High fives to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. The hospital was 1 of 59 nationwide deemed "Baby Friendly" from Baby-Friendly USA, a global program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. The hospital staff met 10 guidelines that earned them the distinction.

And so in honor of this, Maggie Moo of MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery will visit the Mission Hills facility Thursday to pass out milk shakes to the staff of the Labor and Delivery department to congratulate them for working hard and earning the honor. The fun comes just as National Breastfeeding Week ends, so hey, there's all these wacky connections going on.

From a story in the LA TIMES:

Nearly threequarters of new mothers in the United States breast-feed their babies, a new high, but they quit too soon and resort to infant formula too often, federal health officials said Thursday.

A government survey found that about 30% of new moms are feeding their babies only breast milk three months after birth.

At six months, 11% are breast-feeding exclusively.

And just so you know, I asked if the whole "Maggie Moo" thing was some kind of bovine reference to women who breast feed.

No, and no, said hospital rep. Natasha Adeimy. MaggieMoo's just happened to step up and provide shakes. But there will be a cow impersonator to hand out the goodies.