The other day, when I was looking at the photo of the mom talking to the 
president, my 9 year old, Joanna, saw it and, to my great surprize, said 
"Ooh yuck, that's sick!  She needs to have a blanket or something!".  I was 
really surprized that the girl who doesn't hesitiate to say that she nursed 
for two years and that my milk was "tasty" would have that kind of reaction. 
  Then, I realized that, as the youngest, she hasn't been around anyone 
breastfeeding much, since she was a baby, where my others can all remember 
me nursing younger siblings.  Of course, she didn't object to the fact that 
the mom was breastfeeding, just that she had her whole breast exposed.  I 
think this is an example of why I, and some other American breastfeeding 
enthusiasts, think that giving Americans a chance to get used to seeing 
babies breastfeeding discretely in public, first, is the only way we can 
hope to ever have it become accepted as it is in most other cultures.  It is 
sure nice that there are places where breastfeeding is accepted for the 
natural and beautiful thing it is, though!

Darillyn

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