Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Exercising the right to nurse (The Sun News)

Tamar Ben-Pazi isn't uncomfortable about breastfeeding her young son Silas in public.

The Myrtle Beach resident has tended to her son's needs in restaurants, at the mall, on the beach, on a public street and in museums.

"I've always felt it was very much my right to be in public," said the mother of 11-month-old Silas and 4-year-old daughter, Talia.

Although Ben-Pazi is confident about nursing in public, other mothers, especially new moms, may not be. The recent opening of a nursing moms' room at Dillard's at Coastal Grand Myrtle Beach mall reflects a trend in which public establishments are creating special places where mothers can breastfeed their children comfortably and privately. Such rooms are becoming more popular since the passage of an S.C. law in January that protects breastfeeding moms who choose to nurse in public.



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