1. Wondering whether you can ring in the new year with a glass of champagne? Read what La Leche League and Thomas Hale, author of Medications and Mothers’ Milk, have to say about consumption of alcohol by breastfeeding mothers.
2. “Our” own Carnival of Breastfeeding regular Andi of Mama Knows Breast was on the CBS Early Show this morning to talk about the Facebook breastfeeding photo controversy. It’s well worth watching the five minute piece to see how Andi made some excellent points! Congratulations Andi!
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3. Read the interesting article on the history of breastfeeding featured at Blactating today.
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These breastfeeding interviews tell fascinating and inspiring personal stories and offer some of the most current information and advice on breastfeeding:
1. Breastfeeding Advocate, Author, and Breast Cancer Survivor Kathleen Huggins (She is the author of The Nursing Mother’s Companion and The Expectant Parents’ Companion: Simplifying What to Do, Buy or Borrow for an Easy Life with Baby, and co-author of Nursing Mother, Working Mother and The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning)
2. Dr. Jane Morton, Director of Breastfeeding Medicine at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine (She also put together this free video on …read more

Breastfeeding blogger Andi Silverman has written a “Girlfriend’s Guide”-type book called Mama Knows Breast: A Beginner’s Guide to Breastfeeding. I really liked so many things about the book, and I have just a few suggestions for changes in a future second edition (I boldly predict the book will have enough success to warrant one!)
The Best Things about Mama Knows Breast
1. It is a sassy yet savvy primer on breastfeeding.
2. The concise 160-page pocket guide manages to cover a full range of breastfeeding topics.
3. It is a quick and humorous read that packs a lot of information.
4. A vast majority of …read more