Practically all the books and magazines and doctors and “helpful advice-givers” seem to spew this uncontrollably: “Newborns nurse every two hours.”

Wait. What? Come again?

It sounded like you said “every two hours.” Surely you meant “nonstop for like 3 months?”

Or perhaps you meant “Babies come up for air every two hours.” Or at least mine do. 

New government figures are out on breastfeeding.

One mom shares why formula feeding was right for her

“I think I had this unrealistic expectation that it would be faster or easier. That that’s because that message is out there that you can lose weight so quickly after having a baby. But after investigating I found on average it takes about a year. I don’t want to send the message that’s it’s not important to lose the weight.”

The Office star, FiberOne spokesperson, and mom to Weston, almost one, gets real about breastfeeding, working motherhood, and losing the baby weight.

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In Louisville, Kentucky the mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement has produced a series of pro-breastfeeding PSA’s featuring a ‘talking’ baby, espousing the wonders of breast milk and encouraging viewers to appreciate public nursing. “Some people think breast-feeding in public is nasty, but it’s not,” the baby says. “It’s natural. And with Hooter Hiders, slings and the old baby blanket over the shoulder technique, Mom can feed me anywhere.” For a city’s mayor to back public breastfeeding in a nation where nursing moms still get gasped at, censored and arrested, I think this is a pretty huge step in the right direction. The ad’s caused quite an web stir, too (and generated more than one Chucky reference)… but not because of its message; the baby in question has a full set of teeth. 

Talking babies (with teeth): Disturbing? Awesome? For a good cause? What’s your take? Click for videos to help you decide.

Breast is Best for these 15 celebrity moms who nursed.

Good news for expectant and nursing mamas who crave coffee: a new study has found that consuming caffeine doesn’t cause their babies to wake up at night, reports NPR. Read full story

While I’ve never really understood the public’s fascination with celebrities’ mundane daily activities (so they shop for groceries… so what?), this past week’s huge news on the celeb-sighting front is, in my book, actually news: Beyoncé publicly breastfed her infant daughter, Blue Ivy, while dining in a restaurant with hubby Jay-Z, and it’s caused a bit of a stir. Read full post

A mother from Georgia was forced out of her church for breastfeeding her child during a service, reports WSAV TV. Nirvana Jennette, a mom of four, was asked to go feed her baby in a bathroom by church leaders. When Jennette refused and attempted to discuss the matter, her pastor compared her to a stripper and called breastfeeding “lewd.”  Full post and video

In Indonesia, unlike in the United States, breastfeeding isn’t considered simply a lifestyle or parenting choice; it’s the law. Exclusive breastfeeding has in fact been legally backed since 2009, and the laws have recently been strengthened. In a nation where clean water isn’t always available, the country hopes to have 80 percent of its babies exclusively breastfed by 2015, and to drastically reduce infant mortality rates in the process. Read full post

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Boobie Beanie, A Breastfeeding Baby Cap That Looks Like a Breast

Baby does what babies do when babies see boobies! 

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Following an incident in late November at a Houston area Target store where a breastfeeding mom, Michelle Hickman, was “harassed and humiliated” by Target employees for nursing her baby in the store, nurse-ins are being planned at Target stores in nearly every state across the country for 10 a.m. local time tomorrow morning.