Quote From: mama2eI have an idea for those who don't like to see women nursing in public. Whenever and wherever you see a nursing woman feeding her child in public, go complain not to the mom but to the manager, supervisor, the most important person you can find. Tell them how wrong you feel it is, but make sure you tell them that nursing moms should have a separate "mother's" room with rocking chairs, a nice changing table, maybe some soft music playing and a vending machine with soda, coffee, snacks, etc. A nice massage chair wouldn't be bad either. Maybe a little play area for the older tots. If every place I went had something like that, I'd NEVER nurse out in pubice, lol!
Sorry, don't mean to make light of this topic. But wouldn't you rather nurse in a room like that than out on some bench somewhere getting glared at? I know I would!
People have no right to make this their business. There is no need for a mother's room to nurse in. Nursing is the normal way to feed babies and women do it all over the world and have for all of time, out in public. Your personal hang ups about this are your own problem. Under the laws of the United States you can't tell a nursing mom to cover up or go hide to feed her baby. If you do you will risk a lawsuit or major embarassment when you get letters from every concerned breastfeeding organization and many Congresspeople. Is this just a backlash by a formula feeding mom who gets angry when they see people nursing? Or do you truly think there's something gross about seeing a baby getting the food designed by God to nourish him? Would you like to go see all the babies in their graves or on hospitals from necrotizing enterocolitis, pneumonia, etc. etc. etc. because their mommies chose not to breastfeed them?
Complaining to the manager won't do a lot of good. Even if it's an uninformed manager who doesn't know about the rights of women, eventually you'll still have to deal with your disgust with seeing boobies in a nonsexual context.
I will continue to breastfeed my baby wherever I want. I dare anyone to try to stop me or tell me I'm being indecent by doing what is best for my son. I will not hide just to give my son a snack or even a 45 minute meal at the table in front of everyone, because there's nothing wrong with it. You don't own the right to tell me or anyone not to use their bodies to give life and health.
I never heard anyone tell a formula mommy to go hide to feed her baby a bottle, so why would you try to impose restrictions on feeding the best nourishment there is?
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