Hi Lactnet friends, I can’t formally introduce myself since I’m a longtime list member, but I would like to update you on what I’ve been up to. I have been pretty silent on the list, finding out how much time it takes to launch a new company. After working on Milk, Money & Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding, I wanted to do more breastfeeding books along with children’s books that showed slings, attachment dads, breastfeeding in public, family beds - you know, stuff you and I consider healthy and normal. The result - Platypus Media, my new publishing company producing books for families, teachers and parenting professionals. I want to let you know about some of the titles. Breastfeeding Annual International 2001 (BAI 2001) is an anthology of current and topical articles on many important issues in breastfeeding: medical research; legislative; clinical; and public policy. Leading experts in the field of breastfeeding and human lactation including, Ruth Lawrence, MD, Lawrence Gartner, MD, Miriam Labbok, MD, Katherine Dettwyler, Ph.D., Thomas Hale, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Baldwin, Esq. contributed their knowledge and perspective on a wide range of topics including breastfeeding and the premature baby; medications and breastfeeding; relactation and adoptive nursing; breastfeeding and the law; contraindications to breastfeeding, and night-feeding and the family bed. My favorite chapter is by Wendy Dobson, MS, RD, LD, called, “WIC: Promoting Breastfeeding in a Bottle-feeding Culture.” The book also has a wonderful resource list. Breastfeeding At A Glance: Facts, Figures and Trivia about Lactation is a 25-page booklet filled with answers to frequently asked questions about breastfeeding including benefits of breastfeeding for mother, baby and community; breastfeeding rates in the U.S. and throughout the world; information on mammal lactation and breastfeeding and the law; an extensive resource list and more. It was written by me and Cynthia Good Mojab, MS with Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam, Ph.D. (all Lactnet junkies!). It is fully referenced, it has over 20 charts, tables and illustrations. One children’s book I’d like to point out is If My Mom Were A Platypus: Animal Babies and Their Mothers. Jim McKenna, Ph.D., at the University of Notre Dame, calls this book “an amazing achievement… Zoologists will get lost in the accuracy and detail of her descriptions of birth and feeding. Children will be captivated by the beautiful pictures and stories of mammal mother and baby pairs.” Another children’s book to know about is Look What I See! Where Can I Be? In the Neighborhood, an exquisitely photographed guessing game/picture book that captures a young child’s daily routine in an urban neighborhood. This book shows an attachment family and features a mom wearing a La Leche League logo necklace as she (gasp…) breastfeeds in public. I don’t mean for this to sound like a sales pitch, but I am really excited about the books, about starting an attachment parenting press, and about finding ways to extend my belief that breastfeeding does not happen in a vacuum. If you want to find out more, check out my website - PlatypusMedia.com (it also has a great article about Attachment Parenting by Cynthia Good Mojab, MS). You can buy the books there, you can also get them from La Leche League, at bookstores nationwide, through Booksense.com and Amazon.com and the Attachments catalog (attachmentscatalog.com). There are discounts for people involved in education, La Leche League members and homeschoolers, so let me know if you need details about that. Sorry to be so long, but this has been years in the making and I’m excited to have news to share! - Dia Dia Michels Platypus Media 627 A Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Toll-free 1-877-PLATYPS (1-877-752-8977) 202-546-1674 / 202-546-2356-fax [log in to unmask] PlatypusMedia.com *********************************************** 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