I'm really of two minds about this. Most conferences I go to either do not allow babies or do not encourage babies to be present during lectures. I do however, greatly admire LLL and think that at the very least, they should support their own philosophy! HOWEVER, I was very, very annoyed at an LLL conference a few years ago (in Israel): during the plenary session, a physician was presenting an excellent and detailed explanation of bf immunology, and in the middle of the lecture hall was a very noisy toddler whose mother refused to take out of the lecture hall. No one could hear the lecture. I thought that this was very unfair of the mother, who stood on her "rights". The conference leaders were too embarrassed to speak with her. I decided that unless I was reallllly interested in the subject matter of a LLL conference, I would avoid them in the future. Bottom line, I think that I was MOST disappointed in the conference leaders who abrogated their responsibility to the majority (not to mention to the lecturer who was really angry, judging by her expression). Just my own experience. Judy Knopf