Breast feeding in Public
By solmari
@solmari (123)
United States
February 21, 2007 3:17pm CST
Do you think it's wrong to nurse your baby in public? I mean to me it's such a natural thing. A woman here where i live was nursing her baby boy in the shopping mall and a security guard came and told her that she most cover the baby with a blanket or go into the bathroom to feed him cause other people was complaining. GEEZ! it's 2007 for crying out loud...anyway the incident got very heated when the husband complain because they was threaten with being banned from the mall for good, theye were so stunned at what happened and they went back to every store and returned all the items that they had bought.
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@aRiSdGrEaT (621)
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
I beileve that there is nothing wrong in it.. The mother will always be amother no matter what other would say.. Maybe she has nothing to do but to bring and join the baby in the mall maybe of some family or personal reasons.. Ofcourse he has to feed her baby rather than letting it cried loudly so it will not only distructs those malicious persons but all others too. I must be saluting that particular mother for a motherly deed. Im sorry if this seems to be disagreed by everybody
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@beyonce03 (2331)
• Canada
21 Feb 07
I'M saying a lot and a lot more of nursing room in our shopping mall. I think it's a great thing. You also have to be comfortable when you do it.
I think it,s a natural thing and that people don,t have to complain about it. The baby also need to eat and you will not stay 24/7 at home.
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@LadyLeene (584)
• United States
21 Feb 07
I'm glad that you're seeing more nursing rooms in the malls. There used to be a really nice one in Disneyland, but they unfortunately got rid of it. Leave it to Republican Disney!
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@Mamaof2 (574)
• Canada
22 Feb 07
There is nothing wrong with nursing a baby in public at all. ALtho it makes some people uncomfortable, it is a fact of life and it needs to be done. We as parents have to feed our children, and if that is the means of getting food to your baby then so be it! People are so quick to judge when nursing, but wouldn't think twice if the baby was being bottle fed. Both means are accomplishing the same thing. What, is it the womens boob that makes it wrong? People just need to look another way if they dont like it.
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
22 Feb 07
I wouldn't personally do it because I'm too modest but I see nothing wrong with it. I think it is natural but I do think being covered with a blanket is not a bad idea. Not everyone wants to see it and I could imagine it would be hard not to look. 'Going to the bathroom' is completely natural too but it's not something we do out in public openly. I think the security guard asking her to throw a blanket over it or going to the bathroom wasn't out of the line but threatening to ban the couple was. I liked that they returned all their merchandise too - a nice added touch :)
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@Seawaves (106)
• United States
21 Feb 07
don't think of pepole reaction as it's something stupid
i know that this is something nornmal and the woman who are nursing their children are not exposing themselves but think of it as something as a protection maybe some sick mind can start look at those women as all pepole are not the same.
if it's nessecerly with a small scarf she can cover the baby and herself and she will be ok and no one will talk to her it's not something hard to solve
@Sicantik (706)
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21 Feb 07
I thik nursing in public is fine, I would gladly do it if I have to. In fact I did it quite often when my eldest was a little baby (He was born in Nov 2004). However we are quite lucky living in Aberdeen,Scotland as Most of shopping centre have special nursing place. I would make sure that I wear nursing clothes though.
@jolanda33 (720)
• Netherlands
22 Feb 07
i think it is a normal thing to do so, but i also agree that some woman do it the wrong way! i think it is good to try to cover it with a blanket, or find a place with less people. i think you don't have to show your boobs all around. if you feed your child in a proper way nobody can complain!
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@jbones32103 (717)
• United States
22 Feb 07
I think people should grow up and get over it. She wasn't trying to be nasty. She was only feeding her baby. My dad will be 71 years old this year and always gets mad if someone says something about a woman feeding her child. As he puts things,"in the old days", it was done everywhere. I don't see the harm in it. It's people who have dirty minds, I feel sorry for these days.
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@mywords18 (645)
• United States
22 Feb 07
well behaviour of guard and people are bad but i do believe that its to personal and shudnt be practiced in public a sit cud be natural for u but not for others,,,,,may be bad people start eyeing ur kid and it cud be a bad omen for ur kids health thats wat i have heard from my elders so better we shud avoid such things and either finsh up with food and stuff earlier or if baby;s hungry feed him in the car not publicly
