>I am curious. If mothers (by law in Texas and other states) have a right to
>breastfeed anywhere they have a legal right to be, are we breaking the law
>by prohibiting breastfeeding babies at breastfeeding conferences? Cathy

Cathy -

WONDERFUL point!  Wouldn't it be something, I thought, if the very laws
we've all pushed for had to be invoked to allow a bfing mom access to a
breastfeeding conference?

Then I pictured it being carried to its extreme:  the mom who *refuses* to
remove her screaming child because she "has a legal right to be there".
But I realized that a screaming child is not a nursing child.  The baby
who's nursing is by definition silent - except perhaps for gulps and
sputters and little humming sounds.  So mom and conference committee both
win.  Committee can still respectfully request that mom remove a screaming
child, but nursing moms can feel totally comfortable and supported.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY