14 May 2008

The Big Feed - Breastfeeding In Coventry

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.'

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.'
Video: NHS in Scotland on breastfeeding

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