At 10:00 PM 1/9/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>breastfeed.  There is a "cookie kickoff" meeting next week, and the
>invite says "no tagalongs."  I asked if this mom could bring her
>breastfeeding baby who stays in the sling.  This was the woman's reply,
>with the reply I would LIKE to send her imbedded....
>
>>   And since she is nursing, when she needs to feed the baby, if she
>>could do it away from the event-not around the girls.  I don't think
>>it's a big deal, but some parents may not approve.
>
>I kinda do think it is a big deal.  And it is also not only not
>reasonable, but against the law.  In the state of California the law
>very specifically says that a. a woman may breastfeed her child anywhere
>and b. that no one can make her leave an event (or not allow her to
>attend) simply because she is breastfeeding.   (Go here to read the
>actual law--http://www.lalecheleague.org/Law/Bills11.html)
>
>Joylyn

Joylyn,

I have been a brownie leader for 7 years and breastfeeding for 11 years
next month.  I live in South Carolina, not California, and do not have time
to read the CA law, so I may not fully understand the situation.  I have
read several replies stating that anywhere the child and mother can be
together, the child can breastfeed.  I would personally attend with my 19mo
(his current age) and breastfeed him if needed and deal with it then.  The
reason I would not point out the nursing thing in advance is that they are
making an exception to allow the child to attend and could just as easily
withdraw the exception if they don't like your terms.  Therefore, the child
would no longer be allowed to be there. Personally, I think that
breastfeeding should be more encouraged by Girl Scouts, but also that they
should have more tolerance for younger siblings as MOST mothers will at
some time have a child younger than their first.  I think they are
discriminatory toward those of us with more than the accepted 2 children.

Paula Hart (mother of a junior, a brownie, and 2 boy scout wanna-be's)

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