Rubbish to the argument that 'this is a court, can't possibly have any normal human behaviour here'.
Sigh. in a court setting you have to be able to ask questions, hear the answers and often write down what you hear. this is impossible with a screaming baby. Believe me, I've tried.
For those of you whose breastfeeding babies are angelic little lovelies, great for you. But what of the baby who picks up on his/her mother's stress, starts crying and won't stop? Hearing has to be ajourned, may not get another date for ages, someone is in the middle of their evidence, very, very stressful and undesirable for all concerned.
and by the way family courts aren't 'secret'. they are 'private'. And if you heard some of the awful stuff that gets routinely aired you would understand why. i'm all for openness when it is appropriate, but just HOW is it appropriate for all the gory mucky details of domestic violence, sexual abuse etc to be aired in open court -so that the children in question can be identified in local press??
I'm trying hard to think of a 'disruptive medical condition' that would have same impact on adversarial court proceedings (where evidence is given ORALLY and needs to be heard and taped).... er, can't think of one. Short adjournments are all very well but a baby can be unpredicatable and sometimes inconsolable.
Breast feeding and the adversarial court system just don't mix happily. This is not an attack on the sacred right of the breast feeding mother but a recognition of reality.