A person breast-feeding a baby, added in 2016 after public advocacy (including a notable campaign led by a UK mother and journalist) argued emoji lacked any way to represent this common, everyday act of parenting. It's used literally by parents documenting their journey, and as a broader symbol in normalize-breastfeeding advocacy. Trivia: this emoji faced unusual public debate before release — some worried it was 'too graphic,' while advocates countered that its absence stigmatized a normal biological function, ultimately leading Unicode to approve a deliberately modest, non-explicit design.
Keywords: baby, breast, breast-feeding, feeding, mom, mother, nursing, woman