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Yesterday the Associated Press issued a news report called Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet. I was profoundly disturbed by this article, for several reasons:
First, anytime a baby dies it is a tragedy. I’m sure the mother is devastated and the wording of the article title places the blame on the mother. It could have [...]
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A while ago I wrote a series of posts on breastfeeding on an airplane. In one of the posts, I provided information on airline breastfeeding policies and was baffled by Air Transat’s comment that breastfeeding during take-off and landing would not be possible due to the holding position required by Transport Canada. The link that [...]
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As my regular readers will know, I’ve written a number of posts over the past while on nursing on airplanes. I wanted to have one easy reference point that pulls all of them together, so here is a quick menu:
When breastfeeding is a safety hazard: Somewhat satirical discussion of an odd breastfeeding policy.
Friendly skies? Not [...]
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I’ve had the opportunity to nurse my children on at least 12 flights, half of them long trans-Atlantic flights and half shorter flights. My nurslings were aged between 7 months and 21 months at the time of the flight. All of my experiences were positive ones and I was never harassed for nursing on the plane. [...]
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Yesterday I read a message board post about yet another woman who was told to stop breastfeeding on an airplane (United Airlines). Here is a snippet from her post:
I had my eyes half closed and she was nursing herself to sleep when all of a sudden I feel this blanket being thrown over us. I jerk my [...]
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