I feed whenever and wherever I need to and have never had any comments, just the knowing mother smiles. My usual comments are " is he done?? that was quick " So far with this bub ( number 4 ) I have fed him while reading to the class at school. Standing up in a department store sale while pushing the stoller and buying stuff, many many cafe's and restaurants, P &C meeting, and the most recently on the flight home from Brisbane. I had him latched on and he fell asleep. I figured just leave him there as it was a short flight and I didn't want to mess around with my shirt. the gentleman next to me was well into his 80's and if he noticed or not I'm not sure but he opened all my drinks and packed up my rubbish and opened my food, he was really very sweet. I assume he noticed as he made comment on what nice eyes he had and his own kids had the same colourings, also when the attendant told me I had to sit him up for landing ( he had his belt on around the sling so was belted in ) he interjected and said " I dont think so, he needs his mum ."...LOL It was such a nice flight.
Last edited by pip2jays; June 29th, 2007 at 12:57 PM.
: correct spelling - baby brain
I think it's such a beautiful thing... feeding your baby breast milk... it's just natural... I think it's great when I see mums b/feeding bubs in the shops etc... i can't wait until i can...
that's great that you have all had positive experiences with ppl not making comments to you etc... i think if someone said something rude to you, it would really show the kind of person they are....because it's "nature" you can't argue with nature can you????
I didn't put this in my earlier post as I wasn't sure it was releveant, but I would like to share my favorite bfing moment. This Jan we were in Vanuatu, and on a day trip to a local village. So there we were, surrounded by locals, most of whom did not speak English. I needed to feed Tom so I sat next to two local women on a bench. I started to discretely feed Tom, like I would here, trying not to let too much show. One of the women then lifted my top up more. I'm not sure if she wanted a better look or to give Tom more room, but I loved the fact that these women were so comfortable with me bfing as if it were natural (which of course it is, but sometimes here when feeding in public it doesn't feel that way). It was a really lovely feeling.
Melanie, what a great story! I'm sure she was giving Tom more breathing space, trying to help you out. I must admit I'm usually more concerned that my clothes are not resting on Lucy's nose than what everyone else is seeing. Can't imagine anything worse than a mouthful of shirt with your dinner...
Hi Karina - I was nervous with my first to begin with, and then as he got older I was more private - 6 years ago you did not feed a toddler in public!! But with my 2nd I was far more confident - and I have never had a negative comment in public, only (funny enough) some "underhanded" comments by some family members, who didn't breastfeed and then I just bored them to tears with my whole speech about reducing risk of asthma and allergies (my hubby and I both suffer)..
Meg - what do you want to do?? I fed my first until he was 2 as the gut lining of children is not fully developed until then and there are untold benefits (reducing asthma, allergies, risk of irritable bowel, and risk of coeliacs - which are all in my family). He is the perfect image of health - no asthma and only mild eczma. My 2nd self weaned at 18 months, and I wasnt prepared for him to stop that early - I wanted to go until 2, but each child is their own person. My 2nd is allergic to peanuts, but not anaphylatic, just gets awful hives, no asthma tho and no eczma for 1 year now. Intend to feed the next one until 2 years if they want. But I was happy to feed for that long, it's what I wanted to do, if you want to keep going do some looking on the ABA website about the benefits of continued feeding, it really helped me knowing there were "medical" benefits as well as bonding benefits!
Marydean - Hi you!!! I've got insomnia - should be sleeping instead of trolling for Mummy friends!! I so lmao with your comment - I am exactly the same, have a rehearsed speech all ready to go (including what sort of milk should a human child have? hmmm?) and have never had anyone challenge me - damn...
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