Mum 'gobsmacked' at TUI response after being told not to breastfeed on Manchester Airport flight
09.08.2023 - 14:41
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A mum of two was left “stressed and anxious” after she was told by staff on a TUI flight to stop breastfeeding her newborn baby. Chelsea Williams, 28, was feeding her five-week-old baby on a flight from Manchester Airport to Spain on Friday, July 30 when a flight attendant left her embarrassed and close to tears.
Chelsea was travelling with her husband Tom, from North Wales, their baby and their two-year-old toddler and the family were heading on their first holiday together. But during takeoff she was approached by a TUI crew member who told her breastfeeding wasn’t permitted during takeoff and landing, which left Chelsea and her children distressed, YorkshireLive reports.
Before the trip, Chelsea had researched the best ways to keep a baby calm on the flight, which included feeding the baby during takeoff and landing. The mum said that she had previously fed her eldest child on multiple flights before and never had any issues.
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Chelsea said: "We purposely chose a short flight as it was our first time travelling with two children, we didn't want to go anywhere more than a couple of hours. We were trying to make the experience as least stressful as we could, we were really nervous before going."I'd been researching to make sure the flight went as smoothly as possible with the little ones. before going I'd seen that you should use nasal spray for the baby and to feed for take off and landing to help with the pressure. In fact the TUI website even had an article to do with travelling with kids which stated this, interestingly enough.
"We made sure we were the last passengers on the plane so we weren't on the plane for as
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