Would you breastmilk your baby in public, like in the park, restaurant,etc?

@jonaida (574)
Philippines
July 5, 2007 1:55am CST
When my baby wants to drink milk in public, I let her if I have something to cover with, it's just embarrassing to do it infront of other people.
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5 responses
@ragmama (536)
• United States
5 Jul 07
If my baby is hungry, she will be fed whenever and wherever we happen to be. If other people are bothered by it, they can look away or move along.
• Philippines
6 Jul 07
That's a great comment for a certified mom. What matters is our baby not what other people will say.
@jonaida (574)
• Philippines
5 Jul 07
That's the mother spirit! Babies comes first!
6 Jul 07
Once a heard a comment from a passerby "why didn't they feed the baby at home?". the problem is you can't really figure out when your baby will get hungry so i really do not know what's up with this person...
@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
5 Jul 07
I would feel embrassed to do it too if I didn't have anything to cover me. The sad truth is I just don't see it much so when I do, I can't help but glance over at her. My kids would look too. I see many people like this too. So being the one that is stared at would make me uncomfortable. It is not right and mothers should not feel uncomfortable about it but it is the way I feel.
@jonaida (574)
• Philippines
5 Jul 07
Well, I think it is but normal to feel that way because we are not used to show it to other people although sometimes for me now that I'm kind of 'immune', I sometimes forgot about it, then when someone stares at me, I suddenly feel uncomfortable.
@zavansky (57)
• United States
5 Jul 07
I have seen a woman feed her child in a bathroom sitting on the floor in the stall... What is so bad about feeding in public and just using a square of a sheet or something to cover with. If it came down to it.. I would bare all if my child needed fed. Although I would try to keep something to cover with in the diaper bag. I think it is wrong that some women have to feel bad about feeding thier children in public. Just my opinion though...
@jonaida (574)
• Philippines
5 Jul 07
Yes it's really a bad sight, sometimes in the public utility jeepney, some moms would feed their baby even without covering it. But of course, what comes first is our baby but maybe we should atleast cover it.
@Booffy (364)
• Australia
8 Jul 07
i can understand why you would be embarraced, but i don't think any fair minded person objects to this, i think it is a natural thing to do and take absolutely no notice at all
@rlynluz (12)
• Philippines
10 Jul 07
It would be of much help if we prepare/pump mommy's milk in a bottle prior to your travel. We have so many canisters available that would keep milk in its original temperature for a long period of time. And also a small blanket of covering would be fine, even for the baby.