Diane,

My only issue with this idea is that I rarely can tell you what the date 
is.  I brought this up at our Play Group this morning and every single 
mother pointed this out as soon as I said something to each one.  However, 
one mom had an idea that we are all going to try to implement in our own 
lives.  We each picked a place that we thought we would be at fairly often 
and that we thought not much breastfeeding is seen - places like church, 
the grocery store, the food court at the mall that has a "nursing room" 
within a few yards, etc.  Every time we are in "our" place, we will NIP if 
asked.  Thanks for the idea even if we did change it a little.

Paula Hart
Charleston, SC

At 09:48 AM 2/16/05 -0500, you wrote:
>For years, I've liked the idea of "birthday breastfeeding" as a way of 
>getting more, um, exposure for public breastfeeding.
>
>If mothers would make a point, on the date of their child's birth each 
>month (the 6th, the 12th, whatever), of nursing in public, think how much 
>more breastfeeding we'd see.  Most of us don't *try* to breastfeed in 
>public.  If it's convenient, we wait until we get home, or we choose an 
>inconspicuous spot.  But this one try a month at being clearly visible 
>(discreet, but not invisible, and maybe in a place where not much 
>breastfeeding is seen) would mean a whole army of women - not a nurse-in, 
>not a political statement, nothing said - would show up in a whole array 
>of places day after day.  A quiet revolution, and very very easy to 
>organize.  I sure wish LLL would pick up the idea...
>
>Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
>www.wiessinger.baka.com

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