Winnie wrote: Once again we have disrespectful comments being made about women meeting their babies' needs when and where those needs occur. As I have said in the past, to some extent we set ourselves up for it when the only thing we talk about is the mother's right to feed her baby. Then others can argue about the rights of other adults not to observe it as being on par with those rights of the mothers. What we are really talking about is the rights and needs of the baby! Let's face it, if we are only talking about the right of the mother, she can certainly wait or go somewhere else to feed her baby. What we need to be emphasizing is that it is the BABY who has a right to "eat" wherever and whenever the need arises, in part because babies aren't ready yet to wait until it fits someone else's criteria to eat! All the efforts to get legislation passed regarding nursing in public etc. should be worded in terms of the rights and needs of the babies first and foremost. Not only is that at the heart of the issue, but it's a lot harder to make fun of and deny the needs of a baby. IMO this is on par with efforts to normalize breastfeeding by "Weisingerizing" our talk to put the emphasis on the disadvantages/risks of artificial feeding rather than the benefits of breastfeeding. ABSOLUTELY Winnie! Thank you for stating it so beautifully. I have been thinking that for years. As a matter of fact, I even decided that it should emphasize that it is children who have that right. We need to change the perspective from breastfeeding is for babies to breastfeeding is for children. That means that children who continue breastfeeding when they are over two years old are normal. Warm regards, Lee Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC Lactation Specialist Lactation Center of Westchester/Putnam Westchester County in NYS, USA 914-245-2206 [log in to unmask] Vice-President Westchester/Putnam/Rockland (WPR) Lactation Consortium "Children are Born with the Right to be Breastfed" *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]