Hollister Nurse-In Our little group in front of Hollister in Chandler, AZ

Nurse-In! 

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1.)  Make the manager aware of the situation and/or let them know the circumstances, ask if they are aware of the your state’s breastfeeding law, and ask for an apology.

2.)  If you leave the business before you speak to a manager (or maybe it was the manager that approached you!), you can still call and speak to them on the phone, or write a letter to the place of business.  Again, the goal is to make them aware of the legal protection by state law to nurse in public, and to get an apology for the action of the employee.

3.)  You can decide if you want to request that the company does training on breastfeeding law, and that they develop appropriate responses for customers who complain about your choice to nurse in public.  If it was my place of business, I would train my employees to say something like this, “I am sorry you are uncomfortable with the mother’s choice to nurse her baby.  She is well within her rights, and state law protects those rights.  How can I accommodate you without disturbing her or her baby?”

4.)  If an apology is not forthcoming, then you seek out a breastfeeding advocate to help you navigate through the proper channels.  In Arizona, we are blessed to have a local advocate on our side; and there is also a nationwide resource in the United States.

Here are some channels to assist you if you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation while nursing in public:

In Arizona contact:

Michelle Hottya

818-606-5687

[email protected]

United States:

Best for Babes

http://www.bestforbabes.org/

NIP Hotline

1-855-NIP-FREE

Read more HERE

5.)  If you have done the above and there is no resolution that is a win-win for both parties involved, then you stage a nurse-in.  It is a call for nursing mothers in your area or across the country to bring awareness to a business that does not support breastfeeding mothers and breastfed babies.

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