Breastfeeding in public
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Gotta ask . . . If I'm in a restaurant and someone at another table is quietly and normally, without fanfare or doing something loud and obnoxious to get attention, breastfeeding, if I'm minding my own d@mn business and not gawking around, nosing into other people's, why would it bother me? Why would I even notice, except maybe incidentally in passing?
What difference does it make to me and my life -- if I'm minding my own business?
What difference does it make to me and my life -- if I'm minding my own business?
Uhm, you're still preaching your opinion, aren't you? No one is putting a gun to your head and telling you to shut up. 
Just because no one is agreeing with you, it doesn't mean that you aren't, over and over again, voicing your opinion.
Just because no one is agreeing with you, it doesn't mean that you aren't, over and over again, voicing your opinion.
yes if shes sitting there minding her own buisness YES it is.
I geuss its ok for me to go up to you while your walking your dog and say OMG I hate Ridgebacks they should be banned?
Youd be right on here complaining about what someone said.
Now if shes talking to you and you are uncomfortable all of us have said TELL HER.
I geuss its ok for me to go up to you while your walking your dog and say OMG I hate Ridgebacks they should be banned?
Youd be right on here complaining about what someone said.
Now if shes talking to you and you are uncomfortable all of us have said TELL HER.
Because it is. Same as walking up to a gay couple and voicing your opinion. Same as walking up to a mentally disabled kids parents and telling them they need to get lost because it's distracting. Same as what I experienced in Texas. Or some guy walking up to me yesterday to voice his opinion about my "vibrant" hair.
People need to realize their comments and opinions aren't really all that welcome in our personal lives. I'm not divorcing my husband, changing my hair color, and if I ever have kids, I'm not forgoing feeding my kid all because it bothers YOU. Get over it.
People need to realize their comments and opinions aren't really all that welcome in our personal lives. I'm not divorcing my husband, changing my hair color, and if I ever have kids, I'm not forgoing feeding my kid all because it bothers YOU. Get over it.
You know, this is a great example. Sadly, around here, in this small town, you’d be gawked at. Like totally, uncomfortably, gawked at. So any mixed race couple ends up moving to another town/city. Until enough people support them and enough mixed race couples are brave enough to face the stares and worse, NOTHING is going to change. (And by mixed race I mean black/white because apparently other races don’t count as mixed race).
And this is why I applaud ANY woman who is brave enough to breastfeed in public, whether they do it obnoxiously or not Whether they’re nursing a 4 month old or a 4 year old. I say THANK you to these women because they are pioneers in creating a culture where hopefully MY daughter will not have to deal with stares and comments and tisk tisks when and if she decides to become a mom and breastfeed her child.
And this is why I applaud ANY woman who is brave enough to breastfeed in public, whether they do it obnoxiously or not
Whether they’re nursing a 4 month old or a 4 year old. I say THANK you to these women because they are pioneers in creating a culture where hopefully MY daughter will not have to deal with stares and comments and tisk tisks when and if she decides to become a mom and breastfeed her child.OH god I go through the one with mentally disabled kids as well. Morgan is autistic and I have had to finish grocery shopping with him throwing a tantrum and someone stopped to tell me how horrible I am when Im RUNNING through the store with him on my back trying to get my last few items to leave. I was like UMMM you want us gone MOVE and dont hold up my shopping.
You know, this is a great example. Sadly, around here, in this small town, you’d be gawked at. Like totally, uncomfortably, gawked at. So any mixed race couple ends up moving to another town/city. Until enough people support them and enough mixed race couples are brave enough to face the stares and worse, NOTHING is going to change. (And by mixed race I mean black/white because apparently other races don’t count as mixed race).
And this is why I applaud ANY woman who is brave enough to breastfeed in public, whether they do it obnoxiously or not Whether they’re nursing a 4 month old or a 4 year old. I say THANK you to these women because they are pioneers in creating a culture where hopefully MY daughter will not have to deal with stares and comments and tisk tisks when and if she decides to become a mom and breastfeed her child.
And this is why I applaud ANY woman who is brave enough to breastfeed in public, whether they do it obnoxiously or not
Whether they’re nursing a 4 month old or a 4 year old. I say THANK you to these women because they are pioneers in creating a culture where hopefully MY daughter will not have to deal with stares and comments and tisk tisks when and if she decides to become a mom and breastfeed her child.
She was also babywearing her doll
makes for a very proud mommy.Although she did embaress me once and go up to some lady at the park making a formula bottle and told her that wasnt the best way to feed her baby and she should breastfeed. Lets just say I fell over myself apologizing to the woman and in fact had a long heartfelt conversation with her about why she was formula feeding.
you know someone told bev she was BAD because while I was breastfeeding Savannah she was holding her doll that way (over her shirt) and said she was feeding her doll too. Lets just say Savannah got handed to J and I gave that man a peice of my mind.
She was also babywearing her doll makes for a very proud mommy.
She was also babywearing her doll
makes for a very proud mommy.
Hopefully Bev totally brushed it off!
Well when someone... Adult or child... Is out at a restaurant and is loudly smacking food, throwing french fries, etc, no one says "ugh that child should not be allowed to eat in public. Their flinging french fries offends me". No... It becomes a behaviour and lack of discipline issue not an eating issue. People say "they need to teach their child manners not "they should feed that child in a corner or under a blanket". And rightly so because it IS a behaviour and discipline issue
I actually heard someone one time say that breastfeeding and teaching it was normal was horrible and teaching girls that they are nithing but a breast and can do nothing but make babies and nursing belongs to pigs on a farm so if you are going to breastfeed... Join the other pigs on the farm
I geuss I should be happy they know the sound a cow makes :rofl1:
I will admit to saying that a few times (that has no place in a restaurant) but even I'm not that rude to say someone should join aPig farm lol.
That being said I have told someone with unruly kids (the food throwing kind) that unless their kids are going to live with farm animals then they should learn some manners.
That being said I have told someone with unruly kids (the food throwing kind) that unless their kids are going to live with farm animals then they should learn some manners.
