
Update: See clarification below. The head of Beterem, the Israeli organization for child safety, has issued a warning that will strike fear into any young mother who relies on public transportation: Breastfeeding while riding on a bus puts your baby in danger. And bottle-feeding will likely to be next (or will it?). In a tragic incident, a Jerusalem baby suffered brain damage after choking while breastfeeding on a bus. The report seems odd but there has been no further information. (Update: The baby apparently suffocated.) Haaretz interviewed the director of Beterem, Orli Silvinger, about parents who forget children in cars. At the end, they ask Silvinger about the bus … [Read more...]

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