Look, I really don't care if a mom breastfeeds her child....but making a spectacle about it is STUPID.
American women have NO modesty. In the third world, where everything is different and there are no facilities which accommodate this, of course they still do this in public.
It is NOT necessary here, and people who do it are just using their child to get attention! Not wholesome.
Thread is pointless w/o pics...
They are just trying to express themselves.
Marcy: Breast-feeding is a normal, biological function.
Al: So is peeing, but you don't see me doing it.
Good heavens woman! Nobody wants to see your bare breasts,is that why you insist on flopping them out in public?
I don’t understand what is so onerous about covering while nursing.
Likely ugly, composting leg and underarm hair liberal women.
This is modern America.
This is also the era of selfies, posting videos of people doing dumb things on U-Tube, facebook, reality shows....
We are a society that craves attention
those women need to stay out of restaurants and do their grazing at home..
The babies’ heads are always in the way.
Ah yes, the mammary mafia. Don’t you dare suggest that the sight of a woman breastfeeding her child in public is in any way vulgar or you’ll be reminded what a beautifully maternal and nurturing thing it is .. and don’t you forget it, you gynophobic pig!
Dear people with mammary glands. It is no more natural and appropriate for you to wave you bare boobs around in public because a baby is hungry, than it is for me to wave my penis around because I have to pee. If I had to pee in public, I would turn my back and face a tree or bush.
There is an article of clothing that serves the nursing mother quite well, it is called a shawl. You can nurse your baby anywhere, as my wife did, and not be putting on a show at the same time. It can be thin and light as silk.
There is nothing magical that makes a boob less of a boob when you are nursing with it. If you wouldn’t put them on display when you aren’t nursing, then don’t put them on display when you are nursing.
IMHO, there is a type of woman who is an attention hound and turns weddings and motherhood into a theatrical productions. I’ve never heard of anyone having an issue with a modest woman who was nursing a baby.
I suspect that these are the same mothers who think it appropriate to change their baby’s dirty diapers in the middle of restaurants.
They do it to get attention but if you look, they get mad.
Somewhat related ...
Using restaurant table to change diaper is a real etiquette no-no
Last week, a pizza joint in Spring ordered a mother and her three children to leave after the woman changed her 4-month-old baby's poopy diaper at their table.
The woman said she had no option because the restaurant's ladies room didn't have a changing table and she "didn't want to take everyone back to the minivan to do the diaper change."
Ah, poor baby … and I mean the mother.
It made national news.
I think the rule for nursing in restaurants is “no tips”.
Something can be perfectly legal, natural, healthy, and still be very impolite around the dinner table. I can think of quite a number of things that fall into that general classification.
If I were a bliss-ninny drama queen fighting for the right to be inconsiderate and gross without eliciting honest criticism I’m sure I could snag some headlines by forcibly exposing diners in public to some of my natural rights.
I’m a former breastfeeding Mom...
Cover up that boob you boob !!!!
and don’t feed your baby in public when you don’t have too..
arrange your day so that you are home or in private ...
Like too, people demanding they bring their “comfort animal” into a restaurant/food store. I think those mom’s are just trying sensationalism.
“because customers complained” The tribe had spoken. Mom was kinda ruining the dining experience for everyone else.