Breastfeeding

A person holding a baby at the chest in a breastfeeding position.

The 🤱 Breastfeeding emoji symbolizes the nurturing and intimate act of feeding a baby chest-to-chest. It is often used in messages about parenting, newborn care, maternal health, or bonding.

This emoji supports conversations around breastfeeding rights, early parenthood, infant nutrition, and postpartum life. It is typically associated with mothers but can be used in general parenting contexts or advocacy discussions, including those supporting public breastfeeding and destigmatization.

Across generations, it’s used earnestly, while some younger users may also use it metaphorically to describe care, dependence, or even humorous overreactions (e.g., “nurturing this project like 🤱”).