My hospital-based colleague shared this incident with me. A breastfeeding mom was dining at a national chain restaurant and ordered a margarita. She was refused by the wait staff because they "have a policy not to serve alcohol to breastfeeding women". Mom did not ask to see the policy, but Grandma went up to the bar and bought a margarita, which she then gave her daughter. Has anyone actually seen a restaurant policy like this (written, I mean)? My friend and I had fun thinking about other situations that this restaurant might want to address: maybe written proof from a doctor that a woman of childbearing age is not in the early months of pregnancy (where she doesn't show yet) before they sell her a drink; maybe clearance from a doctor that any man or woman is not on prescription meds incompatible with alcohol before they drink; or what about a man accompanied by a baby or children--presumably he's driving them home, will they sell him a drink? How absurd!!!! Our theory is that the wait person was somehow offended and made up the policy, but you can bet we'll find out! Has anyone else run into this? Mary Alice Phillips Wamego, Kansas *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html