DH and I like to hang around the mall a lot with DS, because I loooove bookstores. However, I got extremely POd one time in the "family" section... there are support beams that cover some sections of shelving so you can't see anything behind them, and guess where EVERY SINGLE ONE of the breastfeeding books were hiding?
Well, you guessed it... so I took a large section in the top middle of a visible shelf (which had about 12 copies of the SAME babyname book... hellOOOO) and I did some switcherooing. Now, I didn't mess up anything as it's a very MESSY and DISORGANIZED section anyway... just made the good books more accessible.
I've only had to do this again one more time. Now when I go, there are certain books that are displayed with the cover facing out, which changes a lot according to which books are just left there laying out... so one day I decided that EZZO books weren't going to get that privelege anymore, and gave it to some Dr. Sears books. I also switched a few Ferber books with NCSS. Then I replaced a potty-training-with-candy-and-spanking book and put Natural Infant Hygiene and Diaper Free Baby in their place. And I put the Bradley and other natural childbirth books facing out, and put the-what is it-Girlfriend's guide in its proper place.
One of the girl employees always sees me moving books around and laughs. I think she also appreciates that I nonintentionally straighten up an otherwise messy section for her!
I have loooong considered printing up little business cards with the ezzo.info site and saying something like "Visit here for real stories, and share yours" etc... not sure if that's legal though.
So, that's my closet lactivism. That, and I breastfeed in the bookstore lounge and cafe with no shame. I get stares all the time, but usually no comments... I was once approached by a 4-5ish year old who just walked up to me and loooooooooked until his mom realized what was going on and freaked out... I just said "Hi!" to him and he kept staring. Not a mean stare, but "Wow, that's too cool" stare. Mom wasn't happy though, but that's her issue
Sorry this got long, just wanted to share.
Well, you guessed it... so I took a large section in the top middle of a visible shelf (which had about 12 copies of the SAME babyname book... hellOOOO) and I did some switcherooing. Now, I didn't mess up anything as it's a very MESSY and DISORGANIZED section anyway... just made the good books more accessible.
I've only had to do this again one more time. Now when I go, there are certain books that are displayed with the cover facing out, which changes a lot according to which books are just left there laying out... so one day I decided that EZZO books weren't going to get that privelege anymore, and gave it to some Dr. Sears books. I also switched a few Ferber books with NCSS. Then I replaced a potty-training-with-candy-and-spanking book and put Natural Infant Hygiene and Diaper Free Baby in their place. And I put the Bradley and other natural childbirth books facing out, and put the-what is it-Girlfriend's guide in its proper place.
One of the girl employees always sees me moving books around and laughs. I think she also appreciates that I nonintentionally straighten up an otherwise messy section for her!
I have loooong considered printing up little business cards with the ezzo.info site and saying something like "Visit here for real stories, and share yours" etc... not sure if that's legal though.
So, that's my closet lactivism. That, and I breastfeed in the bookstore lounge and cafe with no shame. I get stares all the time, but usually no comments... I was once approached by a 4-5ish year old who just walked up to me and loooooooooked until his mom realized what was going on and freaked out... I just said "Hi!" to him and he kept staring. Not a mean stare, but "Wow, that's too cool" stare. Mom wasn't happy though, but that's her issue
Sorry this got long, just wanted to share.
