In a situation where a simple apology would have really helped, American Airlines went a few steps too far in its apology letter to a mother who claimed she was hassled by a flight attendant for nursing on the plane. [More]
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American Airlines Apologizes To Mom Over Breast Pump Brouhaha
By 4.26.13
American Airlines is doing the apology two-step after learning that the mother of a young child was told by a flight attendant that she could not use her breast pump on board a recent flight to Chicago. [More]
Breastfeeding Moms Say Mall Security Called Cops On Them
By 1.7.13
Delaware may be the home of tax-free shopping, but a trio of mothers say it’s not the home of hassle-free breastfeeding after their pro-nursing protest drew the attention of law enforcement. [More]
Ad With Toothy Baby Pushing Breastfeeding & 'Hooter Hiders' Is Terrifying
By 4.24.12
It seems we’re living in a world where breastfeeding ads are downright de rigeur. And while a recent Oreo ad wasn’t meant for the public to see, unfortunately a new one featuring a tot with a full set of teeth is aimed right at our collective eyeballs in an unrelenting mission to terrify viewers. [More]
Seattle Makes It Illegal For Businesses To Tell Breastfeeding Moms To Cover Up Or Move
By 4.11.12
While many states, including Washington, have laws that allow for breastfeeding moms to nurse in public without being hassled, some of those regulations are not clear on whether or not this protection extends to places like restaurant interiors or even offices. Thus, Seattle has made its stance clear: It is illegal for a business to ask a nursing mom to cover up or move elsewhere. [More]
Breastfeeding Moms Stage Nurse-Ins At Targets Across Country
By 12.28.11
Earlier this morning, groups of nursing moms gathered in Target stores around the country to stage “nurse-ins” to protest what they believe is the retail chain’s anti-in-store-breastfeeding stance. [More]
Breastfeeding Delta Passenger: Flight Attendant Publicly Humiliated Me
By 8.16.11
Earlier this week, a traveling mom who had just boarded a Delta flight from Indianapolis to Raleigh, NC, decided it was a good time to nurse her 8-month-old. A flight attendant didn’t agree. You can imagine how this one goes from here. [More]
The Economics Of The Breast Milk Market
By 5.31.11
Wet nurses, women who breastfed others’ children for pay, have a venerable history, only going out of style when artificial infant formulas became widely available. Mothers who can’t nurse, but want their babies to have the nutritional and immune benefits of human milk now have more options than ever. These range from informal online networks of “raw” milk donors to Prolacta, a company that takes breast milk donations and sells an ultra-processed milk product for premature infants that costs thousands of dollars per baby per week. [More]
London Ice Cream Shop To Offer Scoops Of Frozen Breast Milk
By 2.24.11
If you’ve ever wondered what ice cream made from human breast milk might taste like, a London shop will soon have the answer. [More]
Woman Says Mall Made Her Leave For Breastfeeding In Public
By 2.16.11
Rhonda B. is none too pleased with her local mall for giving her the boot because she was breastfeeding. She says security workers at Fairfield Commons Mall in Beavercreek, OH, told her other shoppers had complained that she was feeding her two-month-old daughter and she’d have to leave. [More]
Breastfeeding Mom: Dunkin' Donuts Staff Called The Police On Me
By 11.16.10
We know that breastfeeding in public — specifically in eateries — is a divisive topic, but does nursing a baby ever merit contacting the authorities? [More]
Breastfeeding Moms Stage "Nurse-In" At Arizona McDonald's
By 8.23.10
A manager at a McDonald’s in Glendale, AZ, recently asked a woman to leave the building after she began nursing her baby in the restaurant. That manager is obviously not a reader of Consumerist, or else they would have been prepared for the inevitable backlash, which came this weekend in the form of dozens of moms staging a “nurse-in” inside the McD’s. [More]
Mom Sues NYC Chocolate Shop Over Breastfeeding Argument
By 8.17.10
Bringing together two of our favorite topics — lawsuits and chocolate — a new mom in New York City has filed a lawsuit against the chocolate store she says gave her the boot for attempting to nurse her child. [More]
Coffee Shop Owner Uses Twitter To Ban Breastfeeding In His Store, Seems Surprised By Reaction
By 8.3.10
Yesterday, a coffee shop called The DoubleShot in Tulsa, OK sent out a tweet announcing that breastfeeding was now banned on the premises: “Notice: No breastfeeding at the DoubleShot. Thank you.” (The tweet has since been removed, but a tipster saved it for us.) This set off a torrent of angry reactions on Twitter, partly because everyone loves to fight about breastfeeding and partly because it’s World Breastfeeding Week. [More]
Breastfeeding Moms Protest Johnny Rockets
By 7.19.10
Public breastfeeding is completely legal in Kentucky, but don’t try telling that to the manager of the Johnny Rockets in Newport, where a nursing mother was given the boot for refusing to stop feeding her child when directed to do so by the manager. [More]
Obamacare Provides A Room To Pump Breast Milk In
By 4.11.10
Whether you are a proponent of breastfeeding or not, the reality is that working mothers who do nurse their children need a place to pump during the workday, and the bathroom just might not do. Luckily for them, the new health care bill signed by President Obama includes provisions for nursing women in the workplace. [More]
Study: More Breastfeeding Could Save Billions Every Year
By 4.5.10
While breastfeeding in public continues to be a topic of much debate, a new study may convince some opponents to think twice about their opionion. Researchers now say that over 900 lives and $13 billion could be saved each year if all moms in the U.S. were to ditch the formula for their child’s first six months. [More]
Target Calls Cops On Breastfeeding Shoppers
By 12.1.09
The AP says that police were called when Target employees tried to throw a couple out of the store because the woman was breastfeeding in the electronics aisle. The husband, a Detroit police officer, says they were told by the security guard that the act was “against the law.” [More]
