| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/4/2005 2:53:08 AM | | It's better for the kid apparently so it should be done when possible. However, for the love of god and common sense, just put a damned towel over top. I don't personally care but there a billion people who do. Do you really need to use your kid as a way to make a political statement ? Of course not. Just be tactful and respectful of others on this, it's not like they're some obscure minority that "just doesn't get it". Many of "Them" are mothers as well and they had no problem putting a towel over top. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/4/2005 2:58:13 AM | Whelp, Tell your friend to look up all the benefits from breast-feeding!
Check out the le leche
I think that women should be able to breast-feed anywhere anytime.. as long as they are doing their best to cover.. they have loose fitting blankies... blouses made especially for breast-feeding!
OK.. I can't stand the fact that some people think women should feed their babies in the bathroom... HELLLO would you eat your dinner in the bathroom! NO I think NOT!
Hey and it's good for the envirnment!!!! Not waisting all the water doing bottles and nipples! Their poo isn't as stinkie!
OK.....DON'T have anything in your mouth when you read the info below:
There was a woman breast feeding her baby at a restaurant...
another woman approached her and asked if she could do that somewhere else.....
They got into it... going back and forth..... the woman that was breastfeeding got sooo angry that she shot her breast milk at the other woman... LIKE a fricken squirt gun!
OMG!!!!!!!
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/4/2005 5:39:44 AM | 
I breastfed both of my boys. The oldest only nursed until he was 7 months, but then I was unable to produce enough milk, so he was on both formulia and breast milk. I was anxious about nursing in public and such.
My youngest was 100% breast milk. He nursed until 2 and 1/2. I guess the 2nd time around, I knew what I was doing wrong the first time and had plenty of milk and such. I nursed him anywhere and everywhere. In NJ, we are able to nurse our children where ever we are able to take them.
Myself, I always wore a XL tshirt and just poped it out of the bra descreetly. I see more and more woman nursing in public and more support of woman who do. It's a great thing. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/4/2005 2:03:12 PM | | I breastfed my boys and when I was in public I made sure I had something to cover up with. I personally dont want everyone to see my business and it would feel like I was giving everyone a free show. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/4/2005 10:02:46 PM | Wow, what a topic. I wish I was able to breastfeed my son, women who can are lucky. My doctors and I tried everything to get me to produce but I was starving my son literally!! He was formula fed 100% from about a month old, and I was dissapionted, its the best thing you can do for your child.
Totally APPROVE! I work in a childrens clothing store and we have moms that sit on the bench we have in our store and feed the babies. I've even helped a lady pick out some clothes for her son while breastfeeding her daughter while walking around the store. Breasts were not ment for sexual pleasure, they are for feeding children, the pleasure is a bonus for some. I only wish I could have. Maybe if I ever have another I will be able to.
All the power to the breastfeeding moms!
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/5/2005 7:40:49 AM | | I think it's perfectly fine wherever, whenever. Yes a woman should do her best to stay covered, but the reality is you can only do so much when trying to breast feed. I think the other posters are absolutely correct in saying the bathroom is not the best place for this either. Anyone who might be offended by breast feeding in public has personal issues, and they aren't your problem. I think that anyone offended by it must be viewing the woman sexually and not as a mother. That is just sad. When done in a private and quiet manner I doubt most people would even take notice. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/5/2005 3:26:21 PM | Quote from Gotapulse
"It's better for the kid apparently so it should be done when possible. However, for the love of god and common sense, just put a damned towel over top. I don't personally care but there a billion people who do. Do you really need to use your kid as a way to make a political statement ? Of course not. Just be tactful and respectful of others on this, it's not like they're some obscure minority that "just doesn't get it". Many of "Them" are mothers as well and they had no problem putting a towel over top."
I agree and the towel it's not a big deel but I could see parents not wanting to explain it to their children but I think kids would ask anyway and the towel would probably be handy.
I hear that on top of all these other benifits to the baby's health and the mother's that brestfeeding also makes a dramatic difference in a mother being able to drop those extra baby pounds | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/5/2005 6:03:18 PM |
brestfeeding also makes a dramatic difference in a mother being able to drop those extra baby pounds
I am still carting around those extra pounds.
Just another note about the blanket over top of the baby, it gets hot in the summer!!!
I breast feed where I can if we are in public my mom will stand next to me until he is latched on and then I pull my shirt down over my boob to his face and then it doesn't look anything more than like we are cuddling besides if you are really selfconcious in in a busy area there are always the little capes that you can buy they have a string that goes up around the back of your neck. They work great.
BTW I have had little ones ask what I am doing. For the most part I leave it up to the parents to explain.
But my neice is priceless she calls my breasts baby bottles and strokes his head while he nurses. It is so sweet. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/5/2005 7:40:27 PM | babies getting hot under the blanket? use a muslin square or one of those cellular blankets (the woven ones with the little holes in them). That provides breathing room as well as privacy . | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/6/2005 7:59:33 AM |
Dissapprove. If you are going out somewhere where there won't be any privacy, then bottle the stuff and take it with you. It's not that difficult
yes actually, it is difficult....
if all your child does is breastfeed, they will not (most) take to the bottle....
switching from breast to bottle causes confusion and usually leads to the child only wanting the bottle....which is not the end result you want....
and pumping? that takes longer then you would think......
yes it is difficult, and women should not have to bottle feed in public when the child is a breast fed baby....
I agree, I would not whip out my boob in public for the world to see, I am discreet about it....
as it was said earlier, most people think I am only cuddling with him....
maybe it is where I am, but I find it extremely acceptable to feed in public, I do it everywhere, restaurants, coffee shops, graduation ceremonies....anywhere....because I am discreet, and you cannot put your life on hold or make sure never to go out, because your child may get hungry....
If I feel it is offending anyone, I move to a more discreet place, but the general reaction from people walking by me while I am feeding, are big smiles....
and as for taking off the extra baby punds??? HELL YES!!!!!!! I was down to my pre pregnancy weight in less then a month....
and besides the obvious PROVEN benifits of breastfeeding for your baby and yourself....why should you take that special bond away from a mother and child?
La Leache League....check it out! | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/6/2005 12:15:15 PM | I wished I could have used a blanket. I live in arizona and it was always hot when my children were really little. but i would wear the nursing shirts and bras...thank goodness they invented those. I will breast feed again if I have more children.
I also noticed a lot of the younger mothers don't do it. I work in the medical field and i get a lot of comments that it would feel weird or its gross....thats kinda sad.
I loved to watch my kids eat. the only wierd feeling I got was an overwhelming love and need to protect, it actually helped a little with the post partum thing as well. IT was great how they look up at you and smile...giggle or all those wonderful things babies do....sniffle....i don't have babies anymore WAAAAAAAAAA.
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/6/2005 2:30:38 PM |
think nurseing it all a natural part of life....people who have a problem with it don't look, and deal with it. Nature can't be wrong.
True...
The problems are caused by the social situation itself. If my eyes happen to catch what you're doing, you think I'm a perv... so if either my eyes or your breast are not covered, it makes a very awkward situation... not just for the man but the woman as well.
Oh well.... I guess we have to feel awkward sometimes... don't want you to suffocate your baby fer cryin' out loud. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/6/2005 3:01:47 PM | When ever I see a baby breast feeding I feel all warm and fuzzy, and envious, I wish I could have had that kind of bonding time with my babies. ( I'm a man btw). Breasts are sexual in some contexts, but ...
Nothing is better for a child then being breast fed. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/7/2005 5:10:39 PM | | I nursed my youngest and he was hungry all the time!! You don't have to let it all hang out to nurse there are ways to hide and be discreet. My oldest would not latch on so I did not get to nurse him. There were way too many things that stressed me out and he senced it. (hubby was in cuba, and my dad was in the hospital - at the sametime as me with cancer). So it was my fault that he wouldn't latch on. I couldn't calm myself down enough. So I have been on both ends and I favor breast feeding all the way. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/7/2005 7:03:43 PM | I think you should be able to breastfeed yourbaby anywhere. As long as your not hanging it all out for a floor show. Its natural, its been around since the begining of time. Other animals do it.
I myself didnt breastfeed either of my kids. The first one I couldnt and with the second one it would have been difficult tending to my oldest one who had alot of health problems and other problems as well. And the health problems were not from lack of breastmilk, they are all genetic.
And I figured formula cant be that bad for babies , I was feed canned milk with corn syrup drops. To each is own. I just hate it when people look at me like I am nuts for not breastfeeding, and wondering why wouldnt I want that bond.
How much more bonding can there really be when I carried my kids inside me for over nine months? If that isnt bonding then I dont know what is. But we all have our own thougts. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/8/2005 1:06:04 PM | | Cover up with a towel? What the hell? A woman's breasts are the most beautiful thing, they give life to their children. Why should we cover ourselves? Let me guess, you were raised catholic and were taught to be ashamed or sexuality. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/8/2005 8:09:16 PM | | I approve. I went the breastfeeding way. Yes I had a few bad looks and was asked to leave a restaurant by the manger (the baby was under a large blanket). My friends I have yet to return to that restaurant. I would breast feed again. | |
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| Breastfeeding in public...approve or disapprove?
Posted: 10/8/2005 8:46:38 PM | Here is some news for all you breast feeding moms.
Mothers who breast fed their children for at least three months have less chance of getting breast cancer than those who didn't breast feed. | |
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