Since then, the pendulum has swung decidedly back to breast milk. “Formula became the norm,” said Miller, who’s now breast-feeding the second of her two sons. The first is generational: Back during the baby boom in the 1950s, the overwhelming message conveyed to mothers by their all-knowing doctors was that baby formula was good and breast-feeding was backward, archaic and maybe even a little self-indulgent. Zoe Miller of Healthy Maine Partnerships, who co-founded “Whenever, Wherever” not just for Portland but for all of southern Maine, sees two factors at work. If breast-feeding is indeed the newest cause celebre in Maine’s most progressive city, a sizable number of our enlightened citizenry (read again: most if not all men) need to better understand what is acceptable, what isn’t and, most important, why this is such a big deal in the first place. Stammer on about the weather or the Red Sox? Dude, you are so overcompensating.īottom line, we men need some guidance with all of this. Stare in awe at Mother Nature taking its course, on the other hand, and you’re a pervert. Look away (or flee outright) and you’ve given the poor woman the impression, intentionally or not, that she’s doing something socially unacceptable. When it comes to actually happening upon a young lady with child attached, some people (read: most if not all men) find themselves trapped in a no-win situation. Now I’m the first to applaud “Whenever, Wherever, We All Benefit,” a joint effort by the city’s Public Health Division, Healthy Maine Partnerships Maine and the Opportunity Alliance to make it easier for lactating mothers to nurture their little ones in the public square.īut let’s be honest here.
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