I am a feminist. I am a mother. I am a breastfeeding advocate. I found Janice Rocco's remarks on the new AAP recommendation that babies be breastfed for at least a year puzzling. Rather than condemning the AAP for simply telling the truth: that breastfeeding matters to mothers and babies, and that breastfeeding should be an important component of a baby's diet for at least the first 12 months, it would have been much more productive if you had taken the position espoused by the director of NOW's Connecticut chapter: the academy's recommendation should buttress support for legislation that would require employers to accommodate women who are breast-feeding. Mothers need accurate and complete information to make choices about their health and the health of their babies. Protecting them from this information because it might "make them feel guilty" is patronizing, and does not advance the cause of woman-friendly workplaces. For more information about working and breastfeeding, take a look at my web page, The Breastfeeding Advocacy Page, http://www.clark.net/pub/activist/bfpage/bfpage.html