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 from anything else going on around him and to get him to focus on nursing. Smart mama to use a trick like that to make nursing in public easier!

As I smiled at her she looked back at me a little sheepishly, which gave me all the incentive I needed to blurt out, “It’s so nice to see someone else doing that here!”

At first she was a little taken aback that I’d spoken to her. I think she was afraid I was going to chastise her or something! She smiled with relief and laughed her agreement. “I know!” she said, and she settled back comfortably in her chair. Mission accomplished.

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