Shannon,
If I were in your place I would communicate that you are appalled by this
request to the director. I suspect that they really just don't understand.
Your son is still a baby really so what's the focus on "school"?
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> My hospital-affiliated daycare has now "politely" asked me not to
> breastfeed my just-turned-two-year-old son in his new daycare classroom,
> following my attempts to settle him down the other day after a stressful
> transition to his new room (and an unexpected sighting of mom, who was
> there to do an orientation.)
> The reason the director is giving is that they have noticed "that children
> who have been weaned often have a "setback" when they see their peers
> nursing so we try to keep it from being a distraction in the classroom,
> where we want the focus to lean a bit towards "school" rather than home."
>

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