🤱️ Breast-feeding emoji

The breast-feeding emoji means nursing a baby or feeding an infant at the breast. It is used for breastfeeding, newborn care, parenting, maternity leave, and infant nutrition.

It can also express closeness, care, and the demanding routine of feeding a baby. Related emojis include 👩‍🍼 Woman feeding baby, 👨‍🍼 Man feeding baby, 🧑‍🍼 Person feeding baby, and 👶 Baby.

Could also be called Breast-feeding, breastfeeding, nursing or nursing baby emoji.

Other meanings

Breastfeeding, nursing, infant feeding, baby care, maternity, newborn care

Example Usage

The airport added a private room for nursing parents 🤱

Variants

Related emoji

Family care emojis

• 🤰️ Pregnant woman
• 🫃️ Pregnant man
• 🫄️ Pregnant person
• 👩‍🍼 Woman feeding baby

Mother's Day emojis

• 💐️ Bouquet
• ❤️ Red heart
• 👩️ Woman
• 🎁️ Wrapped gift

Mothering Sunday emojis

• 🌷️ Tulip
• 🍰️ Shortcake
• 👶️ Baby
• 👪️ Family

Visual description

On iOS, an adult holds a small baby close to the chest while feeding. The baby is wrapped in a blanket and the adult looks down gently.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.