doesn’t want to vaccinate her children, it’s her own business. If everyone else is so concerned, they can vaccinate their own children and stop worrying about it.
While yes, it is horrible when a child becomes very ill or even dies, I don’t think it’s fair to place the blame and responsibility of that on another child simply because they haven’t had something injected into their body. In my opinion,f this kind of pressure is just another form of body-policing. No one has the right to tell you what you should or should not do to your own body, especially if there are risks involved.
"Mayim Bialik, You Disappoint Me" →
That is a very selfish way to view this issue. It is the youngest and weakest babies that reap the consequences of a very selfish and ableist decision. There are many diseases that can kill a young baby or immunosupressed child that s/he may come into contact with by simply sitting in the same waiting room at the doctor as your nonvaccinated kindergartener. These children are too young or too sick to receive the vaccination that would have made him/her immune to the vicious little bug your precious snowflake passed along when they were so innocently sitting there. You are lucky enough to have a perfectly healthy child, but there are many parents who are not so lucky, and by refusing to vaccinate your kid s/he could be the nail in some very sick child’s coffin.She was Blossom. She plays Amy Farrah on The Big Bang Theory. She holds a real-life PhD in neuroscience. There’s a lot to love about Mayim Bialik.
So I was disappointed to find out she doesn’t vaccinate her kids. Refusing to vaccinate is not an individual decision. It affects the whole population. It’s basic epidemiology.
Marziah had this to say on the Wired “GeekMom” blog:
Stop being responsible for the measles or pertussis revivals. Once you blog about it and talk about it on interviews, like the one you did recently for Science Friday, you’re no longer just influencing your friends. It’s no longer a private, personal decision. You’re influencing everyone within earshot. Stop being a disease vector. Stop pretending like the only person affected by your decisions is you. Start acting like the role model you aspire to be.
Someone with Bialik’s influence and credentials shouldn’t be endorsing this kind of behavior. She plays someone very smart on TV, and she should start acting like that instead of sharing a pediatrician with Jenny McCarthy.
I say this because so many of my readers are fans of hers and of her show, and if you believe in science you know that this is wrong.
Sorry, but I call bullshit on this one. It is no one’s right to tell another person what they should do with their own bodies or the bodies of their children. If she doesn’t want to vaccinate her children, it’s her own business. If everyone else is so concerned, they can vaccinate their own children and stop worrying about it.
Snipped for brevity, but CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME TAKEDOWN.
that’s nowhere near that cheap where i live. food prices aren’t the same everywhere, but nice try. :p
Yeah, and for the most part, most of the unhealthy foods are much faster. Trust me, when you’re a college kid, or a single mother, time is money.
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Jesus Christ where are these people who can get twizzlers or cranberries so cheap?
Oh hey look it’s that image set I took and did the actual grocery shopping based on their lists, then posted a long-ass writeup of how failful these turn out to be!
YOU ARE AMAZING AS EVER. Srsly check out her blog post she killed it.
The issue I see with the blog post is that the blogger is shopping at a “mid-range” grocery store when these pics include Wal-Mart store brand items so the price is from a “lower” range mega store.
Recently I wrote an article about Breast Milk donation that highlighted the efforts of Milkin’ Mamas, a breast milk donation center located in California. I am currently working with a breast milk donor to write a personal interview of her experience and the process of milk donation.
After publishing the article, Milkin’ Mamas sent me a thank you card and a t-shirt as a way of thanking me for the time I dedicated to drawing attention to their cause. I thought that was a wonderful gesture and wanted to let everyone know how amazing these sisters are! It has been lovely working with them to research and write this article.
http://www.examiner.com/article/help-save-premature-babies-by-donating-breast-milk
Here is an expose about a side of Milkin’ Mamas you may not hear from them.
http://www.justwestofcrunchy.com/2011/06/23/swindled-the-ugly-side-of-milk-donation/
Truth.
I didn’t know you were a republican!
Fan art of the day: “Little Rebels” by James Hance
Artist James Hance takes on Star Wars, Norman Rockwell style
I would like a print of this for my son’s room. It is simply awesome!
First look at Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger
I’m really digging Johnny Depp’s Native American look. He looked like he could have played opposite himself in Dead Man, except Gary Farmer was so fucking good in that movie.
Really? Were there no actual Native actors willing to fill this highly stereotypical role?
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