Complimenting the Nursing Mother
January 24, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism
As part of the breastfeeding bloggers’ New Year’s resolutions I took the Motherwear Pledge to choose at least three ways to support breastfeeding this year. One of the things I pledged to do was to compliment another mother who was nursing in public.
I got my chance the other night at the gym (see, I’ve been keeping my own New Year’s resolution to get more exercise). I saw a mother seated in a leather chair outside the gym day care. As her infant boy nursed he played with a silk scarf — I suspect as a way to distract him …read more
