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You dont even know what you dont know about infants.
Excellent contribution. Wanna try and do even better, though?
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Originally Posted by Strel
This is disastrously WRONG. Even the easiest of kids has variations in appetite. Where the hell do you get this horribly wrong information?
How can you call it wrong before even asking my definition of "dramatically"? Where the hell did you get THAT information? Lol, I'll help you out: 1-3 hours. A normal infant shouldn't get hungry within an hour of being fed til full (no, not even if they're hitting a growth spurt), nor should an infant who isn't sick or unhealthy in some way go longer than 3 or 4 hours without wanting more. NOW you may argue, based on nothing I'm sure.
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You cannot say that it is not necessary in all circumstances, which is basically what you are doing here. Highly illogical.
You mean, "in any circumstance", and I've given room for exceptions. You may have missed them, but that isn't me being illogical.
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Yet. I suspect you have a lot to learn about parenting. You sound like me before I had a toddler.
Lol, just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they have a lot to learn. And what does your kid being a toddler have to do with this? Toddlers can eat even LESS frequently!
That is why in civilized countries we have breast pumps and bottles.
No, that's why we have breasts... to feed our children whenever and whereever the need arises. Stop pushing your sexual problems onto breast feeding moms!
There's a difference, I submit. Yes, there are a number of irresponsible moms out there who would rather view their child's appetite as a timer they forgot was even set. But I can sympathize with moms who would rather not feed their baby in a stall (none of the mothers I know would want to), whereas you can feel more at ease doing... those things you so timidly brought up, in a public restroom.
Do you have any idea that children don't actually get hungry on a set time table? You can't force a baby to eat when they aren't hungry and although many doctors would like it otherwise, you can't feed a baby every 2-3 hours. There are a few children out there that do get comfortable with a schedule like this, but they are VERY few and far between. A baby/toddler gets hungry much like us adults... depending on how much energy they exhurt during a given time frame, they either get hungry sooner or later. So saying that a child is like a timer is very ignorant of basic human nature.
If you don't like seeing someone breastfeed, then don't look... more than likely you have no clue when someone is doing it anyway!
When there is no "clue" those are the mothers who use discretion. It is easy enough to cover the child with a light blanket and breast feed. They now have covers for mother's to put on, allowing discretion and keeps away the unwanted looks.
Then you have mothers, and I have seen it in public, who hold the child in one arm to nurse while using her other hand to "pump" her milk with full breast exposure. Is that really necessary or just being arrogant??
Nothing wrong with doing it in public. However, this woman is just looking for attention. Stores should NOT be required to have a station for it, and it was nice for them to offer the dressing room.
Also, stores should not even be forced to allow it. Freedom and choices go both ways. I know it's hard to believe.
I've seen many women breastfeeding...and I didn't even realize it at first. This is called "doing it right".
I agree that stores/restaurants should not be forced to "make accomodations" for breastfeeding, but they should not be allowed to discriminate against breastfeeding moms either.
Although I've never had to breast feed in a Target or grocery store, there were plenty of times I did at the mall and a restaurant. And I would have made a huge stink if someone had asked me to leave, because I was doing it very discreetly and no one noticed.
I agree that stores/restaurants should not be forced to "make accomodations" for breastfeeding, but they should not be allowed to discriminate against breastfeeding moms either.
Although I've never had to breast feed in a Target or grocery store, there were plenty of times I did at the mall and a restaurant. And I would have made a huge stink if someone had asked me to leave, because I was doing it very discreetly and no one noticed.
So, according to you, you're sexually repressed because you didn't expose yourself....
Do you have any idea that children don't actually get hungry on a set time table? You can't force a baby to eat when they aren't hungry and although many doctors would like it otherwise, you can't feed a baby every 2-3 hours. There are a few children out there that do get comfortable with a schedule like this, but they are VERY few and far between. A baby/toddler gets hungry much like us adults... depending on how much energy they exhurt during a given time frame, they either get hungry sooner or later. So saying that a child is like a timer is very ignorant of basic human nature.
I didn't say ANY of that
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Originally Posted by Wyndsong71
Although I've never had to breast feed in a Target or grocery store, there were plenty of times I did at the mall and a restaurant. And I would have made a huge stink if someone had asked me to leave, because I was doing it very discreetly and no one noticed.
Do you not see the flaw in this thinking? If no one's noticing what you're doing... who in the hell's asking you to leave on account of it?
I think this is another reason some people are opposed to it outright, because they don't trust moms (especially the kinds like the one in the article or those going to these sit-ins) to be as discreet as some of you are suggesting.
So you think it's OK for women(or men) to be in public completly naked to prove that they're not sexually repressed....
Completely naked?!?! Breastfeeding in public is not even close to being shirtless, let alone completely naked.
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