Is breastfeeding in public wrong??

[nats]

Just curious, do think it's wrong for a mother to breastfeed her baby in public?

Say you went down to your local and there was a woman breastfeeding her infant there in the bistro...
Or at the shops in the food court..
In the customer waiting area of your shop..
Is it okay? Would you look? Look away? Ask her to move on?
What if she was feeding her 2 year old?

Maybe your wife is/was breastfeeding your baby (or you yourself are bresatfeeing [i'm adressing the women obviously LOL])

I'm really genuinely curious to see where people stand on the issue.
If I take the sensationalised, skewed view that some current affairs shows present to us and apply it to society i'd be in trouble so I thought I'd ask some bona fide, actual people

TiA

[R.B.]

I'm giving you the rats ring!.. it entirely depends on the attitude of the feeder.

You can be given a modest glimps of "top boob" in such away as to cause nothing more than a slight stutter in your sentence. Fine.. no worries there, baby needs food, mum has her rights.

or... You can be blindsided with a full frontal view of a good hard hand milking leaving you agape and speechless before the (far too old to be breast feeding) child is finally latched and insists on making eye contact with you for the duration!


so yes and no

[DavidG]

Its natural and good.

Go over seas and find out that in some countries the little kids stay attached all day and all is visible.

[nats]

'top boob' LMAO BR luv it!

and yes I guess if you copped a squirt in the eye it'd be, though funny to some, a bit unappreciated the beholder (though it's supposedly good for curing conjunctivits I hear )

thanks David

[silentC]

I'm more offended by some people's table manners than I ever could be by a breast-feeding mother. I mean, have you seen the way some people eat? My mother always taught me to chew with my mouth closed and not talk with my mouth full... or was it the other way around?

Nope, I think anyone who has a problem with it is the one with a problem.

[nats]

I mean, have you seen the way some poeple eat?

I have actually seen a guy lick the under side of a plate!!! *vomit* then he proceeded by licking ever other plate on the table. I'm not kidding! I was at the bistro at our local I think he was a bit doolally though

Just out of interest, thaught I'd share

[Geoff Dean]

Nope, I think anyone who has a problem with it is the one with a problem.

what he said

[bitingmidge]

It's far more offensive to share a telephone conversation with me.

P

[munruben]

I wouldn't be offended by a woman breast feeding her baby in public but I must say, in all the years I have been going around shopping centres and food courts, I have never seen this. So guess it isn't really a problem as such. I would be more embarrassed for the woman feeding her baby if security came up to her and told her to leave. As for watching, why would you watch,? I mean, do you watch mothers feed their babies if they are feeding them with a bottle.? Do you even watch other adults while they are eating.?Isn't that rude,? I think it is a natural thing if it happens but obviously the majority of women don't feel it necessary to do it in a public place and I guess they arrange their babies feed times around their schedule for the day.

[SPIRIT]

my wife was in nursing mothers and she would feed our kid anywhere they were hungery and god help anybody that said she couldn't

[namtrak]

Nope, I think anyone who has a problem with it is the one with a problem.

Yupper, almost a ridiculous question really.

[Sebastiaan56]

Nah, actually breastfeeding should be encouraged, SWMBO is a mothercraft nurse and midwife but I thought that way before I met her...

[Gra]

my wife was in nursing mothers and she would feed our kid anywhere they were hungery and god help anybody that said she couldn't

I remember when my wife was nursing, she never had anyone complain, but as you said god help anyone who did, and I think she put out that kind of aura of don't mess with me

[munruben]

I remember when my wife was nursing, she never had anyone complain, but as you said god help anyone who did, and I think she put out that kind of aura of don't mess with me

my wife was in nursing mothers and she would feed our kid anywhere they were hungery and god help anybody that said she couldn't

I understand what you are saying but with all due respect sometimes one has to consider other peoples feelings too. There are folk who would be, rightly or wrongly, embarrassed by seeing a woman exposing her breasts while feeding her baby and I think a lot of women are aware of this and do in fact consider the feelings of these people. And of course there are many women who would also be embarrassed themselves feeding their baby in a public place and for all and sundry to see her naked boobs. Personally as I have said before, I see nothing wrong with it and would not be embarrassed but I think, to have an attitude of "This is what I am going to do and stuff you if you dont like it" is not really a nice attitude to adopt. If the feeding of the infant could be done without offending someone who may be embarrassed by probably moving out of that persons sight or telling him/her of the intention so that he or she may have an option to leave without being embarrassed would be a nicer attitude to have.
Why would anyone want to embarrass someone else on purpose.?

[Christopha]

Just curious, do think it's wrong for a mother to breastfeed her baby in public?

Say you went down to your local and there was a woman breastfeeding her infant there in the bistro...
Or at the shops in the food court..
In the customer waiting area of your shop..
Is it okay? Would you look? Look away? Ask her to move on?
What if she was feeding her 2 year old?

Maybe your wife is/was breastfeeding your baby (or you yourself are bresatfeeing [i'm adressing the women obviously LOL])

I'm really genuinely curious to see where people stand on the issue.
If I take the sensationalised, skewed view that some current affairs shows present to us and apply it to society i'd be in trouble so I thought I'd ask some bona fide, actual people

TiA

Desperate to see your name on the net are you??