Breastfeeding in the Media

I found this commercial on the Internet and was floored. It really hits home. In our culture today we are told "Breast is best", not only by our doctors but by the formula industry as well. That's well and good and true, but it's useless if the rest of our culture makes it difficult to exclusively breastfeed. I was just told an interesting story today, one of our members said she was having dinner at Applebees and nursing her 11 month old son (using a nursing cover), when she was approached by a young woman in her twenties who asked her if she would not "Do that", while people were eating. Here's where it gets great, the nursing mom in question said ever so politely that if the girl was eating in public that it only made sense that her son could. This response was not satifactory for the young lady, so she approached the manager, who asked her to stop harrassing the guests, turned around, and bought the nursing mom her meal! Cheers to the unknown manager, and cheers to the nursing mom who made no appologies, politely. Nursing can be hard enough without the support of others, Mommy Matters wants you to know we support you in your choice to nurse. If you're in the neighborhood and need a place to nurse or just hang out, come on by. We'll be expecting you.

Mommy Matters understands that not all moms will chose to breastfeed, or will not be able to for medical reasons. We welcome all non-breastfeeding moms as well, we are all moms and should support one another in our decisions and choices, not all moms are alike or share the same ideas or ideals, but we all love our children, we should embrace that idea and each other.