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"The only legitimate concern, in this case, is safety.  An adult carrying an infant in a pool is generally considered to be safe if standing or sitting.  Nursing doesn't change anything.  The risk of pathogens entering the water…"

"Am I the only one that finds this funny? Seriously? I guess I am just geting old, because my gut feeling is who cares if they feed their child in the pool. We have way too many regulations in the industry already. "

"There was a lawsuit filed over this very type of incident here in Washington State a few years back when a LG asked a woman to not breastfeed while sitting on the edge of a shallow instructional pool.  Settled out of court but was a big to do…"

"Has anyone ever approached it as a "bodily fluid" situation, as opposed to a food/drink situation?  I'm just curious if that has helped keep them from doing it in the pool.  We have never had a problem with it at any of our…"

"We just had our 4th child (3 months old).  She has figured out how to quietly and discreetly feed them all every where we go.  There are plenty of ways of doing it.  My wife has a super big apron that covers the whole feeding. …"

"We had an incident last summer where a new Pool Supervisor was unaware that the law protected breastfeeding and asked a nursing mother to cover up.  This led to several angry facebook posts and we also heard rumors of a possible breastfeeding…"

"I'm pretty sure you will be surprised.  The person writing the statement for the CDC promised to try to have something out this week.  Unfortunately this has encountered a lot of strong opinions and politics.  I appreciate…"

"Be careful with this one!  About 8 years ago I tried the whole "no food or drink on deck" with a nursing mother and she was not happy.  I received angry phones calls and threats of a breastfeeding sit in at our facility. …"

"stephen is right it's pretty much allowable anywhere.  I would contact your health department and ask for their opinion.  Our state code allows for breastfeeding to take place anywhere in public, however it prohibits food or drink…"

"The Centers for Disease Control have been working for a number of months on a statement about this topic for the healthy swimming website and for state health department use.  It is not quite finished, and as of the last draft I saw, I am not…"

"I agree with several of the posts on this thread- fanny packs are a great way to keep PPE on the guard so that they are prepared for most situations- although care must be taken to ensure that its contents are not damaged by water. One other…"

"From the Illinois Dept. of Public Health: -15 square feet of water surface per bather in shallow water -25 square feet of water surface per bather in deep water, with 300 square feet deducted for each diving board or platform -15 square feet of…"

"Our policy is children under 10 must be supervised by someone 16 or older. However, we do not have any limits on the ratio of supervisors to children for daily visits, (camps/groups do have supervision ratios) nor do we define supervision (within…"