In a previous blog I wrote about Emily Gillette, a New Mexico mother who was ordered off a flight departing from Burlington, Vermont to New York City because she refused to use a blanket to cover her baby while she was breast feeding. In a show of support for the idea of breast feeding in mid-air, scores of mothers breast-fed their babies at airports around the country yesterday. Organizers of the nationwide nurse-in said their goal was to raise awareness about breast feeding and “the fact that it needs to be supported wherever and whenever it happens.” One day before … Continue reading →