I have a scenario in which the in-home provider is refusing to allow a parent to come in and breastfeed her child at the home. This person has been planning for 6 months to bring the newborn to this daycare and the week prior to the newborn starting daycare, when the mother mentioned coming in and nursing the child at noon, the provider told her that it would be too disruptive to the other children who go down for a nap around noon. The mother offered to nurse out on the patio or in her car, but the provider wouldn't compromise. My first question is whether or not it is legal to deny a parent access to their baby and allow them to breastfeed?

Secondly, when the mother called the daycare provider to discuss the situation she told the provider that she was hoping to be able to work out a suitable arrangement or else she would have to take the baby, along with their other child, to another daycare where her efforts to breastfeed would be supported. Again, the provider was not willing to compromise and said "fine" that they should find a new daycare. The family went to pick up the remainder of their belongings and the provider had set them all out on the front porch. The provider had already been paid for the month and refused to refund the money. Though the provider does have a 2 week notice policy, in this case she refused to honor the parent's right to enter the daycare and nurse so the parent's had few other options than to pull the children. What are other provider's thoughts on this?

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