Australian baby becomes first to be breastfed in parliament

[demmiblue]

Source: Mashable

It's about time employers everywhere take the child care needs of their employees more seriously, but it looks like the Australian parliament is light years ahead of the game.

Alia Joy Waters, the weeks-old daughter of Senator Larissa Waters, has made political history by becoming the first baby to be breastfed in the Australian parliament.

According to The Telegraph, Senator Waters returned to parliament today for the first time since giving birth to her second daughter, and brought Alia with her while she voted. When Alia Joy was hungry, Waters didn't hesitate to do what she needed to do and breastfed her daughter in the Senate Chamber.

Waters celebrated the moment later on Twitter:

Link to tweet

http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/australian-baby-becomes-first-to-be-breastfed-in-parliament/?utm_cid=hp-r-3

[samnsara]

1. well they DO have better healthcare than we do.....

[MineralMan]

2. That's what we need in the House and Senate.

In 2018, let's elect a bunch of women who will have infants when they take office. They can form a new caucus, perhaps the Olive Garden Burping Baby Caucus.

What a great idea! The old GOP geezers in both houses will keel over from heart attacks on the first day of the session.

[jberryhill]

3. Don't they have to hold them upside down?

[itcfish]

4. An MP did it

in the Parliment of Spain did it last year and the conservatives went nuts.

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[Initech]

5. But did they do it at the Olive Garden while walking a pitbull?

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Good for her.

I've never understood why some people object to this. It's like they don't understand the primary purpose of breasts.