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Of course, breastfeeding does not
require a special place and is
appropriate—as the Canadian government's
slogan says—"anytime, anywhere." The
purpose of the symbol is not to
segregate breastfeeding, but to help
integrate it into society by better
accommodating it in public.
For example, sometimes there are no
chairs in public, sometimes nowhere to
change the baby, or for the mother
separated from her baby, nowhere to plug
in an electric breast pump. Mothers
welcome quiet, private places in public
where they can collect themselves and
their children. The symbol could
designate these kinds of places.
In
addition, businesses could use this
symbol to designate a lactation room,
required now by law in California.
Restaurants could use the image to let
moms know, "Breastfeeding welcome here."
We've already heard from a new airport
and a university interested in using the
symbol.
The winning image was designed by Matt
Daigle of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Matt is a stay-at-home dad, freelance
graphic designer, and cartoonist. Matt
and his wife Kay are the parents of
one-year-old son Hayden.
The
breastfeeding symbol is available
copyright free.
You
can download a PDF of the International
Breastfeeding Symbol
by
clicking here and you will go to
www.mothering.com to download for
free.
Thanks for your support!
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