Have it your way - Burger King adopts corporate policy to allow breast-feeding in restaurant

wbay tv ^ | 11/22/03

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Salt Lake City-AP -- From now on, mothers who wish to breast-feed their babies are welcome to do so in Burger King restaurants.

The fast-food chain announced its new policy Friday, one day before a planned "nurse-in."

Members of an international group that promotes breast-feeding had planned the protest after a mother in suburban Salt Lake City was asked to feed her baby in a bathroom or leave the restaurant. A customer had complained to Burger King employees.

Under the new policy, employees are told if a customer complains about a mother who's breast-feeding, they are to explain that breast-feeding is permitted in the restaurant and suggest that the complaining customer move.

Burger King says its new policy had been in the works and wasn't timed to defuse the threatened protest.

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Normally, a mother knows instinctively when her child is ready to nurse as her body has adjusted itself to his schedule.

Which is one reason the mother has a choice to feed the baby first, then go to the Burger King to feed herself. Many women breastfeed and no one notices because it doesn't have to be a big public display --- but some women do seem to want to make a display of it --- which is a little hard to understand. I think it's better and more relaxing for a baby if the mother chooses a quiet corner rather than the busiest part of the restaurant. No one complains about a woman facing the back wall in the corner because they never saw or knew ---- it's the public display that gets complained about.