Self-righteous parents of the Bay Area, listen up! This week is National Breast Feeding Week (August 1-7), and you're invited to braise in your own holier-than-thou juices regarding infant nutrition this Thursday at Todos Santos Plaza during the farmers market from 5 to 7 p.m. It's all in recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, and it's hosted by the Supplemental Food and Nutrition Program of Contra Costa Health Services' Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. more ›

A group that bills itself as the Marin Breastfeeding Coalition has started an unusual campaign in Marin County to get women to breastfeed their babies. In the next coming weeks, life-sized cardboard cutouts of woman breastfeeding will be put up across the North Bay, with cutouts of the making their debut this week at The Village shopping center in Corte Madera. (To check out images of the ads, go here and here.) more ›