Andi Silverman, who blogs about breastfeeding at MamaKnowsBreast, has been following an interesting case of a distributed smart mob organizing on the internet: After a passenger was ejected from a Freedom Airline/Delta flight for breastfeeding, moms put together a nurse-in for Tuesday.
[...] This is just ridiculous. (Originally spotted over at BuzzMachine.) By contrast, I recall flying to Palm Springs with Robin and Ricky (then about 6 months old). We flew on Southwest (rapidly becoming my favorite airline, by the way – that’s another post), and I was struck as we began our initial descent: I was surrounded by breasts. Yep, that’s right: at least a half dozen moms, in unison, detached their nursing bras and their kids started exercising their jaws, making the descent much more peaceful for everyone else around us. [...]
Interesting…. My wife is working on a vlog entry about in-flight breastfeeding. She managed to do it on a couple of Delta flights last month without incident. The Delta flight attendents saw what we were doing (she was breastfeeding, I was shooting video) and didn’t care a whit. Breastfeeding during takeoff and landing helps the little one stave off ear pressure pain, like chewing gum. Worked like a charm.