My hospital-affiliated daycare has now "politely" asked me not to
breastfeed my just-turned-two-year-old son in his new daycare classroom,
following my attempts to settle him down the other day after a stressful
transition to his new room (and an unexpected sighting of mom, who was
there to do an orientation.)

The reason the director is giving is that they have noticed "that children
who have been weaned often have a "setback" when they see their peers
nursing so we try to keep it from being a distraction in the classroom,
where we want the focus to lean a bit towards "school" rather than home."

I am understandably upset about this.  It is not even as much an issue for
me (I am returning to clinical duties next week and will almost never be
at daycare to pick him up or drop him off) but I am appalled at the
attitude.

I searched the archives, remembering a similar case, but it wasn't as
relevant as I had thought.  If anyone has any literature to support that
this should not be an issue (yes, I know the burden should be on them to
support why it is an issue), I'd appreciate their posting a reference to
it.

(BTW, Nancy, congrats on your son's victory!  Excellent project!)

Shannon Tierney McElearney, MD
University of Virginia

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