Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Breast feeding rooms are needed




Breast feeding is one of the oldest, most natural things we women have to offer our children, it's been done for many many years, there was never really much of a choice back in the day, so why is it as a culture that always looks for new ways and better ways to be more free do we still have such issue with women out in public, feeling like we have to hide to feed there babys cause we chose to breast. So many places I go to to feed my baby and told its not the place to do it, going to the chanigng rooms to be looked at and told it's not a feeding place, yet no where wants to provide a baby space.

In the UK many stores have a room for moms to go to change baby abd feed them and I dont mean a corner in the ladys wash room! I really wish more stores would make one changing room area a comfort space for us to freely change baby and or to feed in peace without fussying with blankets and holding baby and getting breast ready, all they need is one comfortable chair a stool and thats it one cubical, sitting on the hard bench feeding isnt fun, feeding in the toilet is far from nice.

In the UK tesco, a food store has a room, even supply wipes and diapers, mother care a baby store have the same and nice seating even one of the stores in a different town had a nice room with gliders and soft lullibies playing, toys r us had one even my local drug store had a room so why is it that in the USA land of progress is so behind in this service.

Would it really cost the store that much to give up one room? target and walmart just one large cubical in the ladys dressing area with one small rocer chair and stool, I would even be willing to donate a dollar every time I used it if that enable them to add a table with diapers to use.! I would spend more time shopping if they did!

Please feel free to add comments this appls to mothers who bottle feed, even those mothers should have the oppotunity to have a quite spot to sit and feed other than a stinky toilet!

1 comment:

Milk Mama said...

Hey Paula! Nice blog! I agree with this post 100%. I hate that breastfeeding places are hard to find.