Breastfeeding in public... ..Reply if you are against it! (teaching, milk, babies)

[kutra11]

Creating this thread out of sheer curiosity... ...

I really would like to hear from parents who are against breastfeeding in public. I am not posting this in the Great Debates forum (at least, not yet) since I specifically want to hear the parents' side of the story about why it should NOT be allowed.

I see nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her child in public even if she's not covering herself (why should she?!). Moderator Cut Or if you think it should be allowed but with some caveats. It would also help if you specified if you are a mom or dad.

Thanks,
K

[txtqueen]

Originally Posted by kutra11

Creating this thread out of sheer curiosity... ...

I really would like to hear from parents who are against breastfeeding in public. I am not posting this in the Great Debates forum (at least, not yet) since I specifically want to hear the parents' side of the story about why it should NOT be allowed.

I see nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her child in public even if she's not covering herself (why should she?!). Or if you think it should be abllowed but with some caveats. It would also help if you specified if you are a mom or dad.

Thanks,
K

I think breast feeding is natural. It's how you feed a baby, formula is man made.

I think it's ridiculous that we have so many mayflower prudes still around.
It's ridiculous that all nudity is bad or wrong. So many people are teaching their children to be so closed minded.

[rezfreak]

Well this thread wont be going well.

[Lavadora]

Originally posted by kutra11
I see nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her child in public even if she's not covering herself (why should she?!).

"Why should she?" Breastfeeding, albeit as natural as it is, has it's place and moment, and though reason tells me no emphasis or rules were drawn in the cave days as to covering up, modern day society, at least in developed countries, has progressed farther than that, so I see no sense in opening up liberties to mothers to bare all, just because they choose to breastfeed.

My own mother breastfed us, yet she never sat smack-dab in the middle of a busy crowded mall or restaurant, or on the front of a street corner with her breast hanging out, because she was breastfeeding. The world doesn't stop nor should it revolve around a few who seem to feel committed towards blazing a personal path or trail for themselves through life, while at the same time setting the stage as they go to conform to their ways and desires at the expense of others.

There is a classy way of approaching (common sense) breastfeeding in public, and then there is the alternative, where for whatever reason, a percentage seem to feel that it's not good enough to simply breastfeed in public, but breastfeed in public and make a spectacle of it.

Out of all the mothers I know and have known, all took the time to settle themselves respectfully while in public, to discretely breastfeed, and that IMO exemplifies beauty and class.

Lavadora, mom to 2 girls and 4 boys.

[rezfreak]

i'm still waiting for "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" and put a blanket over the baby and the best one "go nurse in the bathroom".

[ADVentive]

I'll be happy to talk about breastfeeding all day long, but really, haven't we done this one enough?

For the record, I completely support a mother breastfeeding her child in public in any location where another mother might bottle-feed her child, and with the same level of "discretion" in doing so.

I do not believe that bottle-feeding should be shown any type of social preference over breastfeeding. When society says that breastfeeding should be hidden, but bottle-feeding may be done openly, I think that contributes to shaming women and gives preference to bottle-feeding. Given the public health campaign to increase rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration, we need to help more mothers feel comfortable breastfeeding their babies wherever they are. And that means allowing them to feel comfortable feeding while covered or uncovered, according to their own choice, not someone else's.

[Zimbochick]

OP do a search, there are plenty of threads on this topic.

[convextech]

Originally Posted by kutra11

I see nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her child in public even if she's not covering herself (why should she?!). Will ONLY those parents who think it should NOT be allowed please make your arguments?

I'm a 45yo grandmother and I believe breastfeeding should be done in private.

My daughter breastfed, and she made it a point to pump her milk before they went anywhere so that the baby could still eat, just out of a bottle. If she ran out and had to feed him, she went out to the car or into the bathroom if it was nice and had somewhere to sit. She was modest about uncovering herself in front of family members at gatherings as well.

I did not raise her to be modest, we took baths together til she started showering, and even today neither one of us has a problem gettring undressed for the pool or beach in front of each other. She also bathes with her kids who are now 4 and 2.

I mean, I get it, in an emergency you gotta do what you gotta do. But honestly, why can't you pump and bottle like other mothers? It's not like you don't get that bonding experience at home when you breastfeed.

I do think that some women seem to enjoy making it such an issue that they purposefully whip that boob out and start feeding their baby, just to see if a ruckus would be caused. For those women, I'd like to know why you would want to expose your breast in public, for any reason, just for attention.

[Braunwyn]

Originally Posted by convextech

I'm a 45yo grandmother and I believe breastfeeding should be done in private.

My daughter breastfed, and she made it a point to pump her milk before they went anywhere so that the baby could still eat, just out of a bottle. If she ran out and had to feed him, she went out to the car or into the bathroom if it was nice and had somewhere to sit. She was modest about uncovering herself in front of family members at gatherings as well.

I did not raise her to be modest, we took baths together til she started showering, and even today neither one of us has a problem gettring undressed for the pool or beach in front of each other. She also bathes with her kids who are now 4 and 2.

I mean, I get it, in an emergency you gotta do what you gotta do. But honestly, why can't you pump and bottle like other mothers? It's not like you don't get that bonding experience at home when you breastfeed.

I do think that some women seem to enjoy making it such an issue that they purposefully whip that boob out and start feeding their baby, just to see if a ruckus would be caused. For those women, I'd like to know why you would want to expose your breast in public, for any reason, just for attention.

There's usually only one place to sit in a bathroom. I hope moms are not using bathrooms to feed their babies. That's not healthy or safe.

I have never seen a woman whip it out. I only hear about it here. Have you actually seen a woman whip out her breast and I guess show it off to onlookers?

[hml1976]

I think breast feeding in public is great. I also think bottle feeding in public is great. Babies in general are great

Here in the PNW you are more likely to be admonished for bottle feeding than criticized for breast feeding.