The family of a newborn baby in Mankato are asking for donations of breastmilk after his mother died unexpectedly one week after giving birth.
Baby Matthew is doing well and has been receiving donated breastmilk. The family hopes to get enough to keep him on breastmilk for as long as possible.
The baby's father is also interested in finding a baby sling or carrier to help him bond with his new son.
If you are able to donate breastmilk or a sling to the family, please contact Julie at julielovestolaugh@gmail.com.
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This is so very sad that the mother died but thank God himself for wonderful women who donate their milk. Maybe they can find a wet nurse. I would do it if I lived closer.
My thoughts are with this family, what a horrific tragedy.
Are you aware that there is a campaign by a blogger (http://mycharmingkids.net/2010/09/the-post-in-which-i-ask-you-for-your-b...) to bring in milk nationwide for this baby? As a nursing mom myself and as someone who has donated milk to a baby in need I have to say I am somewhat concerned about the vast amount of people who are being solicited to donate. Just taking in milk that was mailed from all over the country without any knowledge of who it was donated from is probably not in the best interest of this infant. Not to mention making sure the milk was handled properly, kept frozen and safe, etc......... The blogger in question is deleting any comments bringing these concerns up so I am mentioning them here. I realize that her intentions are good, very good in fact, but I'm not sure that asking for milk from complete and total strangers is really the best way to help.
Again, my thoughts are with this family and I hope they are able to find good local support and breastmilk donations.
Jennifer "MckMama" Mckinney is only using this story of Baby Matthew to garner traffic to her decling blogging numbers. They're in such financial straits (mulitple foreclosures, repos, etc.) that this woman will do ANYTHING to get the attention directed to HER blog. She is manipulative and schemes with the best of them. You should have seen what she did when her own son was having a common heart procedure -- she alerted everyone he coded and was on death's door, received thousands in donations, sold "Support Stellan Bracelets" and then never delivered them. Anything that is remotely connected to this woman heads south fast. Consider yourself warned. Jennifer Mckinney is an opportunist.
Seriously? What her son had was not a common heart procedure. Read the facts. He ALMOST died. And for your information, I ordered and RECEIVED several "STELLAN WILL LIVE" bracelets. God Bless.
I HAVE the condition Stellan had. And I've HAD the procedure Stellan had. I had Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome with an accessory pathway AND a PFO or a hole in my heart.
It is common. What WASN'T common is the length of time they waited to do something such as implant a pacemaker. That poor baby suffered all while Ms. Mckinney was toting him around to pool parties and the like. The longer the drama, the more clicks for her blog.
If you would quit worshipping at the feet of MckMama you would know that it's always about her and how each situation will serve HER. You'll learn eventually.
There are more people who did not receive Support Stellan bracelets than did. Glad you weren't one of them.
This article has nothing to do with Jennifer McKinney. It's about a baby who's mother died. Let's keep it about that and deal with JM another way.
I agree that this has nothing to do with McKinney, and if I understand correctly, that is what some people are trying to say. My heart breaks for this father and I cannot imagine the pain he is feeling, but I think people should also be aware that there is someone out there who seems to be trying to take advantage of this situation to bring themselves attention and therefore some efforts, milk, donations, etc may be getting into the wrong hands. There has been so many cases of internet fraud and scams that I think it is important for people to know what is out there and how they can best put their kindness and resources to use. Julie Walters has been listed as a contact for anyone wanting to help, and I think people should go through this person and not be encouraged to send anything, especially money, to another unrelated third party. It just doesn't make sense, and I believe there is validity to the concerns expressed here.
My heart breaks for this poor child and father, I only wish the best for them. However, Jennifer McKinney asking for donations of breas tmilk is very scary. These women will not be screened prior to pumping and donating this milk. I seriously think the request for donations should NOT be coming from some blogger who is a master manipulator but from a legitimate Milk Bank where people interested in donating could be tested and screened.
I have posted on MckMama's blog to let her know donation efforts are already underway but so far my comment has not shown up.
Not surprising. She did not initially provide the contact information for Julie Walters, only herself. That makes no sense. Do her readers even know at this point that there is already things set up in order for them to help, or do they still think she is the only way and that she started the whole thing?
Your comment HAS shown up, I remember reading it. Along with all of the other negative comments. She's not deleting them, as you gals say...they are right there with all of the other comments.
I think it's disturbing that Jennifer Mckinney is soliciting funds in the name of baby M to her own bank account!
If she really cared about the money getting to the family, she would simply direct them to the family's donation site, which is already established.
Personally, I wouldn't send one penny to Mckinney, knowing that when she "sold" bracelets for her son Stellan's "fund", no one ever received the bracelets , after donating a lot of money to her! She is a scam artist! And, it's sickening how she is using this poor family's tragedy to benefit herself financially!
How do you know that? I don't see that on her blog; just asking for milk...
There are people who are asking Jennifer McKinney to set up a way for them to send her money for this family. I do not believe she has responded to that yet but when she does respond she should be sure to send them to the fund that has already been established for this family. There is no reason for her to set up a fund and she has nothing to do with this family except for being an interested outsider. I hope people will use caution when donating to any need like this, make sure you are giving money to the person designated for such things, not just to anyone who says they will take money in the name of the family. Generally in such a situation a trust or account is formally set up with a bank.
PLEASE keep this about the family........
Sadly, Jennifer has made it about HER when she injected herself into this family's tragedy. And now she's doing a segment on the local Fox station? Sounds an awful lot like what she did when the April Rose Blog scandal broke. She hooked up an interview for herself to discuss her non-involvment in the ordeal just so she could plug her (now declining at a rapid pace) blog. When her baby was "coding" at Boston Children's, she was Tweeting and later, doing on-air interviews. Jennifer is no stranger to the press. She'll get it anyway she knows how.
My prayers go out to Marc, Baby Matthew and the family.
So very, very sad that so many of the people who have commented to "out" Jennifer McKinney are the ones who have made this story about her instead of the family it should be about.
Tragic that so many people care more about bringing a blogger down (bwahahahaha!!! --like that is one of life's greatest accomplishments...?!) than actually helping a father, a son - who have just lost their wife/mother. So sad that such small minded people can turn something about one person into something about themselves.
You should ALL be ashamed of yourselves. You've made this about McKinney, not her.
You are so right!!!!! I have no idea why women can be so hatefilled and spiteful toward each other.
Jennifer made this story about her. Don't you get t?
No Jennifer did not make it about herself. YOU did that!!!!!
prayers for the family... MckTakey, beware of scams by these peeps and if we unite than no more CLICKS... MWOP
http:///mckmamawithoutpity.blogspot.com/
The above blog is not nice. Women are being very hateful and spreading things that are not true on this blog. It was an eye opener to me to realize how low people will go to bring to bring another person down. So much so, that it doesn't matter to them how factual they actually are.
I agree that the blog isn't very nice, but it is all true.
-Domestic violence: true. Her husband was arrested after she called the police on him. It prevented him from traveling to Africa with the mission trip she went on.
-Focus on the Family cut ties w/ her because of the things she has done. That is true.
-Tax lein: true. 54k bucks, to be exact.
-She did take a pic of her son's medical treatments, including one where they stopped his heart and restarted it. She posted the picture on Twitter, which most people found odd.
-She has been caught in roughly a gazillion little white lies, which appears to irk people.
-Foreclosures: true. Two of them. But they saved 14k up to get into a new house instead of saving their old one, because the old one was worth less than they paid for it.
-Repos: true. At least one SUV, that I know of.
-Spanking with a wooden spoon: true. She tells everyone that she spanks her kids when they are a year old if they get out of bed.
I honestly don't care. I have a short attention span when it comes to catfights and really couldn't care less about her or her drama or any sites that mention her. But.,..it IS true.
No the blog is not all true!!! Foreclosures, repos, domestic violence and the tax lien have been satisfied and/or counseling has been done. It is in the past and needs to be left in the past because they have admitted their guilt and risen above it. (They will never be able to satify their critics on this. I know because my family went through some of this stuff 25 years ago and people still bring it up.) Isreal went on the Compassion trip simply because Compassion had not done their homework properly. He had disclosed his two arrests/ probation and the counseling that went with that. Isreal did NOT lie about this. Shaun Groves will tell you that.
The white lies are mostly from people assuming many different things. I have done much checking and rechecking into this and it astounds me how smart people get caught up into assuming.
I have learned Jennifer is a very energetic person, quick to speak and gets much accomplished which is what many people do not like. Just because you wouldn't do something, does not make it wrong.
You're right in that everyone should be given the chance to prove themselves, even if they've messed up greatly in the past. But I think it's a) ridiculous that she still can't tell the truth, even about very basic things and b) that something as serious as domestic violence should be forgotten because he completed some stinkin counseling. AND, she gives marriage advice, refusing to mention the fact that her husband threatened to kill her and she felt it was necessary to call the police. She only admitted that once she was busted.
I tried to stand up tonight and speak and have now been BAN and all comments have been deleted!!! The site is disgusting.
Did the dad get a sling or is one on the way? I may know some people who would gladly donate.
This makes me sick. This article was about a family in need. Why bring Jennifer Mckinney into this article? She solicited donations for breastmilk on her blog. That is it. For goodness sakes, you may have issues with this women, take it up with her and stop stalking every person she comes into contact with.
Finally, someone who gets it!!! Thanks!!!!
I agree that those who have been talking about MckMama are the ones who have made this about her. This is a news article that has nothing to do with her. Stop talking about it! Why are you all so obsessed? Focus on helping this child, and his father to make it through a hard time. Unfortunately, a lot of people can't do that. I am praying for baby Matthew and his father, that God provides them with everything they need and more, now and in the future. God bless.
Please tell Jennifer Mckinney I'll be at her house shortly with a bag of untested breastmilk. Surely she will have no problem feeding it to her newborn, Lachlan, right? As she states theres only a very small chance of passing a disease on to this poor innocent baby ~ we just need to trust her. How very brave of her to risk the health of someone else's child. I pray this baby's family realizes that the benefits from untested breast milk are NOT worth the risk of contracting a disease. While I'm sure the Mom wanted to give her son breastmilk, I doubt she would have agreed to putting untested bodily fluids from complete strangers in her child. The baby is not starving so there is no need to use untested milk from strangers that may or may not have been collected and stored properly. That is why we have milkbanks. Where has common sense gone?
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