Got Breast Milk? It's Official -- Nursing Is the Best Way to Feed Babies. Now Maine Employers, Physicians Are Urged to Support Moms

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It's 11 o'clock in the morning and the children attending the Bangor La Leche League meeting with their young mothers are growing fretful and hungry. The 4- and 5-year-olds roughhouse feverishly, their shrieks and squeals ascending to a nails-on-chalkboard pitch. They'll need a sandwich and a nap - soon.

But the needs of the younger, less independent set are simpler. As they begin to cry about losing a toy, or at dropping into a sudden, unexpected sit-down, or at needing a little something to eat, their mothers calmly lift them into their laps and allow them to nurse.

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Got Breast Milk? It's Official -- Nursing Is the Best Way to Feed Babies. Now Maine Employers, Physicians Are Urged to Support Moms

It works like magic. The tired babies and toddlers fall silent almost immediately, undisturbed by the raucous preschoolers or the animated conversation of the mothers.

Tiny 5-week-old Olivia sucks steadily, nestled in the crook of her mother's arm. Tregg, 21/2 years old, disappears discreetly under a flower-sprigged baby blanket, his pale green socks wiggling as he nurses. Lanky 2-year-old Gavin sprawls in his mother's lap, dreamily twining her long red hair around ... and around ... and around his w...

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