I’m hoping to alleviate a bit of cabin-fever with a newborn by lunching out. Any suggestions or ideas about restaurants in Santa Monica/W. LA that would be amenable to breast-feeding in public would be much appreciated.... (2 replies, last updated by JudiAU March 10, 2004)

for seal, walrus or whale ...) is so low in bad stuff that the state division of public health recommends ``unrestricted'' consumpition during pregnancy and breastfeeding because the fish options are so valuable to a balanced and... (2 replies, last updated by L June 10, 2006)

it. how on earth do you explain a society where public breastfeeding is acceptable and embraced but swiping a little plum lipstick on prior to leaving your restaurant booth has people up in arms? gads, get a grip, folks! (52 replies, last updated by Kate is always hungry September 8, 2008)

any other provision of law, a mother may breast feed her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the mother’s breast is covered... (15 replies, last updated by Cloudy September 13, 2002)

are strict vegetarians who don’t eat packaged foods or use iodized salt, and people who have higher iodine requirements – particularly pregnant or breast-feeding women...iodine is essential for proper fetal... (30 replies, last updated by Pollo January 4, 2008)

young children, at risk for a number of future health problems. The PCRM first gained public attention about 9-10 years ago when they proclaimed that children over the age of 1 had no need for milk – cow, goat, sheep, pig,... (9 replies, last updated by Hiko Ikeda November 1, 2002)

pies. Salad is great, wine (Mom may have to stay away if breastfeeding) Dad I’m sure will partake. I love to roast a turkey, easy, don’t have to do a big one, inexpensive, make some traditional stuffing and mashed... (26 replies, last updated by Mawrter March 10, 2009)

me think of trying to get something to hold up the pants of a Walrus. Have they tried "blubber suspenders?" In any case it seems as though the climate, food choices and lack of public transportation and sidewalks is dooming our... (129 replies, last updated by HollyDolly July 24, 2009)

navigating public transportation to a supermarket + carrying back loads of groceries versus walking a few blocks to get a quart of milk or a bag of chips, it’s pretty tempting to just go to the neighborhood market. 3.... (32 replies, last updated by Hungry Celeste August 7, 2007)

To start, you might read Margaret Visser’s Much Depends on Dinner and Jeremy MacClancy’s Consuming Culture (out of print, but you might find it at a library). They’re great books, and their bibliographies will... (20 replies, last updated by julia's child March 29, 2003)

Perhaps you misunderstood my peeve about the ‘yummy noises’. These are not discrete little ‘mmms’, these are all out, freakish yelps of orgasmic delight. They are really inappropriate in a public setting,... (98 replies, last updated by fladd August 5, 2002)

Filthy restaurants and/or those with roaches crawing around. Expensive meals (upscale/elegant) where waitstaff and managemnet ignore out of control children. I do not want to pay a premium and feel I am in McD’s. I... (42 replies, last updated by Scrapironchef May 15, 2008)

Unless medically necessary, don’t be overly restrictive in your diet if you are breastfeeding. Again, unless medically necessary, don’t use commercial baby foods...just puree/strain the things you cook for your family... (132 replies, last updated by GGS March 15, 2007)

, breastfeeding would consume a lot of calories. I am still breastfeeding. And I need to eat more than my husband just to keep myself from losing too much weight. I really am not bragging. Most of my friends went through the same... (72 replies, last updated by Gooseberry July 7, 2008)

A little research says otherwise. You want a study? How about this study from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health? It found that "male rats whose mothers were fed diets... (32 replies, last updated by Teddy September 17, 2005)