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Baby-Friendly Places for Mothers for
Breastfeeding. The stories that you will read below have been submitted
by parents who have been excited about or pleased with the breastfeeding
support that they have received in public places throughout Greater Los
Angeles such as restaurants, stores, amusement parks, etc.
If you would like to submit your breastfeeding story for use on this
site, please
email Mothers for Breastfeeding.
If you have visited any of the places
described below and would like to offer additional comments on your
experience, please email
Mothers for Breastfeeding.
Disneyland
Submitted by Julie at
Juls64@aol.com:
I also experienced
something I didn't really expect today. I was working at Disneyland
today and brought my pump with me. Now, I know Disneyland is the
ultimate in kid friendly and maybe it's because I'm now a mom and never
noticed before, but they are EXTREMELY mommy friendly as well. I found a
Baby Care Center on Main Street (I think there are others in the park
but I can't say for sure) and when I needed to pump, I went in there
actually looking for a restroom to do my thing. They have a whole
curtained off area with big wicker, comfy chairs for nursing moms and at
one end of that room was another little curtained off area. I suppose
it's used by Moms who want more privacy but it's where they showed me in
to so I could express. There was a chair, little table and a plug to
make things really easy. It was great! In the baby care center, there's
also a row of high chairs for feeding. I didn't go into the back, but it
looked like there was a huge room for diaper changes, and while I was in
there, I heard several Dads come in to change their babies. I thought
that was great that there's a friendly place for Dads to do their share
and not just the changing stations in the women's restrooms. They also
were fully stocked if you needed to buy diapers, formula, baby food,
bottles, diaper creme, pacifiers, etc. I was quite impressed. And the
women working in there couldn't have been nicer. While I generally don't
care if I'm sitting on the restroom floor if I need to pump, it was
quite a nice surprise to feel so "pampered" in such a nice surrounding.
Again, maybe it's just that I'm a new mom and never knew this existed
before, but this definitely was beyond the call of duty and greatly
appreciated by me. I thought I'd share that with you if you didn't know
and to pass on to other moms for future reference.
