Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Wolds find proves medieval babies stayed healthy for longer on mother's milk

"Martin Wainwright
Saturday August 23, 2003
The Guardian

A study of infant bones from a deserted medieval village has given backing to the ancient nursing nostrum that "breast is best".

Evidence from Wharram Percy in the Yorkshire Wolds, abandoned when almost everyone was killed by the Black Death, shows that unweaned children were as healthy as their modern counterparts. "

CoverStory: "The Sacred Role Of Nursing Mothers

Lynne Schreiber
AUGUST 08, 2003


One Yom Kippur eve long ago in the city of Berditchev in what's now Ukraine, a congregation awaited the arrival of Rav Levi Yitzchak. As the hour grew late, they held up Kol Nidrei for the rabbi's arrival.




They didn't know that the rabbi was in a small hut, rocking and soothing a crying baby. He had been passing by on his way to shul when he heard the infant's loud wails. The door was locked, so the rabbi climbed in the window. 'The mother is unaware that tending to a baby takes precedence over davening, even on Yom Kippur,' the rabbi reasoned."

ClickOnDetroit.com - News - Woman Allegedly Harassed For Breast-Feeding At Taco Bell:

POSTED: 7:36 p.m. EDT July 14, 2003
A local mother said nursing her baby sent a Southfield Taco Bell manager into a frenzy, Local 4 reported."

CBC Saskatchewan: "
Breast milk bank demanded

REGINA - The Breastfeeding Committee for Saskatchewan is lobbying for human milk banks in the province, saying there's a demand for hospitals to offer the service to mothers and their babies.

The Committee also wants the milk banks so women have an alternative to formula."