SouthCoastToday.com is running a nice article on a local group's participation in the international effort to break the Guinness World Record for breastfeeding synchronized breastfeeding. (Yes, there is a world record - last year, 3,541 mothers simultaneously breastfed their babies in the Phillipines.) The activity was organized as part of World Breastfeeding Week, and obviously it got some attention.
I was struck by one detail and how it was presented in the story:
"I'm really pro breast-feeding," [Angela] Aranjo said, adding that one time, she was politely 'kicked out of Wal-Mart for breast-feeding in public' after another customer complained.
"Politely" kicked out of Wal-Mart? I'd really love to hear the back story on this one.
Massachusetts remains one of the only states without legislation to protect a nursing mother's right to feed her baby in public places, and it is an embarrassment. Exactly what do our lawmakers need in order to stop dithering and start doing something?
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