1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 1112 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] Every office should have a designated area for a woman to pump or bring her baby in to breastfeed. The company should allow a breastfeeding women more breaks, a longer lunch period and/or flexible work hours in order to accomodate her and her breastfeeding child. A company should also allow women to bring their babies into work with them - at least for a certain period of time. Babies up until about 4 months of age usually sleep and eat a majority of the day. If it is not affecting her work, then the mother should be allowed bring her baby with her. Also, if there are mulitiple women in an office setting who have babies and are breastfeeding, then in-office child care should be allowed, and at the mother's expense. Mothers can then combine funds to help cut the cost of the child care and the babies would have their mothers close for feeding and any other needs only the mother can provide. Companies should also be more flexible in allowing a breastfeeding mother to work from home for the first year - if she is able to perform her job out of the office. A company should also not make a mother who is breastfeeding travel over night or work longer than normal working hours. [Topic] 
Worksite Lactation Support, Onsite Child Care, and Milk Expression
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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