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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOlivia Wilde's Breastfeeding Photo in Glamour Magazine Causes a Stir
Gisele Bundchen, Jaime King, Gwen Stefani, and Miranda Kerr are among the celebrity moms who have helped glamorize breastfeeding recently and now, with her buzz-inducing mom-and-baby photo image included in a spread for Glamour, cover girl Olivia Wilde has joined their proudly lactating ranks. Breastfeeding is the most natural thing, she told the magazine, regarding the pose in which shes wearing a Roberto Cavalli dress and Prada shoes while nursing her naked infant son. I dont know, now it feels like Otis should always be on my breast. Wilde added, Being shot with Otis is so perfect because any portrait of me right now isnt complete without my identity as a mother being a part of that.
It was a fitting message coming from Wilde, film star and former cast member of The O.C., who seems to be a champion of maternal health around the world, judging by her appearance at UN Global Moms + Social Good Conference this past spring. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) encourages breastfeeding for at least six months, and Wildes son is already 5 months old. The timing of the image couldnt have been better: Were in the midst of World Breastfeeding Week, during which the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is busy promoting the health benefits of nursing in 175 countries around the world.
Plus, just last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual Breastfeeding Report Card (with stats from 2011, the most recent available). It found that the percentage of babies who start out breastfeeding is continuing to rise just over 79 percent in 2011 but that it quickly declines, with 49 percent still nursing at 6 months and just 27 percent by the end of their first year (so kudos, Ms. Wilde). And Wildes state of residence, California, ranks at the top when it comes to the percentage of infants that start out nursing 92.8 percent as well as those who are still being exclusively breastfed at 3 months, with 56.1 percent in that category.
In the Glamour photo caption, Wilde notes that she is happy with the message her breastfeeding image sends but also admits she doesnt always look so picture perfect. It felt like we were capturing that multifaceted woman weve been discussing that we know we can be. You can be someone who is at once maternal and professional and sexy and self-possessed, she said. [But] I mean, I certainly dont really look like that when Im [typically] breastfeeding. And theres usually a diaper involved.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/olivia-wildes-breastfeeding-photo-causes-a-stir-93893024387.html
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)big_dog
(4,144 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)From what I remember of this age, it's change the baby, nurse the baby, change the baby.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)according to wilde at the shoot
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)The baby needs a diaper, or that outfit is ruined.
Laffy Kat
(16,385 posts)A naked baby is going to pee and/or poop during feeding or very soon thereafter. Wilde is not only beautiful she is courageous.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I thought that went out of fashion after the Andy Griffith show.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)that kid is gonna have some good playground brawls
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Only they'll probably come up with something worse for "sudekis".
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)would poop before, during, after and then once between each feeding. So it was more like change baby. Nurse baby. Stop nursing baby to change diaper blowout. Resume nursing. Finish nursing. Change baby. 5 min later - change baby again. Thankfully she was cloth diapered because I would've gone broke changing that many disposable diapers, lol.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)but a baby affronted by an interrupted meal. Blowouts! Glad they're a part of my past. And why do they always happen when the baby's wearing a special present from someone and not just any old onesie you got second-hand?
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)But they had diapers on.
I can imagine NOT using a diaper.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)And it doesnt say much good about people who object.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Not the greatest idea in the real world.
trumad
(41,692 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)OSCAR Wilde breastfeeding a baby.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Looks great.