>re: cindy curtis's post about things to do for wbw, ideas for bfusa "
>Simple things you can do to promote breastfeeding in your community
> > <http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/eng/images/bullet2.gif> Smile at >
> > every mother you see breastfeeding, and give her a "thumbs up." If the
> situation permits, compliment her on her choice to breastfeed and/or
> comment > on how wonderful it is to see a mother breastfeeding "
well I've mentioned to my buddies back at evergreen that since we moved from
WA to GA (a month ago today), I have to stand in front of a mirror nursing
Lachlan to see another woman breastfeeding. seriously. laurie wheeler asked
how different it is coming from nw usa (seattle area) to se usa (halfway
btwn savannah and jacksonville). I had not seen a single person nursing
anywhere, publicly or privately. nothing but babies being toted in carseats
with bottles tucked in the carseat with them. babies holding their own
bottles feeding themselves. not seeing alot of hands-on bottle feeding.
definitely no nursing, no babywearing. haven't seen a single sling, wrap,
bjorn, and certainly not an ergo (no financial interest but after 3 kids and
test-driving every baby carrier out there, I think it's the best and my
favorite).
so at a water park today I saw a woman hiding her nursing baby under a
towel. I sauntered over, started nursing lachlan NOT under a
shame/modesty/whatever tent, in my regular old (non-nursing) swimsuit, and
struck up a conversation that started with how wonderful it was to see a mom
nursing her baby. told her I'd just moved from WA and didn't think there was
another person in this part of GA who breastfed. she laughed and told me
there might not be- she's visiting from alabama! she told me everyone she
knows and sees in her part of AL breastfeeds. sorry to all the AL LCs on the
list that I didn't ask her what city. she told me they went out to eat on
st.simons island (a few minutes from brunswick, and where another IBCLC
lives with whom I'd been emailing before my move, she told me her LLL group
was gone for lack of interest/promotion/whatever, that it's a very
bottle-feeding culture over there), and she nursed her baby, under a
blanket, in the restaurant, and everyone stared at her. sigh. I've
definitely had my share of glances and stares. so if I ever see another
nursing mom here, she will definitely get a smile and a thumbs up from me.
I finally met my next door neighbors, the woman is pregnant and not going to
breastfeed- "it's a ick factor." says her husband says she "should try it,
it's supposed to be healthier and better and all" (surprisingly I resisted
the urge to weissingerize a woman I'd known 5 minutes). when her husband
asked what I did and if I'd be working and I told them RN, RLC, but won't be
working, he said "yeah, good thing you weren't planning on working, we don't
have them (LCs) down here, people don't really breastfeed around here, but
I'm trying to get her (nods to wife) to try it."
just what do you say to someone you just met who says breastfeeding has an
"ick factor" ?
vicki hayes rn ibclc
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