La Gran Tetada: Mexican Mothers Join Global Breastfeeding Event Mexico News Daily
go to original August 3, 2014

Provecho: breastfeeding mothers at last year's event in Mexico City. (Diario La Verdad)

At least 130 Mexican babies were among the 14,000 who shared a meal together Saturday as their mothers participated in The Big Latch On or, as it is known in Mexico, La Gran Tetada.

The annual event whose purpose is to promote breastfeeding was launched in New Zealand in 2005. Today it is held in more than two dozen countries around the world, and more than 14,000 mothers participate in the synchronized, one-minute event.

In Mexico City, there were 130, up from 94 last year. Organizers say the event takes place in 15 of Mexico’s states.

Held in August each year during World Breastfeeding Week, The Big Latch On involves pre-registered groups whose participants are counted by witnesses, who then submit the numbers so a global total can be compiled.

As of 7:00pm Central Time, the “boob count” at it is called, was at 11,000 breastfeeding mothers. More than 14,000 were expected to participate.

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