Kathy D is betting dollars to doughnuts that our Massachusetts legislators don't even know that children can breastfeed after 3. Well, Kathy, I guess you're just not familiar with the central role Dunkin Donuts plays in the lives of New Englanders...that's a very serious bet indeed! ;-) The fact is that these changes were made *after* the testimony (although I have to wonder how many legislators actually showed up) which included professional (including Marsha Walker) and mother testimony. It is possible that information on appropriate duration of breastfeeding wasn't included, but I'll check. I'm 98% certain it was included in the written testimony. We are also working with our friends in the legislature to see how this perversion transpired and how this 3 year old cutoff came about. My mister, while we were talking about this last night, suggested that an age limit is a good thing if only to prevent teens from going at it in public, but 3 is way too low. 10 would be more like it. Yeah, I mis-spoke when I spoke about the intent of the changes, but this is sophisticated Massachusetts here, I don't think we should hold that figurative bar down at ankle-level. Another issue is that breaking this law by breastfeeding a 3 yo in public could possibly put one on the sex offender list. We've had problems in the state which our procedures regarding this, a man getting blacklisted for urinating off his own porch at night. We're also checking on those implications. Thanks for the input so far! :-) -- Beth Johnson Perinatal Educator, Doula Springfield, MA USA "Breastmilk: anything else is less." *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html