Topic : 10/07 The Latest Debates

Listen, Shelly, there is much you do not understand or are not taking into consideration and I believe you may need some counseling to understand your real issue with this.  I have nursed three children and often in public.  I've also been in the company of many breastfeeding mothers.  I have NEVER seen a woman take off her top in order to nurse in public.  I'm confused about what people are seeing when they observe a woman nurse!  The nipple is covered by the baby's mouth and generally women have their shirts tucked around the baby's mouth area.  At the most, you may see a tiny bit of breast skin.  I believe you actually see more breast skin when a woman wears a low cut top or dress.  I think the problem lies in people feeling uncomfortable that a baby is sucking on a breast.  You would not admit it but I do believe you associated this on some level with a sexual act!   I think it is outrageous to ban a woman to the bathroom to nurse (in my case I would have to drag two other children into the bathroom to the side while I nurse the baby).  Again, your comment about rubbing the breast on the toilet seat was ridiculous!  Bathrooms are filled with germs, not just on the toilet seat.  There are many airborne bacteria in bathrooms (trust me, I contracted one and almost died from it last year).  I spend as little time in public bathrooms as possible!!!  I was also surprised by your comment about why she couldn't look away when someone nurses in public.  Trust me, I would never sit at a table with you and nurse.  If I am at another table, it is easy not to look.  I am only 5' 1" and weigh less than 120 lbs.  I take up very little space in a restaurant.  You can look at someone else!  What will you find offensive next?  Perhaps she wouldn't like to eat in the same restaurant as a handicapped child.  Maybe the handicapped should eat in the bathroom too?!?!?!  How about older citizens?  Sometimes table manners slip with age.  They too should not be allowed in Shelly's restaurant! MOST WOMEN WHO BREASTFEED IN PUBLIC DO NOT EXPOSE THEIR BREASTS!  Let's face the real issue, these people don't want to know that someone is sucking on a breast!  It's very sad to know people feel this way.  

Hi, I am a first time mom and I breastfeed my son anywhere anytime infront of anyone for 6 months. There are ways that you can do this to were you do not expose your breast. It is natural. I do not think that women who breastfeed should be told to go to the bathroom or some place else, when your child is hungry then you need to feed him or her. Like she said on the show would you want to eat your sandwhich on the toliet? I do think that woman who are breastfeeding their child for over a year is OVER DOING IT A BIT. 

ALL FOR BREASTFEEDING 

Okay all. I have to wake up early to care for my angels. Breast feed proudly yet discretely as possible and don't let the few who cant even handle the thought of breast feeding get you down. These people need to find out why even a covered breast feeding mother offends them.  

Actually , I did answer this. Many times. Many, many times. Many, many , many, WAY TOO MANY TIMES.  

If I never told you to GET in the bathroom, then why do keep saying the same thing? Because you can't admit that everythingelse I have said is true. It is like calling me ugly. Oh, I am a veggie by the way. No steak. And I answered the question about having to eat in the bathroom. I did answer it. Yet you all continue to pound and pound on it because it is all you have. Something I never even said. It's just pathetic now.  

I am right. You all have no intentions of trying to show anyone any respect other than getting what YOU want. Compromise is just not an option. Your poor children.