Nursing Baby

[jo929]

i did not know where to put this but would like the opinion of both men and women, about nursing baby in publc with no covering of breasts

[peggy64]

Modesty should be in style and is called for, is proper and respectful to oneself and to others. But in todays society you don't see much of modesty or properness or respect.

(I guess it is not taught very much anymore.)

Nakedness is nakedness whether it is one breast or the whole of the anatomy.

[PromisedLand]

Let's face it...that is the function for which those particular portions of the female anatomy were created and to me there is nothing more wonderful that a woman breast feeding her baby..I do believe covering up is a good idea, but I don't believe in sending them off to the rest room or some place....in a gathering of 25 family members a good idea might be to excuse one self and move to another room if they have no cover, or cover up.

I don't find myself staring at a woman's breast/s should I encounter a woman nursing her baby in a public place, I truly find it a wonderful beautiful thing and get quite upset when people get all uppity over it...again..that is what they were created for and I don't think the rest of us cover ourselves up while we eat.

Jim

[megochick101]

I agree with all the other posters. It is completely unacceptable to me for a woman to show her boob in public, regardless of the reason. There are specially made covers for it, or you can use a blanket!

I was actually in a family restaurant once and a woman just whipped out her boob and started breastfeeding, while there were probably 25 other families around with children. That is completely inappropriate! I was also breastfeeding at the time(with a blanket because i do not want anyone to see my boob!) and after my daughter was finished I went over and offered the woman my receiving blanket(praying that she maybe just forgot one) Well she says to me, no i don't need it, I'm fine. I couldn't believe it. Well I asked her(very politely i might add) to please cover up as I didn't want my 2 year old seeing her breast. And then SHE made a complaint to the manager saying that I was harassing her, for asking her ONCE to cover up her boob!

Let me just restate, it's fine to breastfeed in public, but please cover yourself! No one should unwillingly to subjected to someones private parts. Regardless of which ones they are and why they are being exposed.

[Judy246]

I'm going to be honest with you, I think you should be able to breast feed your child anywhere, BUT find a private, quite spot where the baby and you will not be disturbed and not have the breast exposed for all to see. Breast feeding is necessaryand bonding with your infant,  but if done outside of the home, it should be done privately, tastefully and appropriately and not have a breast exposed. Many places, store, etc, have rest rooms, nursing area, etc. I pesonally don't want to view someone's breast as they feed their infant, but I'm sensitive to the need and a mother should also be sensitive that she is in full view of everything that is out there.

[mami1323]

I still think using a blanket is appropriate.  I wouldn't understand how a woman isn't embarrassed to just whip her boob out in public.  Even if it's for something as beautiful as breastfeeding.  In public is fine as long as you can be discrete about it.

[jo929]

i was talking to a young woman this morning and the subject came up about nursing baby in public, she said her dad had a xmas dinner for about 20 people and her sister in law baby started to cry and the woman whipped out the ole breast and started feeding Baby with no covering and she said i was just sick every one stared and my dad just hated it anyway i had read somewhere that a woman was in a nice restaurant with huband and baby ant the place was full the baby cried the woman whipped out the ole breast and was feeding baby no covering and one woman walked up to her and told her she was indecent to cover her breast that men women and children were there anyway words were exchanged   my questions are this
what would you do just stare ignore it or tell her to cover what would your husband or boyfriend think also how would this affect teens and chidren also do you think that it would be improper for a waiter to bring her a linen napkin to cover herself?
Myself i am old senough to have seen every thing but back when moms fed baby they used a small blanket if company was around i would ignore it, but i would feel that teens and others may be sort of shall i say distracted  what is your opinion there are no right or wrong answers i just would like to know how others feel about this   jo