The Coventry Telegraph reports that Sure Start is having breastfeeding cafes in the Lower Precinct, all day, until Friday. Friday is "The Big Feed" -- an "en masse" breastfeed in the Lower Precinct at noon. For more information, you can call Dana Hunter on 07984 130317.The Telegraph article also talks about Ikea's efforts to make it store family-friendly for breastfeeding -- chairs, privacy screens, a clean nappy changing room, family toilets and water on tap:
Mum-of-one Dana Hunter, aged 37, of Hawkesbury, near Nuneaton, said: 'We need to bring breastfeeding out into the open. The more people who see it in the community the more normal it becomes. Some people see it as deviant behaviour.'Video: NHS in Scotland on breastfeeding
Emma Neat, 27, of Coundon, Coventry, mum of five-week-old Josiah, Malachi, aged four, and one-year-old Elijah who runs two toddler groups in Spon End said: 'Breastfeeding is free and very easy to do - I couldn't afford to bottlefeed.'
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