"Don't you want to go somewhere else to do that?"
"I don't want my child to see that!"
"That's disgusting!"
"That child is too old for that. Get him on a bottle!"
There's a random sample of comments made to me by complete strangers in the 11-plus months that I nursed my son, now 3-and-a-half, and the 14-plus months I nursed my daughter, now 2.
Last week was World Breastfeeding Week, and in celebration, the Durham Region Health Department ran an absolutely fantastic ad in our papers, showing a neck-to-waste picture of a woman in an evening gown.
"They weren't put there just to hold up a strapless dress," read the caption. The ad went on to state that breastmilk is the only food a baby needs in the first six months.
This ad is terrific for a number of reasons. First, what draws people in like cleavage? Second, my experience says it's often those most fascinated with cleavage who have the most adverse reaction to seeing a woman nursing in public.
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