Photo: Frazer Harrison/GettyWomen are constantly criticized and shamed for breastfeeding in public — but they can now officially say that it iscompletely legalacross the United States.For years, there were just two states — Utah and Idaho — that did not have laws in place toprotect nursing motherswho need to breastfeed in public. But with new legislation, both states are now on board.The bill passed in Utahwith some resistance — the legislation at first stated that “A woman may breastfeed in any place of public accommodation … irrespective of whether the woman’s breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast-feeding,” in line with the rest of the country....

Photo: Kenner Police Police began investigating Froeba on August 16, 2018, when she called 911 to report that her young daughter was unresponsive. According to an online obituary, the girl was namedDaisy Marie Froeba. Responding officers found Daisy had stopped breathing and rushed her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. While officers did not observe anything unusual with the child, they noticed Froeba was allegedly lethargic and slurring her words....

Photo: Getty Thebenefits of breastfeedingare well documented, but researchers have found a more specific advantage: Nursing directly from the breast is linked to a lower risk of obesity in babies than being bottle fed — even if it’s with pumped breast milk. While overall,giving babies breastmilk via any method— breastfeeding, pumping, supplementing with formula if needed — is best, children who nursed from the breast had lower body mass indexes at three months old, and researchers believe that it may also decrease their risk of becoming overweight or obese later in life....

A mother nursing. A new studyfrom researchers at UCLA Health found that mothers over age 50 whobreastfed their babiesperformed better on cognitive tests than women who never nursed, indicating that breastfeeding can improve brain health. “Our findings, which show superior cognitive performance among women over 50 who had breastfed, suggest that breastfeeding may be ‘neuroprotective’ later in life,” Dr. Molly Fox, an assistant professor of anthropology and psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA and the lead author of the study, said in a press release....

Model Mara Martin was “proud” to represent working moms whenshe walked the runway while breastfeeding her daughteron Sunday night. “You can do it all,” Martin, 30, told PEOPLE one day after walking in theSports IllustratedSwim Search fashion show. “You can go out. You can pursue your dream. You can totally work, you can have a kid. You can be in a bathing suit. You can be confident in your body no matter what it looks like....

Breastfeeding proponents are cheering a Texas mother for her clever response after a man criticized her fornursingin public. “I’m SO over peopleshaming womenfor nursing!!!” the friend wrote, later adding: “PS: To reduce speculation: it was a man who asked her to cover up, it was 90 degrees and extremely humid, and, no, she wasn’t in a Muslim country disrespecting traditions.🙄” Dudley was initially wearing a breastfeeding cover inside the restaurant but decided to remove it due to the extreme heat, she said onToday....

A Minnesota mom who waskicked out of local swimming pool for breastfeedingon Wednesday plans to file discrimination charges. Stephanie Buchanan was wading in a kiddie pool with her 3-month-old son Roman at the Mora Aquatic Center in Mora, Minn. when he started to get fussy. “A patron came up, a lady, at the pool, and told me that I needed to cover up because her sons were swimming,” Buchanan said....

Photo: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Artleta Ramirez is trying to understand why aPrince WilliamCounty judge has ordered her to “make every effort to place the child on a feeding schedule and use a bottle” as she’s exclusively breastfed her daughter since her birth in July. She also breastfed her older son for two years. “Why are they forcing me to stop breastfeeding?” she said, according to thePost. “Isn’t that her right?...

A Louisiana mom isorganizing a breastfeeding sit-inafter she was told to cover up while nursing at a Buffalo Wild Wings.Bobee Carroll was feeding her 3-month-old daughter Addison when the restaurant manager told her that their waiter wasuncomfortablewith Carroll breastfeeding at the table.“She had this fleece blanket and she said ‘Do you have a cover for her?’ I said no and she said ‘Well here I brought one for you’ and I said that’s illegal for you to tell me that I have to cover up,”Bobee told KTAL....

“Unless you were really looking, you would only think I was holding her,”Bullard told local news station WRBL. But 20 minutesinto nursingAshlyn, Bullard said that one of the restaurant owners, a woman, came over. “She told me that I needed to cover up,” Bullard said. “When I told her I wouldn’t, she came over with a dishrag. I’m not sure where she got it from. And she tried to cover me and my daughter up....

Photo: Courtesy Sadie Durbin A Kentucky mom is suing Texas Roadhouse after a restaurant manager allegedlytried to cover her with a napkinwhile she breastfed her newborn daughter. Sadie Durbin was dining with her family at a Louisville location of the steakhouse chain on Nov. 15 when her then 7-week-old daughter started to get fussy. “She got hungry, so she needed to nurse,” the mom of two, 30, tells PEOPLE. “I latched her on like I always do, and she was nursing for maybe five minutes when I saw the manager coming around the corner, walking fast and shaking his head at me with a napkin in his hands....

News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH An Oregon mom was shocked after her doctor told her to cover up while breastfeeding during a checkup. Jennifer Howard went to Salem Clinic in June for her first appointment with a new doctor, to talk about postpartum depression. Howard had brought her 3-month-old daughter Evelyn along, and she started crying during the meeting. “I did what any mom would do: I picked her up and attempt to nurse her,”Howard told KOIN News....

Photo: Getty A California mom is warning other women to avoid KLM Airlines after she claims a flight attendant insisted thatshe cover up while breastfeeding, in accordance with the airline’s policy. “Here’s a warning to all breastfeeding moms: do NOT fly with KLM!” Angel wrote, before explaining that she was nursing her 1-year-old daughter on a flight from San Francisco to Amsterdam when the flight attendant tried to cover her with a blanket....