When an Ohio daycare discriminated against Robin Neorr by charging more to feed her daughter breastmilk, she didn’t just get mad. She decided to work for change. She got involved in the movement of lactation activism and formed the Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition. Among other things, the group will work for legislative change, starting with revising the child care guidelines so that day care centers cannot discriminate against breastfed babies.
If you live in Ohio and want to help Robin and fellow Ohioan Jennifer of The Lactivist promote the cause of breastfeeding in that state, you can join the Ohio Breastfeeding …read more

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