Black Breastfeeding Week 2013: How Breastfeeding Made Me a Better Pediatrician
I breastfed my daughter and son for 19 and 24 months, respectively. Yes, they had teeth. They were talking and walking. In the end, it...
#BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat: Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 and Black Parenting
Tonight, it’s going down. Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 continues its inaugural celebration with the #BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat, featuring an all-star line-up of African American bloggers/thinkers/breastfeeding advocates/lovers...
{Faith & Motherhood} A Letter To My Daughter: Lessons On Stepping Out On Faith
Somewhere inside every mom is this desire to share her heart with her children. Not just the basics on life and living but the real...
‘The Summer of Our Legitimate Discontent’: MyBrownBaby Celebrates 50th Anniversary of March On Washington
“It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer...
Nipples and Ninny: This African-American Mom’s Breastfeeding Journey
It was a no-brainer for me: All the books said I should breastfeed my baby because it was best for her that she would be...
Talk To Me: Unborn Babies Can Hear Their Moms, Learn and Remember As Well As Newborns
So it turns out that all that book reading, rapping and grown woman conversation I had with my pregnant belly while Mari and Lila were...
The Social Worker Will See You Now: A Postpartum Experience This Black Mom Will Never Forget
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON The nurse flitted around the room, flipping through her chart and checking my vitals. “Do you mind if your…boyfriend,” the nurse...
The Freshest, Jamminest Breastfeeding How-To Video, Like, Ever!
Hands down, the best informational breastfeeding video, like, ever—not just because it cribs the beat from Teach Me How To Dougie, or even because it’s...
Black Breastfeeding Week 2013: Celebrating Black Mothers, Babies and the Best First Food
Black lives matter. Black mothers and our babies matter. Black breastfeeding—this definitely matters. That’s why MyBrownBaby is proud to support Black Breastfeeding Week, the inaugural...
The March On Washington: Sybrina Fulton, The Head Nod and the Thumbs Up—A Translation
When I go for a run in Washington, DC, I take for granted the history that I pass as I plod out my mileage. I...
For Fairytale Believers: Aiyana Jones, 7-Year-Old Killed In Detroit Police Raid, Deserves Justice (Petition)
By ASHA FRENCH Post-Zimmerman verdict parenting has many Black parents feeling like Sethe (a character from Toni Morrison’s Beloved); we realize that the world is not fit...
An ‘EPIC’ MyBrownBaby Giveaway: Enter to Win One of Five Blu-Ray DVDs Of the Summer Hit
MyBrownBaby is making today an “epic” Friday with an awesome giveaway: five lucky readers will win a Deluxe Edition Blu-ray DVD of the animated adventure...
Hero School Clerk In Atlanta School Shooting Scare: Applauding Antoinette Tuff
Let us all take a minute to applaud the breath-taking heroism of Antoinette Tuff. In case you haven’t heard, Tuff is the bookkeeper at an...
‘Stand Your Ground’ Ad: Trayvon Martin Shooting, 911 Call, Re-Enacted In Anti-Gun Law Appeal
A gun reform advocacy group is taking aim at Stand Your Ground laws nationwide by pushing a chilling ad reenacting the last moments of Trayvon...
Back To School: It’s Millner. Mrs. Chiles If You’re Nasty (Or My Kid’s Teacher)
You should know that I really like my maiden name. Millner is an original—a cut above the standards Miller and Milner, with its extra L...
