A MUM was humiliated after being “told off” for breastfeeding her baby in front of other diners at a café.
Prairie Zephaniah, 23, stormed out in disgust after the clash in Caffe Dominic and Piccolo Deli in Clacton, Essex.
The mum had just finished breastfeeding her daughter Dekota when a male chef approached and said not to feed in during her next visit.
She said: “I was absolutely fuming. It made me want to cry.
“I’m a first-time mum and I was completely embarrassed – it has really knocked my confidence.”
I was absolutely fuming. It made me want to cry.
Prairie Zephaniah
“I think this is the reason that so many mothers purposely stay at home to feed.”
It’s sparked a huge debate online, with some saying they thought the way Prairie was treated was “disgusting”.
A manager at the cafe said “We have unsuitable access for both prams and highchairs, so we asked the woman to sit at the back of the cafe due to the limited space.
“We tried to help the woman when the baby started crying loudly, but we were powerless to do anything more.
“I can’t be sure what the chef said, but we never meant to make her feel uncomfortable and we are sorry for any upset caused.”
The chef claimed he asked Prairie “that if she were to return to the cafe if she could not feed her baby” but denied mentioning breast-feeding.
The Equality Act 2010 states it is ‘unlawful for a business to discriminate against a woman because she is breast-feeding a child’.
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It says a “business may ask a breast-feeding woman to leave their premises if the reason for this request is not due to her breast-feeding”.
It goes on to say “however, if the woman later claims that discrimination occurred because she was breast-feeding, the business will have to prove that there was in fact no discrimination.”
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