North Carolina mother furious after nursery worker breastfed her son
'To me, a criminal act was committed against him'
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Your support makes all the difference.A mother working at a day care centre says another worker breastfed her three-month-old son without permission.
Kaycee Oxendine told WTVD-TV in Durham, North Carolina, that security footage inside Carrboro Early School showed a woman adjusting her top and bringing Ms Oxendine's three-month-old son to her chest to breastfeed him.
Ms Oxendine said her son's teacher told her he was constipated, and when another woman working in the nursery asked Ms Oxendine if she could breastfeed the boy to see if it would help, Ms Oxendine twice said no.
Day care director Daron Council said an employee reported what happened and the worker is no longer there. Ms Oxendine said the worker was fired, and she wants the woman charged.
“To me, a criminal act was committed against him,” she told the broadcaster. “Not only did you put your breast to my son, you also made my son sick because he’s lactose [intolerant].
"So you’ve put something in his body that his body can’t digest.”
Carrboro police said they are investigating, but no charges have been filed so far.
Associated Press
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