{"id":126,"date":"2019-06-09T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=126"},"modified":"2019-06-09T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T17:04:51","slug":"lakeland-mayor-expected-to-sign-breastfeeding-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/06\/09\/lakeland-mayor-expected-to-sign-breastfeeding-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Mayor expected to sign breastfeeding proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Lakeland mayor, Bill Mutz, is expected to sign a proclamation Monday endorsing breastfeeding in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move was initiated by Lakeland midwife Melissa Morrow, who owns Celebrate Birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrow helps hundreds of families across Florida during and after pregnancy, including educating mothers and fathers on how to successfully breastfeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I see someone out in public that is feeding their child I give them like a fist bump,\u201d Grace Kilgore, a mother and client of Morrow\u2019s said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the CDC, 81% of babies born begin breastfeeding at birth. However, by six months old only half of those children are still getting fed at the breast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmerican culture in general doesn\u2019t sit well with breast-feeding in public sometimes,\u201d Morrow said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decline in breastfeeding and shame of mothers in public roughly began in the early 90s, Morrow told ABC Action News. She\u2019s determined to change the stigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt like the city needed it and it should be promoted as a cultural norm for Lakeland,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Mayor Bill Mutz is expected to sign a proclamation endorsing breastfeeding and officially making Lakeland a breastfeeding friendly city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mutz also plan on endorsing an international movement called the Big Latch On, which will also be a local event in Lakeland in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want our moms comfortable raising their children in a very healthy way,\u201d Morrow said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also plans on a separate goal of gathering funds for a mobile breastfeeding facility for women in Lakeland who need to feed their children while at public events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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