So today was no ordinary Saturday. Ok, it was a little. Rather than head to our favorite mommy/baby consignment shop for our normal Saturday meeting, we headed there for this year's Big Latch On. The Big Latch On is an event sponsored by Le Leche League to organize record numbers of moms all around the country to breastfeed simultaneously to raise awareness of , well, breastfeeding. While not reaching out for the Guinness record, the aim is to collect as many moms as possible to participate. It just turned out convenient for me since I was going there anyway, but I probably would have attended at another time and place if that's where it was being organized since I tend toward "lactivist" habits and beliefs.
Our little gathering wasn't impressive by any means, but that's ok. We had 15 moms in attendance. The oldest nursling there was about 20 months. I'm not sure how young the youngest was. It still turned out to be a nice little gathering. We even had a reporter from a local newspaper to come and take a pictures of all the participants (while not necessarily in the act, but that's ok).
This event was a great little one for me to participate in. I'm not they type to crave the attention of other "lactivist" activities that may be louder or draw more attention from on-lookers (ok, maybe, but it really does depend on the situation).
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