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Pamela Morrison IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Aug 1997 23:40:07 +0200
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The discussion on public breastfeeding is so interesting.  Isn't it amazing
that this can stir up such strong emotions and become so controversial?
Carol Brussel wrote, "we must still seek a way to convince the "general
public" or "people," that this is normal human behavior".  It occurs to me
that if we want breastfeeding a baby/child of any age to be perceived as
normal and natural then we have to behave as if it is - let's remember that
we are still the baby's advocate, and start encouraging women to breastfeed
openly, "normally", just as they would at home.  If we urge breastfeeding
mothers to cover up, to "be discreet" so as "not to offend anyone", this
implies that breastfeeding is shameful and offensive.  It's not.  It's just
a nice normal natural way of feeding and comforting a baby/child - nothing
more, nothing less.  Let's continue to encourage one mother at a time to
keep the needs of her baby firmly in focus and urge her to let "the general
public" take care of it's own skewed perceptions (just my .O2).

Pamela, Zimbabwe

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