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Two women are facing charges after they were accused of being drunk at a Salem shopping mall with their infant children.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Police said a shopper called them when he noticed one of the women lying in a puddle holding her baby above her head. Officials described the two women as so drunk they could hardly stand.Police were called to the Mall at Rockingham Park at 6:15 p.m. Monday."Actually, one of them was lying on the ground in a puddle, and a puddle in a parking lot has grease and oil in it and some water, and she was holding the infant above her head," Capt. Joel Dolan said.Investigators said Baylie Lecolst, 22, and Amber Giordano, 24, admitted that they had been consuming alcohol during the day. But beyond that, police said, the two friends were uncooperative, and the booking process took four hours."During the booking process, the shift commander was holding one of the babies for a while, as well as the dispatchers were helping out holding the babies," Dolan said.One baby was 1 month old, and the other was 4 months old, police said. Dolan said the shift commander gave an order Monday night that he has likely never given before in his career."He had to order her to stop breastfeeding," Dolan said.Police were concerned that the woman was so drunk that the child could have been affected. A local lactation specialist told News 9 that women who have more than a glass or two of wine are advised not to breastfeed their babies because although it's diluted, alcohol does pass into breast milk.The babies were released into the custody of their grandparents. Lecolst and Giordano were charged with misdemeanor counts of child endangerment. They were released on personal-recognizance bail and are scheduled to be back in court Oct. 31.Get the WMUR app12967056