Photos of Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding “for sale”

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Jane HBFW

Jamie Lynn’s baby, Britney’s niece, is breastfed - we know this because allegedly, photos of her breastfeeding the baby are being offered for sale by a Wal-Mart employee after Casey, baby Maddie’s dad, took the memory card in to be processed.

It’s apparently an offence to sell photos of a minor with an exposed breast, whether taken [...]

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Breastfeeding in public - what was your experience?

Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Jane HBFW

I’ve just seen this story in the Daily Mail from earlier in the week.  According to this article:
“New mothers dread breastfeeding their babies in public because of stares and criticism - and one in eight have actually been asked to stop, a report out today reveals.
Fully 38 per cent, almost two out of five new [...]

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