Breastfeeding In Public

Here is a list of all the places that I have breastfed my baby Lochie.

in hospital
at home
at the inlaws
on a plane
on the snow in Queenstown
on the snow at The Remarkables Ski Field
at my friends houses, Anna, Erina, Kylie, Mark & Bridget
at the zoo
at cafes
at the hair dressers (! bit hairy!)
in the library
during the Santa Parade
at a funeral (afterwards)
at the park on a bench
on a swing
on the decking outside
in the office while working
in bed
in a changing room at a clothes shop
in a mothering room at the shopping mall
in the car

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Breastfeeding in the Snow

We went on a family holiday last week, to the snow. It was fantastic fun, and Mr 4 loved it so much. He particularly loved eating the snow, but did manage to save some for the rest of the mountain. "don't eat the yellow snow!"
We put Mr 4 months in the Mountain Buggy push chair. It was the first time our branded "mountain buggy" went on the mountain. Baby was snug and cosy in his sleeping bag borrowed from Anna. He woke for a feed, so we paused our snowballing, snowmanning, and tubing for me to feed him. Bit chilly, but I only had to take off one jacket and still kept warm!! Just sat down in the snow!! Didnt really even need to flash boobs at anyone either! Wasn't organised enough to get hubby to take a photo of me nursing him in the snow though.


Essential Items for breastfeeding in winter, I suggest the Glamourmum Nursing Feeding Singlet, in the extra long length. (This glamour mom singlet also works when worn under ski gear)

Plus our own brand of Wool Breast Pads which are a blessing in FREEZING weather!!

Your Rights as a Breastfeeding Mother

Breastfeeding Discrimination is NOT LEGAL

If you are treated unfairly because you are breastfeeding or expressing breast milk, it is a form of sex discrimination under the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act says it is illegal for someone to stop you breastfeeding at work, where you are studying, on public transport, in government departments, in public places and in restaurants and shops.

Stopping a woman from breastfeeding at work is against the law. You have the right to breastfeed your child or express breast milk at work. Your employer and you should find ways you can do your job and have regular breaks to express milk or breastfeed. There is no law in New Zealand that says your employer has to pay for breastfeeding breaks, but international labour standards say breastfeeding breaks at work should be paid.

What you can do if you have been discriminated against:

• Write down the time, place, and the name of the person who discriminated against you because you were breastfeeding or expressing milk


• Talk it over with someone that you trust, to help you decide what to do


• Explain that it is your right to breastfeeding your child and to express breast milk.


• If it happened at work, discuss the problem with your manager, a human resources person, your union delegate or someone else who can help solve the problem.


• Suggest ways that your employer can support you to do your job while you are breastfeeding.


• Read the Department of Labour's guidelines for employers. You can get a copy on http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/ or by phoning 0800 800 863


• Contact the Human Rights Commission to get more information about your rights and to make a complaint about discrimination. Human Rights Commission Infoline: 0800 496 877 or visit http://www.hrc.co.nz/

How the Human Rights Commission Can Help If you decide to make a complaint of discrimination with the Human Rights Commission, you will be offered free help which may include advice on how to resolve the situation yourself, information about your rights, informal intervention, mediation - this may involve letters, phone calls, or meetings. This support may help to solve the problem. For example, the person you discriminated against you may agree to:

• apologise


• not discriminate against people because of breastfeeding in the future


• complete a training or education programme


• compensate you for hurt feelings and/or losses


• provide a reference


• develop, or review, workplace policy and practice to support breastfeeding at work.
  

**Disclaimer: While we have tried to make this information as complete and legally accurate as possible, it should not be regarded as legal advice. Please contact a lawyer for specific legal advice.

** Information source:
http://www.hrc.co.nz/hrc_new/hrc/cms/files/documents/14-Dec-2005_16-09-38_breastfeeding_flyer_English.pdf

Nursing Covers for Discrete Breastfeeding in Public

Good morning!

This morning I have unloaded our new delivery of Baby Hideaway's Nursing Covers, which arrived by the courier. They are unloaded from the box and I am displaying them at the Breastmates Breastfeeding shop.
These Nursing Covers are a nifty little product, made from gorgeously delightful designer fabrics too! They fold up small (into their own carry case) so you can easily keep them in your nappy bag or buggy.

Then when you need to breastfeed baby, you can just pop this nursing cover on. You can breastfeed baby discretely in public!!

With this Nursing Cover, you don't need to purchase special breast feeding clothing or nursing tops.

Very practical!