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<p>A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the <a href=" http://mamaknowsbreast.com/2006/11/breast_feeding_icon.php#trackbacks" >contest</a> Mothering magazine was running to create an new international breast feeding symbol. The idea is that there should be something similar to the signs which indicate no smoking, or a ladies room or handicapped access. So at long last, breast feeding moms, there's something for you too. Drum rollllllllll please....here's the winner.</p>

<p><img alt="winningicon.jpg" src="http://mamaknowsbreast.com/images/winningicon.jpg" width="200" height="196" /></p>

<p>The magazine has made the image available copyright free, for use in the public domain. That means anyone can download it. Go to <a href=" http://www.mothering.com/sections/action_alerts/iconcontest/icon-winner.html">Mothering</a> to download the symbol for your own use, and to read what the magazine has to say about the symbol. Here's an excerpt:</p>

<p><em>The purpose of an international symbol for breastfeeding is to increase public awareness of breastfeeding, to provide an alternative to the use of a baby bottle image to designate baby friendly areas in public, and to mark breastfeeding friendly facilities...(S)ometimes there are no chairs in public, sometimes nowhere to change the baby, or for the mother separated from her baby, nowhere to plug in an electric breast pump. Mothers welcome quiet, private places in public where they can collect themselves and their children. The symbol could designate these kinds of places. In addition, businesses could use this symbol to designate a lactation room, required now by law in California. Restaurants could use the image to let moms know, "Breastfeeding welcome here."</em></p>

<p>You can also read an interview with the creator of the symbol, Matt Daigle of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is a stay-at-home dad, freelance graphic designer, and cartoonist. He and his wife have a one-year-old son. </p>

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