Breastfeeding ban: Georgia mother is told she can’t nurse her baby at waterpark, sparking debate

A Georgia mother said she was recently told she could not breastfeed her baby at a waterpark.

Tiffany Francis described the incident in a public Facebook post, sparking debate about potential discrimination against nursing mothers who breastfeed their babies in public.

“My son is 11 months old and when it was getting to be his nap time, like I do every visit, I got in the Lazy River to nurse him to sleep,” she wrote. “He likes motion to sleep, he sleeps well in the car or swing, so he will also sleep in the Lazy River.”

But the woman shared that a lifeguard at Rigby’s Water World in Warner Robins, Georgia, told her she could not breastfeed in the water.

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“I kind of laughed because I thought he was just making a joke in very poor taste,” Francis wrote. “Then he got on the radio and had a lady come and tell me I wasn’t allowed.”

She added, “I asked her if it was posted somewhere and she told me that it was posted in the rules out front, so I got out of the Lazy River and I went to read the rules.”

There was no rule stating that breastfeeding wasn’t allowed, Francis said. 

When Francis asked to speak with a manager, he told her one of the rules stated, “No food or drinks in the water.”

“I asked, ‘So my boobs aren’t allowed in the water?’” Francis said.

“Imagine all the bodily fluids being excreted into the water, but they’re worried about breastmilk when the baby was latched, my breast was out of the water, and the milk was only going into [my] baby’s mouth,” she wrote. 

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“But really, it wasn’t even about him eating in the water — it was about it making other guests uncomfortable,” she also wrote. 

Francis attempted unsuccessfully to get a refund — then ultimately left the park, she said.

Fox News Digital reached out to Rigby’s Water World for comment, but as of publication time did not hear back from the facility. 

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