A Day in the Life of a Breastfeeding Toddler

A children's board book portraying a breastfeeding toddler during one of his typical days. The book features 28 pages of high quality black and white photos. It is both printed and bound in the U.S.A. Current and former breastfed children of all ages now have a story they can relate to.

Exploring the collection of "baby books" at our local library, we noticed a striking absence of any mention or depiction of breastfeeding. Our child, Mez, seemed particularly attracted to books with photographs, and we found plenty of pictures of babies eating solid foods (like chocolate, ice cream, and even orange cheese curls), but no images to which a breastfeeding baby or toddler could relate. Breastfeeding is now recommended by experts across the board, so where are the baby books that depict it? We decided to create one.

The photographs for this book were shot on Saturday, September 4, 2004. To fill gaps in the narrative, extra photographs were shot on Sunday, September 5, 2004. The images were captured with a Sony DSC-F707 digital camera in 2560X1920 JPEG mode. The images were converted to black-and-white using adjustment layers in Adobe Photoshop. Each page was laid out using the illustration program Sketch (now called Skencil), which is free software. The back page was typeset using LATEX, which is also free software.

The pages of this book were printed by Rohrer Corporation in Wadsworth, Ohio. This book was hand-assembled and bound with organic cotton in Las Cruces, NM.

It is rare these days to find a children's book (or anything else for that matter) that is designed, printed, and assembled in the USA. We are very proud that we have been able to accomplish this. We can assure you that we will never outsource any of our work overseas.

About the Authors:

Lauren Serafin, Jason Rohrer, Mez and Ayza live in Las Cruces, NM. There they live a life of voluntary simplicity. It took a little planning, but they were able to cut out many of the material needs that they once depended on in order to be able to spend the time they wanted to on their own projects as well as with each other. Instead of working traditional jobs, they are free to seek out interesting projects that sometimes help them make ends meet. They also have free time to do local volunteer work as well.

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