Something rather refreshing occurred while my husband and I were filing our taxes (right before the deadline, no less!) We found a new accountant, finally making right on our promise to STOP using the hacks at H&R Block to handle our finances.

The taxman and I were going through all of our piles of different deductions, including the sums I had accrued towards my business and schooling. Towards the end of our appointment, the tax man asks, so what kind of business are you in? Assuming he would know very little about lactation consulting and breastfeeding, I quickly responded, “I help women with breastfeeding.”

To my sheer surprise, our new tax man proceeded to reveal to me how all THREE of his sons were breastfeed for two years a piece. He told  me that he and his wife never used bottles or formula whatsoever. To quote him, he said he “dared someone to say something to his wife while she was breastfeeding their son in public“. He revealed he even defended other women who were being harassed while breastfeeding in public because he watched his wife experience the same treatment.

I find that professionals who work in breastfeeding are apart of a small circle. We all know each other. And we usually only discuss and reveal our passion for  breastfeeding with each other or with our clients and families. So to have my taxman look up from his PC and candidly tell me how all of his sons rarely (actually he said never) get sick because breastfeeding protected them from various illnesses was nothing short of awesome. Not only is his Wife a breastfeeding super hero, he a breastfeeding champion, but his family is also a total success story! In addition, they are also an African American family, who exclusively breastfeed, which blasts a hole through another stereotype, which is that black families don’t breastfeed.

I don’t know what made me happier, my tax man revealing he is a huge supporter of my business and breastfeeding, or that we didn’t owe Uncle Sam for the year! : )