Most number of mothers’ breastfeeding
in multiple sites
[May
4] -- The attempt to make it to the First World Record on Simultaneous
Breastfeeding in Multiple Sites gathered breastfeeding mothers in
different areas nationwide.
Photo:
In Iloilo City hundreds of breastfeeding mothers gathered
at the Jaro Plaza covered gym.
Photo by A. Chris Fernandez
Christine Gardose of Brgy. 20, Bacolod City is
one mother who responded to the invitation. Gardose has four children
all were breastfed from 0 to more than three years old. Her three-year
old youngest daughter was the one she brought to the center to join
in the simultaneous breastfeeding.
When asked why she opted to breastfeed all her
four children, Gardose said that aside from the fact that it gives
her children good nutrients, it is economical and it creates a special
bond between her and her children.
The purpose to set a world record is secondary
only to advancing the Anti-Poverty Program of the government through
the basic approach of "People's Initiative with the Massive Support
of the Government". "I joined this activity to reach out to other
mothers, even the well-off to breastfeed their children," Gardose
said in the dialect.
Source: PIA Press Release