Because you speak like someone who doesn't understand that many breastfed babies don't take bottles.
And drinking from a sippy cup is not going to help this baby regulate her ears. Only sucking does that. What if the parent doesn't believe in using pacifiers?
"Only sucking does that. What if the parent doesn't believe in using pacifiers?"
AGAIN, not the point. The point is discretion, not whether breastfeeding should be allowed or not. Those ladies at the ticket counter were not dealing with pressure changes in the ears...
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chewing and movement of the jaw (which happens during sucking) help the ears.
Chewing and massage help the ears as well as position changes. Depending on the rate of descent, sucking on a bottle or a breast doesn't always help the ears either.
Babies suck on many things,,,as you may have noticed in the baby section at Target. Fingers work well in a pinch. Some babies are even encouraged to suck on the back of their hand, to learn how to self-comfort. God, is the answer to every baby need to shove a breast in it's mouth?
I still don't understand how discretion is offensive.