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