Daycare Charges Extra for Handling Breast Milk
February 25, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, law
Add this story to the daycare hall of shame. Tanya at the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog first reported in January about a daycare charging more for feeding a baby expressed breast milk rather than artificial baby milk. It makes no sense whatsoever for a daycare to charge extra for handling breast milk. As Tanya noted, the Centers for Disease Control does not consider breast milk a hazardous bodily fluid and breast milk thus does not require any special handling, protection or storage by the daycare provider. Breast-fed babies are sick less often and less severely, translating into fewer illnesses spreading to …read more
