Family briefs: Breastfeeding, marketing to kids, Leap Day babies.

The newly revised "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" is now available.

The book, known to many moms as the breast-feeding bible, features current research on the benefits of human milk, instructions on how to position a baby, suggestions on working and breast-feeding, and more.

The book is published by La Leche League International, a nonprofit organization that provides information and encouragement through mother-to-mother support groups. For more information or to contact a local group, see www.lalecheleague.org.

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MOMMY, BUY THIS!

There's a reason more stores are stocking those car-shaped shopping carts. Keeping kids entertained but near their parents is a savvy marketing strategy.

Children influence billions of dollars' worth of food and beverage purchases each year, according to James McNeal, author of "The Kids Market: Myths and Realities."