Sunday, August 14, 2005

Nursing publicly mom's choice - But some don’t support activity (The Daily Star)

Deciding to breast-feed her son, Xander, wasn’t much of a decision, Erin Van Cott said Wednesday.

"It seemed like really the only option," the 26-year-old said from her Oneonta home.

Xander was born in 2004. Despite it being hard at first, Van Cott said, she has been nursing him ever since.

Deciding to breast-feed in public isn’t much of a decision either, Van Cott said.

"If you’re hungry, baby is hungry too," Van Cott said. "We go everywhere with him.

"I’m one of the women who will nurse anywhere," she added.

New York law says a mother may breast-feed her child anywhere the mother has a right to be.


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