Do you know what offends Park Slope breastfeeding moms more than banning breastfeeding? Covering up artwork that features nipples! A painting of a topless woman at Tea Lounge on Union Street was briefly censored, thanks to a concerned employee. more ›

A breast cancer survivor isn't letting a double mastectomy prohibit her from giving her new baby breast milk: Over two dozen moms have happily donated their breast milk to Brooklyn resident Eva van Dok Pinkley, according to the Daily News. She says, "What they are doing, it's not easy to do. I'm just stunned at the amount of trouble that they are going through for me. I think of them and what they have done and give thanks." more ›

Have you been wondering what to get that little girl who has graduated from her baby bikini or (faux) high heels? And maybe she's just too young—like maybe she's 6— for a padded bra or virgin bikini wax? Well, don't sweat: The makers of the Breast Milk Baby Doll are committed to making sure as many people as possible can buy their doll, which offers kids the experience of breastfeeding with the help of a doll and a "special flowered halter top which activates the dolls suckling mechanism." more ›

We already knew that breastfeeding can be a touchy issue with lawsuits, Facebook feuds and subway rallies (also toys)but now a new study has come along which suggests that although breastfeeding may be economical and healthy, the social and workplace costs can be potentially great to mothers. According to the study breastfeeding mothers are viewed by potential employers as being "significantly less competent in general, in math and work specifically." more ›

Breast is best, except maybe when your just-born baby is accidentally given to another woman. A Brooklyn woman sued Long Island College Hospital for damages after her baby daughter was, thanks to a nurse's mixup, given to another mother for her first breastfeeding (hello, colostrum!). However, the state Supreme Court Appellate Division court ruled against Lynda Williams' lawsuit, saying she and her husband failed to show "any mental distress or emotional disturbances they may have suffered as a result of the alleged direct injury inflicted upon the infant," since the baby ended up fine. Know who's not fine? Williams, who wants to appeal to a higher court, "They screwed up and I'm angry. I wondered if [Jalyn] was my baby." more ›

Everyone loves boobs and everyone loves food, which means everyone loves talking about that natural and naturally controversial topic, breast-feeding! First Lady Michelle Obama is promoting it, celebrities are doing it, there are foods being made from breast milk, many states require offices to have lactation rooms, and people (rightfully) get upset when they can't do so in public. But one Upper West Side condo board isn't so keen on "breast-feeding resource center" The Upper Breast Side, which is located in its first floor. more ›

One chocolate shop wasn't very sweet on the idea of a customer breastfeeding her daughter in their establishment, and now one year after the incident that she claims got her barred from the store, she's suing. Last August Manhattan mom Julia Acevedo-Taylor was at Lily O'Brien's Chocolate Cafe on West 40th Street when she had to breastfeed her then 5-month-old daughter, Jordan—she was with a friend who was also nursing her baby at the time. Her lawyer says, "They were being as discreet as possible. It wasn't one of those things where they were wide open." Even if they were, it's totally within their rights! more ›

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is not satisfied with only having the world know that she's a gorgeous, rich, 30-year-old with NFL star quarterback Tom Brady between her thighs... but she's also immune to childbirth pains and has some very big ideas about "worldwide law." As one might imagine, this is just pissing off regular moms with regular husbands, standard bank accounts, and meh cheekbones. more ›

Today the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Yadiris Rivera, who was fired from her job for wanting to pump breast milk during the work day. Rivera, a Newark resident, had been working (for six years) at a mammography center in Manhattan and received positive reviews and performance-based raises during her entire time there. more ›

Looks like Facebook is still fighting against the breastfeeding masses, who maintain that those posting images of the act should not be banned. One woman, April, has now written an open letter to the company, and points out that there are plenty of boobs on the site that they're not threatening to ban—you know, the non-lactating ones attached to the likes of Megan Fox. Her public scrutiny comes after a recent threat from the company; she explains, "I finally tandem nursed my babies successfully for the first time. Facebook told me this picture was offensive. And warned me that they will delete my account if I continue to break the rules." Surely this can all be solved over a glass of Riesling and some breastmilk cheese. more ›

Hey kids, you can get kicked out of the library and IKEA now too! Meet Bebe Gloton, which translates to Greedy Baby, or more accurately: Creepy Breastfeeding Baby Doll. A Spanish toy company created the toy, which comes with a bra-like halter top featuring flowers where the milk would come from. Allegedly it's "latched on to the petals, where it emits a suckling sound, before it has to be burped to stop it from crying" (as demonstrated in this video). The View ladies discussed the controversial doll, which is currently only sold in Spain, and Elizabeth Hasselbeck admitted that her daughter imitated her breastfeeding. The creator said that they realized girls were, in fact, imitating the action, and the doll garnered a positive reaction amongst them; "Their faces of happiness said it all." Well, breastfeeding is linked to lowering cancer risks. And the world awaits the Park Slope Parents message board thread... more ›

As a part of World Breastfeeding Week, a number of mothers and their children took to the subways for the fifth annual Breastfeeding Mothers' Subway Caravan. The point of the caravan is to remind non-lactating people that breastfeeding on the subway is totally legal—the NYC Department of Health says, "In New York State, employers must provide time and a space to pump breast milk. Both New York City and New York State have laws that protect a woman's right to breastfeed in public." more ›

Lactivists are probably still reeling from the IKEA incident, but now CityRoom reports that on July 30th, Enrique Velez and Marta Lily were ticketed while breastfeeding in their parked car on East 27th Street. While they admit they were in a no-standing zone, their 6-month-old wasn't about to wait for them to get home, so Velez had run to his office nearby to heat up the breast milk. Allegedly he got caught up on a phone call, and Lily began nursing. Though their car wasn't blocking anyone, the officer gave them a $115 ticket for parking in a commercial no-meter zone, even though the no-standing restriction was only valid for another 20 minutes. The couple, as well as bystanders, explained the circumstances in hopes the officer would let it go, but to no avail. Velez told the site, “He didn’t care. We were not blocking anybody. It’s not like we had to move. There were not even cars.” Should the officer have turned a blind eye? more ›

The big bad Big Box IKEA is the latest to ostracize breastfeeding moms from their establishment. One Brooklyn mom tells her recent story of being banished to the bathroom when she tried to feed her 6 1/2 month old something other than Swedish meatballs at the store:

On Wednesday I was in IKEA Red Hook in the middle of breastfeeding, fully covered, when I was told I had to stop doing "that" and go to the nearby family bathroom. The IKEA employee and security guards were extremely rude to us. I was hustled off to the bathroom and then had to wait because someone else was using it. I was humiliated, my daughter was upset from being interrupted in the middle of her feed. When eventually I gave up and headed for the car to finish feeding, the security guards who had seen the entire event insisted on checking my receipts. I'm putting together a formal complaint to IKEA. I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else?

If you thought his troubles with designer Jack McCollough were resolved, you were wrong. Kiefer Sutherland had been waiting to find out if the misdemeanor assault charges against him would be dropped until just now. Good thing we weren't holding our breath. TMZ reports that Sutherland is totally in the clear for the incident that took place back in May. An incident that would have been way more interesting if the actor were more Jack Bauer in real life, or even if he channeled his previous Christmas tree attack. So let's get on to the juicier Kiefer news. Page Six reports that he was spotted making out in public! With his girlfriend! Stars, they're just like us but with headlines. He and Siobhan Bonnouvrier lost themselves in a "hot make-out session" on on the lawn of Hudson River Park near 12th Street this past Saturday. An eye witness told the rag, "They had their hands all over each other. They really got into it. One young mom breast-feeding her baby nearby was like, 'Go Kiefer!'" Our sources who were on the scene with said breast-feeding mom say there was even a thong-flashing involved. more ›

Sure, World Breastfeeding Week isn't until August, but the lactivists can celebrate a small victory today. The NY Post reports that "the Brooklyn Public Library was forced to apologize to a new mother after a security guard scolded her on two occasions for breast-feeding her daughter in a children's book area." The female security guard was allegedly unaware that New York law dictates that women have the right to breast-feed at any time, in any location. The mom, Danielle Glanvill, said the guard "was uncomfortable with the flesh of my breast being exposed and told me what I was doing was 'inappropriate in front of the children'," and walked away when she tried to explain the law. After contacting the New York Civil Liberties Union, the guard was transferred to a different branch, memos were hung up, the library apologized, and the breast-feeding continues amongst the books in Brooklyn. more ›

After Facebook removed photos of breast-feeding mothers from profile pages and albums, a protest group—on Facebook, naturally—has emerged. The "Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!" has almost 60,000 members who support nursing moms' right to post photos of breast-feeding their babies. The Daily News reports that Facebook only removes photos shown with full boob—Facebook wants the site to "[remain] a safe, secure and trusted environment for all users, including the many children [over the age of 13]"—but Mothers International Lactation Campaign has asked folks, on December 27, "change your profile picture for one day, to one which includes an image of a nursing mom." A Brooklyn lactation consultant tells the News, "The more people see breast-feeding, the more normal it becomes. It's a natural, beautiful state to be in." Previously, breast-feeding moms have taken on Toys R Us, Barbara Walters, and formula. more ›

The lactivists were at it again today! WNBC reports that to help kick-off World Breastfeeding Week, "breast-feeding advocates boarded an A train on Friday for a ride from the Bronx to Brooklyn to call attention to a mother's right to nurse her baby." Since breastfeeding in public has been legal for 14 years, their main goal was to get NY lawmakers "to pass legislation that would require health care providers to tell pregnant women about the benefits of breast-feeding before and after delivery." State Senator Liz Krueger was amongst the group today, and noted that the bill would in part "ban commercial interests from pressuring new mothers into using formula." more ›