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post #1 of 27
10/5/06 at 2:31am
Thread Starter 
On Sept 30, Canada participated in the Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge. There were 155 registered sites, and 4685 babies. The results are listed here:
http://www.babyfriendly.ca/challenge/2006/result.php
The largest site was in Montreal, with almost 800 babies. The Montreal article and photos are below - you MUST see the photos!
Janice


Power in numbers as 800 moms join breast-in

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazett...8c5fe48&k=1668

The triplets taking turns on their mother's breast seemed blissfully unaware of the thousand other babies and boobies surrounding them at Complexe Desjardins yesterday.

But the meaning, the joy and the power of yesterday's nurse-in at the mall was not lost on the other participants, who at the stroke of 11 a.m. began feeding their babies to launch world breastfeeding week.

(see link for article and photo)

Here is Montréal's public health website with many photos of the breastfeeding challenge.

http://www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/defi2006/index.html

YOU MUST SEE THESE PICTURES!

http://www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/defi2006/photo2006-1.html
post #2 of 27
10/5/06 at 3:30am
post #3 of 27
10/5/06 at 3:44am
Thanks! BEAUTIFUL photos! Makes me so happy to see so many precious nurslings & their mamas.



- Kira
post #4 of 27
10/5/06 at 3:52am
Awesome!!!
post #5 of 27
10/5/06 at 4:21am
so was this guy nursing his babes too??! http://www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/defi20...s/IMG_1309.jpg





those are lovely photos! thanks for posting them.
post #6 of 27
10/5/06 at 6:26am
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Originally Posted by Aura_Kitten View Post
so was this guy nursing his babes too??! http://www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/defi20...s/IMG_1309.jpg





those are lovely photos! thanks for posting them.
lol I thought the exact same thing! He's either there for nursing, or to check out the 'display'.
post #7 of 27
10/5/06 at 6:53am
I'm so jealous! Wish we could have something that big down here! LOL
post #8 of 27
10/5/06 at 7:24am
Wow!
post #9 of 27
10/5/06 at 7:28am
beautiful
post #10 of 27
10/5/06 at 11:27am
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Re: the dad with the twins in a sling.

I don't know if he is it, but I was told:

"The Sunday edition of "Journal de Montreal" also had a great story (in
french of course) and picture of the mother of triplets whose husband fed
expressed breast milk to one baby at 11 AM while Mom breastfed their two
other babies. Perhaps you are still able to access it."

Anyone who reads French, want to search for it?

Janice
post #11 of 27
10/5/06 at 1:36pm
Awesome pictures! I wish we had stuff like that around here. I don't have any children to breastfeed but certainly would've gone for support.
post #12 of 27
10/5/06 at 3:23pm
Such beautiful pictures and such cute nurslings!
post #13 of 27
10/5/06 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by Janice in Canada View Post
Re: the dad with the twins in a sling.

I don't know if he is it, but I was told:

"The Sunday edition of "Journal de Montreal" also had a great story (in
french of course) and picture of the mother of triplets whose husband fed
expressed breast milk to one baby at 11 AM while Mom breastfed their two
other babies. Perhaps you are still able to access it."

Anyone who reads French, want to search for it?

Janice

I couldn't find it... but the site is really hard to navigate and a lot of the articles are not availible without paying...

Though it it not a negative thing, I think that the big turn out was in part and mostly due the "host" of the event.

As you can see in the pics there is a woman that is often there (without a babe)... well she is a very known and loved french-canadian actress and the host of "star-academie" which is the french-canadian version of American or Canadian Idol and as big a phemomena here than the english versions are in other places...

She really put a lot of effort in getting moms inspired to go and of course they got the chance to meet a celebrity at the same time...

Like I said it is not at all a bad thing but I do wonder how many moms would have been there without her support....
post #14 of 27
10/5/06 at 4:11pm
Thread Starter 
What is the name of this celebrity person?

Oh well, we are always talking about getting celebrities involved in promoting breastfeeding... so why not?
post #15 of 27
10/5/06 at 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by Janice in Canada View Post
What is the name of this celebrity person?
Julie Snyder

She has been in quebec show business for more than 20 years and has hosted more than 20 shows and has conducted about 2000 interviews etc...

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Oh well, we are always talking about getting celebrities involved in promoting breastfeeding... so why not?
I agree!!!
post #16 of 27
10/6/06 at 7:10pm
post #17 of 27
10/7/06 at 9:47am
I couldn't see too many pics, but that was a GREAT article-- there was no lame cop-out about "choice" etc. It was so truly supportive!!!
post #18 of 27
10/10/06 at 10:17pm
post #19 of 27
10/11/06 at 12:25am

North Van. Challenge

Opps
post #20 of 27
10/11/06 at 12:31am
Lovely photos!
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