Posted on 08/29/2007 6:18:24 PM PDT by YoungKentuckyConservative
I'm curious about her mentioning going to the back of the restaurant, and sitting facing the corner. When I fed my children I tried to do those things also. On the one hand it does sound like she was trying to be discreet, but carrying the law around sounds like she might have been looking for an argument.
My philosophy is thus:
"My dear, I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
A woman breast feeds a baby in public, what’s the big deal? The hypocrites in this country are beyond belief as if the sight of a piece of the woman’s breast area the size of an “M&M peanut candy” when exposed is going to destory our morality in America is ridiculous. I remember ten years ago our hypocrites in the media would show Black women’s nipples in African documentaries. Today those offending “nipples” are digitally edited out. I have more of a problem with having to observe men wearing shaggy pants with their butts hanging out or other members of society who reside in large cities scratching their crotch in public.
Yes. Why?
I think you and your family should stay home when your baby is hungry.
My daughter breastfeeds her baby everywhere she goes and NEVER has she ever been ordered to stop or take her baby elsewhere.
It is possible to feed an infant without flashing boobs all over the place.
Seems to me you could carry around the law if you expected your rights to be violated on occasion. It would be a good idea, as many people are idiots and unaware of laws such as those protecting breastfeeding. The baby has a right to eat at the dinner table with his/her parents. Enough said.
Hmmmmmmm. Is it on the menu? No outside food! ;0
It's not being "rejected",lady.It's just not the type of thing that should be done in public.If your child gets hungry in public give him/her a bottle or take him/her into the ladies' room.
And fear not,lady....hundreds and hundreds of millions of American and European kids in recent years have grown up very healthy indeed after having been given *nothing but* cow's milk and/or formula so an occasional bottle for little Mary or Billy will *not* do a *bit* of harm.
Um, no. Apparently she's analogically impaired. This would be like saying, "OK, Rosa, now you can sit anywhere you want, but you have to cover up with this blanket."
That having been said, I think she's right in the sense that if the law says Applebee's has to allow her to breastfeed, they can't then make it conditional without running afoul of the law.
My wife did breastfeeding, and no one ever had a problem with it. She never once got a negative comment or a dirty look.
That is why I suspect someone running around with a copy of the law. I think she was there on a crusade, and behaved in a way to ensure there was a complaint.
It would be interesting to hear the other side - the customer making the complaint.
it is very possible to nurse in public
without exposing yourself and making
others feel uncomfortable. :)
Speaking as a caveman, bared breasts are a welcome sight — until the baby shows up. Then the recreational equipment becomes ulititarian and loses my interest.
Breast feeding in public doesn’t bother me I think it bothers some of the chicks though.
Carrying the law around sounds like she might have been anticipating that someone might be unfamiliar with the new law, so she was trying to protect herself. The fact that she left in tears indicates that she was not looking for an argument. The fact that she sat at the rear of the restaurant and faced away from people says to me that she was trying to avoid annoying or embarrassing anyone.
>><When her baby, Michael, got hungry, she began to nurse him discreetly, she said.
I can’t imagine making a big deal about somebody breast feeding but as a point of logic , it wasn’t totally discreet if the baby wasn’t covered.
Somewhere in the depths of my diaper bag are a few slips of paper with the Texas breastfeeding laws printed on them. I’m not looking for someone to sue, I just know that someday, some nosy person might decide to make a scene and I’ll be ready for them.
It’s just good sense, like keeping your driver’s license or CCP close at hand.
Tempest in a tea cup, turmoil in a D-cup. I think this mommy was looking for trouble. She should have covered up....or, as I did when nursing our kids, TIME THE OUTINGS AROUND THE BABY’S SCHEDULE!
Now that's not meant as an endorsement on my part of the law itself, because I don't think the state of Kentucky should be telling Applebees what they can or can't allow in their stores, like smoking say.
ulititarian = utilitarian
oops, too many tropical cocktails.
Or they get lazy from the bottle nipples and won’t nurse anymore because it takes work.
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