What to do if baby is hungry in a public place? Looking for a secluded corner, worrying about compliance with the rules of decency or primarily think about the comfort of the baby?
Brittney Medina from California without hesitation chose the second option. When the mother of two children standing in line for a photographer at Disneyland, her 10-month-old son wanted to eat.
«In such cases, I feed him wherever we were in this moment» — says Medina. This time she entered the usual way and allowed the child to attach in the middle of the Park.
Her act has caused ambiguous reaction of the public. Standing next to two ladies started to release caustic remarks to the address of the Medina — they were so outraged that the woman’s husband could not resist and took a picture of their angry face.
When a nursing mother has laid out the theme group in Facebook, she didn’t expect it to rapidly disperse across the network.
Users started to actively speak about what he saw. Some said that the woman would be worth to hide her Breasts from prying eyes in the children’s Park, while others fully supported it and dubbed «the perfect mom».
Medina today can rightfully claim to be the symbol of nursing mothers — in 10 days her picture was shared over a thousand people. Viral post reached relatives of women depicted in the background, one of them apologized for the behavior of relatives.
Note that the US laws allow women to breastfeed anywhere, anytime. On the website of the Office of women’s health branch of the health Department even provides tips on how to deal with criticism in such cases.
