Quote From: nipyesListen, all of you who are against public breastfeeding....too bad. Its legal. Therefore, I am going to feed my son anywhere I want. No, I will NOT go into the bathroom and no I will NOT go into my car. I am going to stay exactly where I am and feed my son. I feed my son at the zoo, I feed my son at a restaurant, I feed my son at the park...ect. I will feed my son wherever we happen to be when he is hungry. Yes, I try the best I can to make it discreet but thats not always possible. My son is not happy with a blanket over his head, and when its 90 degrees I am not going to make him. If you dont like it, dont look. I am not just popping my breast out and waving it all around.
Bottom line is I am protected by the law with my decision to feed my son however and wherever I want. If you dont like it then I suggest YOU go into the bathroom or into your car until I am finished.
Exactly. Even though I've been taught to be polite and respectful of other's sensitivities, I think it's time to get over this one.
Women have babies. Women nurse babies. We should celebrate that fact, not try to hide it or be offended by. Offended? Offended?!?!?! Why are we upset by the sight of our most precious citizens being nourished in the absolutely best way that can be done.
Why are we offended by mothers lovingly caring for children?
It's the whole way we treat mothers and children in this society that is the problem - not breastfeeding. Mothers and children are the foundation of our society and should not be the periphery - not sent to bathrooms to eat, not denigrated as 'non working women'.
Let's learn to celebrate women with children! Let's learn to honour them. Then maybe we'll ask the breastfeeding woman to sit in the best spot at the restaurant while the rest of us beam approvingly - as well we should!
