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Breastfeeding in public
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I am currently breastfeeding my 2 month old baby and I have no worries about feeding her ANYWHERE if other people dont want to watch DONT LOOK as for burping her and her being sick well if i dont burp her I will be the one sat up all night with her having belly ache not you and if shes sick thats one way of her telling me shes had enough so I'm sorry if this upsets people but she has rights aswell to be fed when and where ever she gets hungry whether that be a public restuarant, on the bus, in a pub, in a park, car park, where ever I want to feed her!!!
i cant believe i read comments from people saying they dont want to see boobs or hear burping!! I have been sat in resturants and heard grown men belching and I have to watch grown men walking round with there tops off (and some are not so desirable to look at either) My baby is doing the most natural thing ever how can people find this offensive is beyond me!
I have a few points to make, firstly Im a bloke, so dont breastfeed myself, however I do have a child who is breastfead.
My first point is that the feeding rooms often double up as changing rooms, Im sure you can imagine the smell in a room where there is a bin basically full of poo in the corner, no amout of scented nappy bags will drown that out, so I can understand why these rooms are not often used for feeding.
Secondly when a baby is being breast fed there is very little on show, You can go into any newsagent and see more naked flesh on any magazine.
The argument that was raised about pumping breast milk into a bottle to feed the baby is ridiculous as well, obviously its possible but why? If the mother is present there is no reason to do this breast feeding saves time (no pumping) Money (no formula milk/Bottles/sterilisers etc) and Energy (no need to sterilize bottles/ heat milk etc) And its better for the baby.
Like I said to sarah last time we talked about this: next time she is out in public breast feeding Im going to sit with my bits dangling out of my trousers to divert attention from her.