tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post3114063749419305623..comments2023-08-04T08:33:02.835-07:00Comments on Mom Around the Clock: Breastfeeding in PublicJaimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195922019970412150noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-10997350007558947832008-04-11T08:53:00.000-07:002008-04-11T08:53:00.000-07:00I totally agree w/ your last comment.Maybe if some...I totally agree w/ your last comment.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if some of these celebrities that breastfeed would be caught in public it would all of a sudden become ok? But they would never let that happen...for them it seems like it's cool to say you breastfeed but never actually demonstrate that you do it.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003721925458149286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-27422238620791477412008-04-09T08:34:00.000-07:002008-04-09T08:34:00.000-07:00Hey Shannon ;) And Erin ;)The thing that drives me...Hey Shannon ;) And Erin ;)<BR/><BR/>The thing that drives me insane is how sexualized our nation is. It's OK to post pictures everywhere of a woman with fake breasts pushing out at you. And it's OK for magazines to publish crotch shots of celebrities who go out without underwear.<BR/><BR/>BUT god forbid you show a baby eating on a magazine or a picture of a woman nursing her child. How dare women do what nature intended, in PUBLIC no less. <BR/><BR/>Don't we all know what should be private? Geesh, keep that stuff at home. Who wants to see a baby eating??<BR/><BR/>Now, if you want to come out in public in a skin tight outfit with those girls pushing out for the world to enjoy. That's just fine!<BR/><BR/>Our society has their morals all screwed up.Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195922019970412150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-18721057332945945822008-04-09T08:14:00.000-07:002008-04-09T08:14:00.000-07:00The problem with nursing rooms is, they're always ...The problem with nursing rooms is, they're always freaking occupied! And the one in the mall here is always baking hot for some dumb reason. I don't know about other mothers, especially new ones with all those hormones still running through your body...but I was ALWAYS hot. Having a baby cuddled up to me while she ate didn't help the situation any. Especially one who was so hot natured. I would sit in that room and bake for 30 minutes, it was torture. I dreaded going in there. It would have been wonderful to sit out in the nice, cool food court, letting Hailey eat while I ate too. But God forbid somebody notice my baby tucked under a blanket and freak out because she was drinking milk from my boob like God intended. SHEESH!<BR/><BR/>Even worse...Hailey's first dr. appointment, we'd been out of the hospital 2 days...I'm sitting in the waiting room at the dr's office, a pediatrician's office no less, with other babies around, and Hailey starts freaking out crying, starving to death. I discretely tucked her under my shirt and covered her with a blanket and fed her. OMG the horrible looks I got from these other women sitting across from me. Completely disgusted that I was feeding my newborn baby RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM... <BR/><BR/>It's so sad that society today is so sex-based that boobs are seen for one purpose and one purpose only, and that purpose is not breastfeeding. <BR/><BR/>I couldn't even breastfeed in front of my own family, my mother included. Makes it sort of hard to do when you can't even do that.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003721925458149286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-75668066889951149412008-04-08T17:47:00.000-07:002008-04-08T17:47:00.000-07:00one thing that i have never understood is people e...one thing that i have never understood is people expecting nursing mothers to do in the bathroom...do you like to eat on toilet?? i know i sure don't and i would not expect my child to.<BR/><BR/>it's really sad in this day and age when so many people are making poor health choices that breastfeeding...a HEALTHY thing...is frowned upon. breastfeeding mothers should be getting a pat on the back for making such a health conscious choice...not berated because someone feels uncomfortable about it.<BR/><BR/>i don't understand it.<BR/><BR/>good topic girl!!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529657944572717564noreply@blogger.com