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Did you know that New York was the first state to enact legislation protecting a mother’s right to breastfeed? La Leche League summarizes New York state law on breastfeeding:
As far back as 1984, NY exempted breastfeeding of infants from their criminal statute. Then, in 1994 NY led the nation by enacting the most progressive breastfeeding […]
[Note: post edited to censor the picture. I’ve been asked to take down the picture of the shirt due to a ridiculous claim by the National Pork Board that the humorous lactivist slogan “The Other White Milk” infringes on the Pork Board’s trademark “The Other White Meat.” Now I can understand if someone where trying […]
I wrote a three part series on breast milk sales on eBay over the last few days (On-Line Auctions of Human Breast Milk; Update; eBay Responds).
In the poll many people voiced the opinion that nonprofit milk banks are the only proper and safe way to facilitate exchanges of expressed breast milk. However, the […]
Colleen Newman of My Baby & More first expressed outrage at the fact that on February 3, 2007, certain Wal-Mart stores across the country will be hosting a “Nutrition and Feeding Educational Seminar” sponsored by Similac formula makers. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and visitors can expect to get “bundles of […]
In West Virginia a bill which would exempt breastfeeding from the state’s public indecency laws easily passed in the Senate today. According to the Charleston Gazette, several members of the House of Delegates would like to see the protection strengthened with passage of one of the stronger proposed measures I discussed earlier. Physician and state […]
When my preschooler was three, all she wanted for Christmas was a Baby Born doll (pictured at left). Her friend had a similar Zapf Creation doll, Baby Annabell, and of course my daughter wanted one too. Baby Born comes with a potty and a plastic plate and spoon and even some pretend “food” (don’t get […]
Remember my screenshot of the eBay ad touting a “huge selection” of “breast milk”? I wrote to eBay last Thursday to ask whether it permits the sale of breast milk. On Friday the one open listing for human breast milk was removed from eBay. Later the one completed listing was removed as well. Today I […]
At 2:30 a.m. I stumbled through the dark to my toddler’s bed. I didn’t bother to put my eyeglasses on even though everything appeared quite fuzzy to me without them. I could hear my daughter crying for me and I could vaguely make out her tiny form in the bed. I lay down next to […]
My rating: 5 out of 5.
Details: Children’s paperback book published in 1994.
Subject: Nursing mammals (which include humans!)
Appropriate age of child: age 6 months and up.
Languages: also available in the Spanish version Nos Gusta Amamantar
Cons: I’d love to see a board book version of this. The paperback book is printed with fairly sturdy paper and […]
No reply from eBay yet on this post. Breast milk has not been added to the group of prohibited and restricted items but the one open listing for human breast milk has been removed. Even though I did not directly alert eBay to that listing, I feel a slight twinge of guilt about my question […]
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