Topic : 10/07 The Latest Debates

but, like some kids pull the blankets/covers off, a lot of babies are so used to the breast that they will not drink from a bottle.  A lot of breastfeeding mothers have tried the "cover up" and "pump/use a bottle" with little success.   

I was very uncomfortable with feeding in public...just because people judge it so harshly.  But, my baby was hungry...he had to eat and I was not willing to give him formula.  He also would not use a bottle. 

I don't think that schools should be responsible for dispensing condoms.   Perhaps one of the reasons our country has fallen so far behind other developed nations is because they are now responsible for teaching so much stuff that doesn't have to do with science, math, and reading.   

I believe that this stuff should be taught but why do the schools have to be responsible?  Why not the parents?  Why not a seperate social program?  I am not against dispensing condoms or having sex education for youth but I don't want the school system to be responsible.   

We seem to be obsessed with making schools responsible for everything nowadays -- including raising our kids.  I'm sorry but I just don't agree with that. 

I breast feed 2 children and loved every minute of it. I do not feel that all people should be exposed to it. One example is My Dad. I did not feal comfortable in front of him and neither did he so I would just drape a recieving blanket over myself. For the woman who said her child would through it off. I just feel that if you did that from the start then your child would not know the difference. What happens to the parent making the rules.  It can be done discreatly without offending others and still nurishing you child. 

Tina in CT 

You're kidding, right?  Have you ever tried to pump?  Pumping is not as easy as some may seem to think.   

I've NEVER seen a breastfeeding mom walking around topless in public.  Get over it.  

I'll tell you what.  I breastfed my first child for 16 months and I'm currently breastfeeding my 7 month old.  I've been there and done that with nursing in public.  When my child is hungry, I'm going to feed her, whether it be in a restaurant (where everyone else eats), a mall, a park, church or anywhere else that a baby may be hungry.  Frankly, it's no one's business but mine what I feed my baby or where I feed her.  Just like I don't condone formula fed babies and where they're fed, they shouldn't condone my decision.  

Instead of being so hostile and thinking that we're exposing ourselves, shouldn't you (collective you), be more offending by the teenagers baring belly shirts, boys with their pants hanging down and some of the other nastiness that comes from what our teenagers are wearing.   30 states protect breastfeeding mothers and it's a shame there aren't more and that we actually need a law to protect us. 

As a mother who breastfeed 5 out of 6 of my children, I was really appalled by the one lady's views in regard to breastfeeding in public. She referred to it as a woman showing her "crack" in public. What in the world does feeding a child in public rather it be bottle feeding or breastfeeding have to do with someone showing their behind or someone defecating in public???  Why is it OK for people to say, "Their portable, go to the bathroom to breastfeed your child"? Would any of you take your dinner into the bathroom to eat? Then why is it OK to take an infant into the bathroom to feed them? That is actually sick and disgusting to even fathom a mother taking her child into a public bathroom to feed them. 

I am a very conservative person and No I don't flaunt my breast about. I breastfed my children in public, but did so in a very respectable way. That is just me and one should NOT force your views on all breastfeeding mothers, as their comfort levels may not all be the same. I say if your comfortable seeing a parent feeding their child a bottle in public, what is it about yourself that makes you so uncomfortable seeing a parent breastfeeding their child? 

The old saying, "If you don't like it, dont look" works very well ;) 

I think that breastfeeding is a natural act, a intimate one between mother and child and should remain private. Sex is a natural act!!!!!!!!!!!!! as are many other activities that humans engage in. Breast play a big role in the sexual act, therefore, breastfeed in private. Please.