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Monday, June 12, 2006

Mammary glands in Miami Beach

As a veteran mother of five (my youngest is 13, my three older ones in their 20s), I read the story on breastfeeding with both amusement and skepticism. It's hard for me to believe that a young mother got kicked out of Starbucks in -- of all places -- Miami Beach, a city where people go around topless. Not that it didn't happen, of course. After all, there are plenty of stupid store managers.
Yet, something in the story doesn't ring right. The breastfeeding mom changed her kid's diaper in the restaurant?! That's gross. She should've done it in the bathroom.
Breastfeeding, on the other hand, is a beautiful, selfless, healthy act that is the most natural thing in the world. Do people stare? Sure -- but it never bothered me. I breastfed all my children at a time when there was no Florida law "guaranteeing" the right to do so in public. I suppose I was lucky I never got booted out of restaurants, hotel lobbies, airports etc.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree with you about the beauty of breastfeeding and the grossness of changing a baby in a restaurant.

I suspect that the issue was the diaper and not the breast - specially in Miami Beach, which, as we know is not Peoria.

6:16 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The mother of my first five sons breast-fed our last three until their third birthday, from 1982 through 1993. We never encountered any problems, but then again she didn't just whip it out & flashed it. She either used brestfeeding apparel or discreetly lifted her top in such a way that the breast was covered by either baby or shirt, and she would turn herself to achieve as much privacy as possible. This way she achieved her purpose without making a federal case out of it.

12:57 PM  
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