Breast-Feeding in Restaurants

I strongly oppose Judge Wells’ ruling. I feel it discriminates against both mother and child.

I am a mother of a 5 month old and I nurse my baby. Obviously, Judge Wells doesn’t have an understanding of what it means to nurse a baby. To the nursing mother, her breast is not sexual at all, but during the time she is nursing it is simply where the milk comes from. To interrupt a mother who is feeding her child is very upsetting for the baby and mother, besides the fact that most restaurants don’t have chairs in their restrooms.

I feel that this decision is unacceptable and should be challenged. It is definitely a violation of both the mother and child’s rights to ask her to leave the dining room because she is nursing her baby.

As far as breast-feeding “discreetly” goes, sometimes this is not possible. Many women position a blanket over their should which goes over the baby’s head and covers the breast. This will work unless the baby starts coughing and then the infant has to sit up suddenly and the blanket must be moved.

CATHERINE S. McLAY

Redondo Beach