At 05:05 PM 11/22/97 MDT, you wrote:
>Although it's nice that Disney has provided one comfortable room for
>breastfeeding  pairs there should  be more, lots more. And let's not forget
>that they are in cahoots (big time) with Nestle.

Not to be disagreeable, but I have to disagree.  When I was at Disney and
found this room, I was totally impressed.  I didn't expect it, I didn't
*need* it, but it was there, it was comfortable, I appreciated it.  If the
goal is to get more moms breastfeeding, it needs to become more commonplace
in public.  If Disney were to provide *more, lots more* rooms, then the
moms could be expected to use them rather than nurse in public, afterall
that's what the rooms are for right?  I would also think that if want
breastfeeding to become the norm, to show how perfectly natural it is, we
shouldn't ask for or expect special accomodations.  Isn't that one of the
things many moms find most appealing to bottle feeding, being able to do it
anywhere, anytime you want without critical eyes upon you.  We need to make
breastfeeding just as appealing for the same reasons.  The room they
provided was great, quiet enough to have a very relaxing nursing (I almost
fell asleep), without distraction from the noise or presence of passersby,
but I didn't want to use it the rest of the day, I wanted to visit Disney,
enjoy it's other amenities, and have my child do the same.

I don't know the story behind the Nestle, I've seen it mentioned here
several times and am assuming it is a formula manufacturer behind the
scenes, but I think you, or at least I have to pick my battles.  If I were
to boycott all of the companies that are somehow related to another I have
a problem with, I imagine I'd be weaving my own cloth, growing my own cows,
and living out in the woods under a lean to.  I do know that I didn't see
any formula anything anywhere else in the park, I didn't even notice it in
the baby care area.  I think if anyone were to happen upon the mentioned
display in this area, they've already decided how to feed their baby.  It's
not in a general area, you wouldn't be there if you aren't providing baby
care.  Either the parents are breastfeeding or not, and I can't imagine a
display would be any more influencing at that point than would an ad in a
baby magazine.  With the Nestle stamp mentioned as being on the strollers,
who else but a Lactnut would think of anything other than candy bars?, I
wouldn't have found that to be influencing in the slightest.  But maybe I'm
missing the point.

Melissa and the girls
Tori 1-16-94
Beth 1-30-96
Lili 7-10-97
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
http://home1.gte.net/melnphil