Breastfeeding in Public

I just found this blog and think what the woman is doing is fantastic! She has been digging through old pictures in the Library of Congress to find pictures of women breastfeeding in public before the formula companies went on a campaign to make breastfeeding socially unacceptable (about the same time that birth went into the hospital-- hmmm... connected maybe?). They are AMAZING pictures. It really makes me even more upset at formula companies! Like I said before, I don't think formula is bad, but I do think that the tactics formula companies have used to get women to mistrust their bodies and give up control over feeding their babies is WRONG! I hope that seeing these pictures will help women realize that we have been duped, and that our bodies are not just sexual objects or dysfunctional, but are beautiful, sacred, and powerful. There is something innately beautiful and sacred about a woman and baby breastfeeding, and it makes me mad that people try to sexualize it.

My favorite is this one, you know that the baby must have been fussy and the mom just said "okay, I give up. I'll just keep it out and you can have it whenever you want it". I also really love this one. I think it captures the amazing feeling of love and bonding between a mom and her breastfeeding baby.