communicating, so the school district there is considering whether to drop cursive writing altogether as a requirement. and from lactation rooms to allowing more work breaks, the surgeon general wants american businesses to provide more opportunities for breastfeeding moms. the reason, research shows breast-fed babies are better able to fight infection and illness. here s the reality now. the cdc says in the u.s., 75% of new moms start out breastfeeding, but by month three that number drops to 43%. then at six months in, it falls sharply to just 13% exclusively breastfeeding. the surgeon general says a lot of new moms want to breastfeed, but face too many obstacles, especially at work. well, everyone can help mothers breastfeed, and that s what we re asking everyone to kind of chip in and help these mothers who want to breastfeed. you know, everyone can t
from experience, i went back to work eight weeks both times after having both of my children and continued to breastfeeding between pumping and racing home to give milk bottles to the care-giver. at some point, are we putting too much pressure on women? i think we can make the environment a little bit easier. again, having it as a culture. having a little bit easier time for you. if you had those places, those lactation rooms or places to be able to go in at work to be able to be comfortable and be able to pump and take the milk back for your baby at home. we also encourage family members in the older days or other days in the past, grandmoms and moms and everyone breastfeed and it was easy to give that support. we don t see that much yea more so community organizations are helping to teach moms, spouses and grandmoms how to support their the mothers in the home. right. i want to ask you quickly.