“and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” (Isa. 66:12) 

More and more, I feel a stronger passion to defend the right of the nursing mother, and to encourage women who nurse to do it proudly and openly.

If we hide ourselves in bathroom stalls, or cover ourselves up with mountains of cloth, or pump bottles whenever we anticipate being in public, what are we teaching our children? We are teaching them that this act is dirty or shameful. when in fact it is the most holy act that a mother can do for her child.

The divine design of our bodies allows the provision of the perfect food, Nature's perfect formula, created for both child and mother to thrive. 

I nursed Audrey this week at Disneyland, which is about as public as it can get. If anyone noticed, they didn't say a word. (That's the thing about nursing in public-- you really do see more in a Victoria's Secret billboard.)

 It's one thing for us women to say, "Yes, this is important to me and my child", but those words are trumped by shame if we then shuffle off to the car or the bathroom (yuck!) when our child is hungry. I see so many women in Orange County do this-- there seemed to be a much greater acceptance of nursing in Seattle.

I'd love to see the tides change. I think that Christian women have a special responsibility of teaching our children that there is no shame in feeding our children in the way that God intended..