by Trisha W » Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:23 am
I am currently breastfeeding my fourth son. I'd LOVE for someone to come up to me and tell me to stop. I had that happen when I was young with my first two. The old lady came up to me while I was nursing in a restaurant WITH a cover, and told me that it wasn't appropriate. I politely told her what wasn't appropriate was for HER to come up to me and try to tell me what I could and could not do since (1) she wasn't my mother, (2) she wasn't paying my bills, (3) I was paying for my dinner just as she was, and (4) she should go back to her cave.
Yes, I was rude. I HATE people telling me I should go to the bathroom to feed my baby. Really? OSHA even has regulations about eating in a bathroom. I should have fed him before I came? Yep, did that but you see he has a stomach and mind of his own....sometimes he gets hungry again. Cover up? Sure...I'll try. I do it pretty well. I always wear shirts that are larger than need be and flowly just for that reason BECAUSE he hates having his head covered up with a blanket or even a commercial breastfeeding cover. I don't flop my boob out, wave it around, and announce that I'm feeding my child. Believe me, when I feed him you see ALOT less boob than most of the hoochies in the "nice" restaurants wearing shirts that present their breasts for their dining companions pleasure.
We DO go out to nice places, by the way. We took Gabriel to TPD at 4 months. He was not a distraction to anyone.
Please...please feel free to come up to me.