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post #1 of 12
3/7/08 at 3:56pm
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http://breastfeeding.blog.motherwear...e_day_car.html

A friend just linked me this blog. The day care wants to charge $50 more a week because breast milk is a hazardous bodily fluid and takes more care while preparing.

This is completely ridiculous!

Edit: I just looked- this was in Feb. 2007. Not 2008 like I thought. Sorry if this has been posted.
post #2 of 12
3/7/08 at 3:59pm
What on earth...:
post #3 of 12
3/7/08 at 4:55pm
I actually visited CityKids day care and when the director told me about the extra fee ($10/day for special biohazard storage in the director's office) I thought "what a crazy f***ed up idea and I am wasting my time by sitting here". I hope that they have since changed their policy but who knows...
post #4 of 12
3/7/08 at 5:21pm
SWEEET!!!!!!!!! DD 2 1/2 doesnt drink cows milk (and only only nurses at home) so that must mean that we can get a discount - the teachers dont have to handle the biohazard cows milk for her.
post #5 of 12
3/7/08 at 5:25pm
:: is all I have to say about that!

What the hell are these people thinking? Never mind, I don't want to know.
post #6 of 12
3/7/08 at 5:32pm
how ignorant/stupid/insulting/ridiculous.

I would tell everyone I know that those people aren't QUALIFIED to handle taking care of babies. I would also complain to whoever certifies them.
post #7 of 12
3/7/08 at 6:54pm
that makes so much sense...it is so hard to warm up a bottle of expressed breast milk than to measure out powder and water and mix it together.
post #8 of 12
3/7/08 at 8:43pm
Yeah I recall this story from last year but I don't recall what ended up happening... Anyone here remember?

LP
post #9 of 12
3/7/08 at 9:40pm
OT, Is this the same CityKids with the completely bizarre curriculum? Like they cover WW I and the Cold War with preschoolers?
post #10 of 12
3/8/08 at 7:10pm
The Lactivist covered this when it happened:

http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/200...arges-mom.html

http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/200...enter-and.html

http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/200...sponds-to.html

http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/200...-front-of.html
post #11 of 12
3/9/08 at 4:28pm
Then I guess they'd better up their charges for changing diapers too. Body fluids, you know.
post #12 of 12
3/9/08 at 5:00pm
Show them this from the CDC about safe breast milk handling:
http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/rec...breastmilk.htm

The CDC does NOT consider breast milk to be a dangerous bodily fluid, and no special handling is required.
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