Everyone Loves This Photo Of A Police Officer Breastfeeding A Stranger's Hungry Infant

She's taken public servant to new levels.

Elana

• Published in Interesting
• December 19, 2018

New mother and police officer Celeste Jaqueline Ayala was walking her usual round in the halls of the children's hospital in her home of Argentina when she heard an infant crying.

The familiar sound to all mothers is profound. When a mother hears a baby cry she can usually tell if it's a "I just pooped" cry or more significant, the "I am HUNGRY" cry.

Ayala knew right away the cry she heard from the infant boy nearby was a cry for hunger and her instincts took over.

It was then that Ayala did something not all mothers would do, she took her role as a public servant to a whole new level and she paused her patrol to breastfeed the hungry infant.

Stunned, her colleague Marcos Heredia couldn't help but snap a photograph. Not to mock her, though, to praise her. He took to social media where he captioned the post:

I want to make public this great gesture of love that you displayed today with this baby, who without knowing, you did not doubt for a moment. You fulfilled his need as if you were his own mother, regardless of "THE MUM AND THE SMELL" as the professional gentlemen of the hospital suggested. Things like this are not seen every day.

At a point in time where breastfeeding in public and sharing photos and stories on social media is somehow considered controversial, the fact that Marcos's post about his coworker has been shared over 113,000 times is astounding!

Authorities stated publicly that they inquired with the hospital as to why the infant was so hungry and left to cry alone as he was but the only answer they received was a note that the baby had been separated from the mother... on purpose.

For Ayala, her act of kindness had a powerful effect on all who saw, even to the point that she was promoted at work!

Buenos Aires security minister Cristian Ritondo wrote on Twitter:

We wanted to thank you in person for that gesture of spontaneous love that managed to calm the baby's cry. The police we're proud of, the police we want.

At a time when the news is often full of negative stories about police officers and too many people have a negative word or two to say about breastfeeding, it's really nice to see such a pleasant and happy story about the good still in this world.

Elana