Weird alert! Besides enhancing the pectorals of the male species, male nipples can actually play a purpose other than decoration. Since men posses both mammary glands and pituitary glands––the essentials for lactation—they also have the ability to breastfeed. When the factors align properly, some doctors believe that men can partake in nourishing their children in the same way as women. Though this doesn’t happen in everyday circumstances, in some rare instances, men have been the breastfeeders.

Add this to the list of things not to do while drunk: breastfeed. Stacey Anvarinia, 26, from North Dakota, didn’t catch that memo. Earlier this year, police officers responded to an unrelated call at her home when they noticed she was drinking while breastfeeding. The brilliant cops weren’t sure if that was okay, so they put in a call to the local hospital to confirm that was not so good for the 6-week-old baby. The baby was taken out of Anvarinia’s custody. Yesterday, she plead guilty to child neglect and now she’s facing up to five years in prison. Clearly, the baby was put in harm’s way, even if the cops didn’t know it at first. But do you think this should be considered child abuse? [Grand Fork Herald]

 

President Obama “Put A Ring On It” in front of Beyonce. Priceless! [EW.com]

Papa Simpson supposedly screwed Nick Lachey out of $500,000 for a fitness video, when he instead arranged for Jessica Simpson to do the video alone for the full price of $1 million. [Perez Hilton]—Gotta love a dad who has your and HIS best interests at heart.

Finally, a real use for Crocs—a doggie bed. I guess if Fido is going to chew the hell out of a “shoe” it might as well be his own fugtastic bed. [DListed]

 

Along with adults in Santa hats and Scientology, fury over women breastfeeding in public and in photos is something I just don’t understand. The latest breast feeding scandal comes courtesy of Facebook, which removed photos of mothers nursing their babies from their personal pages. More than 58,000 people have joined a Facebook group called “Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!” to protest the censorship of the photos. “Whether there’s a nipple exposed or not, female breasts, specifically in the context of breast-feeding, should not be considered obscene,” says Stephanie Muir, one of the group’s administrators. I completely agree—feeding and nourishing a child through breastfeeding is one of the most natural things on earth and just because the body part she uses to do so has been sexualized in other ways by society, doesn’t mean the act of nursing is sexual or obscene. Hey Facebook, why don’t you spend a little more time dealing with all the pro-rape “flair” on your site instead? [NY Daily News]

I just read a post on Perez Hilton about Salma Hayek still breastfeeding her baby. Her baby’s only, what, like one or so, so it seems totally within the realm of normal and I didn’t think much of it. But then! Ohmigod, then I watched this video over at Nerve’s Scanner about an 8-year-old still nursing from her mama’s boobs and it was seriously one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen (and I’ve been riding the subway for years, so I’ve seen lots of disturbing stuff). The part where the mother says, “If there’s any monkey business, you have to leave. I’m not having that” is super creepy. I can only imagine what sort of monkey business she might be referring to—nipple pinching? Using teeth? Lapping them around?) Oh, and I totally got the willies when the girl’s older sister, who was nursed until she was five, says about her mother’s breast milk: “Better than anything in the world. Better than a mango even.” But you guys, that’s not even the worst of it. Well, there’s sketches, and pet names, and well, you’ll just have to watch the clip to see for yourself.

If you want a smart kid, you might want to consider breastfeeding. In a study of nearly 14,000 children, researchers found a positive link between breastfed babies and high performance on IQ tests at age six. The thing is that it’s hard to tell whether the breast milk itself is causing the IQ test performance scores to be higher, or if it’s related to the bond formed by breastfeeding. Either way, those who breastfed exclusively for at least the first three months scored an average of 5.9 points higher on IQ tests in childhood. [BBC]