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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