A Poolside Breastfeeding Debate

The Eastern Oregonian reports today on a woman who was harassed for breastfeeding her 8 month old baby while babysitting her 2 year old and sitting in the shallow end of the kiddie pool.

First she was asked to sit in a locker room to feed her baby, and then the excuse was made that nursing would somehow violate a law that says no food or drinks within 4 feet of the pool.

Manager Shelton, Come on! Use your head! She brought her breasts, not food or drinks. You’d have to ban all lactating women from swimming at all with a stance like that. After all, they can’t be in the pool with a food product inside their swimsuits, can they? I roll my eyes in disgust at this thinly veiled hypocrisy.