Nursing Moms Protest Target Policy

By KSEE News Dec 30, 2011 Updated Dec 29, 2011 during 7:55 PM PST Nursing moms dissapoint with breastfeeding preferences during Target stores staged a "nurse-in" Wednesday during locations in Chicago as well as across a country. Local moms say a demonstration is meant to raise awareness about controversies over nursing in public. This latest outcry, they say, stems from a recent incident in Texas. Digital Daily subscribe to our daily newsletter Michelle Hickman, a Houston mother of four, apparently was nursing in a remote area of a Target store when staffers told her to move in to a wise room. There were so many employees confronting her, she said, which it was time to speak up. "Basically I got harassed by a total handful of women Target employees," she said. Hickman complained to a corporate headquarters, as well as Target sided with her. Representatives said it has always been a store's process to have women feel comfortable when breastfeeding. "We kind of just refreshed our team members on our process to have sure which any guests which come in to a store aren't uncomfortable during all," said Chicago Target spokeswoman Ashley Krehoff. So far more than 5,800 people assimilated a inhabitant Facebook group in support of a movement, as well as Hickman says about 150 stores in a U.S. participated in Wednesday's pacific protest. In Chicago, about a dozen moms met during a Target during 2656 N. Elston as well as began breastfeeding during 10:00 a.m. inside a Target Starbucks, with support from a store. "If you've you ever heard a baby cry when their hungry, it's unequivocally unpleasant," said Cora Shaw, a Chicago mom. "And it's unequivocally unfair to them. He knows I've got food all a time as well as he wants it, so to hear him screaming as well as wanting food as well as me not giving it to him, he doesn't understand that." Previous article Ditching Cigarettes: Tips for Success Next article Man Arrested for Animal Abuse in Orange Cove To submit a comment on this article, your email residence is required. We respect your privacy as well as your email will not be visible to others nor will it be added to any email lists.

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