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Behold the breastfeeding chair!
Categories: Eating & Nutrition, In The News
Breastfeeding women face plenty of hurdles when trying to feed their babies in public. There are negative attitudes, of course, which shouldn't exist but do. But there are also issues of privacy and comfort. Some women breastfeed with ease. Others (like me) manage to make it look even harder than it already is. But even with all those hurdles, babies need to be fed. And women have the right to feed them, without hiding away in closet-sized rooms, or worse, restroom stalls. One design student thinks she has the answer, the breastfeeding chair. With its high back, winged sides, and accompanying table and footrest, it's meant to put a nursing mother at ease while feeding her baby.
Nicola Hart designed the chair in anticipation of the Equality Bill, which will allow UK women to breastfeed in public legally. Before the Equality Bill, nursing moms could be charged with indecency. You know what I think? Breastfeeding chair's are an innovative solution. Laws that charge nursing moms with a crime? Stupid.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nicola 7-07-2008 @ 5:19PM
My son was born in the UK (my husband is British) and spent the first year of his life there. I remember being told in our antenatal classes that public breastfeeding was not a "right" and that you could indeed be asked to stop. I made it my own personal mission to nurse that boy anywhere and everywhere, walking into town almost daily from the time that he was three weeks old. And, darn it, even those kids at Starbucks would happily bring me another beverage while I nursed or request that people move from the sofa when they saw me come in because they knew that I'd be there for a frappucino, a good read, and a nursing session. I never did have any problems. But, its definitely good to see them putting things into writing...
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jblsus 7-07-2008 @ 6:42PM
What is the weight limit on that chair?
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Heather 7-07-2008 @ 7:17PM
That really does look like a comfy chair to breast feed in! The only thing I could suggest is a lap pillow that kinda folds up out of the way, or something like that.
It really is a sad day when breastfeeding mothers have to hide behind a chair though.
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