I expected some rude people, but some of this was ridiculous...

[donaldlovesdaisy]

LOL. I love hearing this one from formula feeders. It's not very considerate to feed a baby infant formula which increases their risk of cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and even death. So if increasing my child's chance of lifelong health is inconsiderate to others, then so be it.

My first concern is my child's health. Anyone who has a problem with that can mind their own business.

Sorry but I breast fed both of my children and find your comment to be kind of rude and very condescending. I think comments like this are just as bad as the comment that a women should breast feed her children in a restroom and not in public. No one way is right and it has to be what works for you and there is no need to demean someone who has a difference of opinion on the subject. I agree with those who say breast feeding can be done discretely in public and there is no need to have your other breast hanging out while it is not being used.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

I'm not about to read through every page of this...

Just wanted to pipe in and say that I hope you had a great first trip to Walt Disney World!

I guess I'm just used to it now, but many people use their strollers/wheelchairs to plow through the crowd at theme parks and don't care if they hurt you. On our last trip, my sister was run into in line for Pirates of the Caribbean by an older man pushing his wife in a wheelchair. He didn't stop pushing - sis literally ended up sitting in this lady's lap (totally weird). Then they didn't apologize, but instead wife yelled at husband about how he needed to pay attention. It tore the skin on my sister's lower leg where the footrests had scraped her.

The peeing in the potted plant is just really weird... you wonder who raised some of these people.

The only situation where I can really justify is the line cutting incident, depending on your tone when you said, "Excuse me, there's a line here." Not suggesting you gave some attitude (and I'm sure you don't think you gave attitude), but that's the kind of statement that can come off sounding snappy and invites people to respond to in an equally snappy manner. Then again, it's difficult to sound nice to someone who is cutting in front of you in line...... but because the guy was cutting in front of you, I wouldn't put it past him to speak rudely to you, as well.

 

[t_catt11]

Sorry but I breast fed both of my children and find your comment to be kind of rude and very condescending. I think comments like this are just as bad as the comment that a women should breast feed her children in a restroom and not in public. No one way is right and it has to be what works for you and their is no need to demean someone who has a difference of opinion on the subject. I agree with those who say breast feeding can be done discretely in public and there is no need to have your other breast hanging out while it is not being used.

+1.

All of our kids have been breastfed. Some women cannot breastfeed, for various reasons. No need to be condescending.

If people (on both sides of the issue) would just have some consideration, the world would be a happier place.

Peeing is also natural. Would you like me to start peeing in public? No, you wouldn't. I find it ironic that the same people who are shocked that a little boy whizzed in a potted plant get angry when someone suggests they keep their bra on at a family theme park.

Seriously? Eating and urination are a bit different... reasonable people would agree. Again, I'm not a proponent of letting it all hang out, but acting as if breastfeeding belongs in a bathroom is just asinine.

 

[Figment43]

My first concern is my child's health. Anyone who has a problem with that...

Nobody has a problem with you breastfeeding. The problem is with women whipping them out in public as if they have some special right to be topless in front of children just because they have an infant.

...can mind their own business.

Nice. Do your children have that "all about me" attitude, too?

 

[Figment43]

+Seriously? Eating and urination are a bit different... reasonable people would agree. Again, I'm not a proponent of letting it all hang out, but acting as if breastfeeding belongs in a bathroom is just asinine.

They are no different. They are both natural things that most people do not want to see in public. And breastfeeding does not belong in a bathroom, but there are ways to do it in public that are more discrete and considerate of others.

 

[deegack]

Sorry but I breast fed both of my children and find your comment to be kind of rude and very condescending. I think comments like this are just as bad as the comment that a women should breast feed her children in a restroom and not in public. No one way is right and it has to be what works for you and their is no need to demean someone who has a difference of opinion on the subject. I agree with those who say breast feeding can be done discretely in public and there is no need to have your other breast hanging out while it is not being used.

I agree. The pp reminds me of the woman who yelled at me at a mall for bottle feeding my dd. I was in tears because she had no clue how hard I tried to bf and dd just wouldnt latch and my supply was nothing.
People who criticize those who formula feed do as much harm to the bf movement as those tell women they shouldn't bf in public.

 

[discott99]

2 years ago we were waiting in line for Fantasmic. Out of the blue this one family( a middle aged woman and her two teenagers) pushed right through everybody and cut in front of this one man. He asked her why she cut him and she said because she could. He gets extremely mad and he starts eating his turkey leg he got. While he was eating it one of her teenagers pushed in front of him and he yelled with the food in his mouth right in her face She turned back over to her mother who began taking pictures of him and he began doing the same PICTURE WAR!!! It got so bad that a cast member had escort them from the area!!!!

 

[MsPoppinsTX]

surrealrain - I'm sure it wasn't your intent, but I find your statement very offensive because some of us didn't have a choice and had to use formula. I breastfeed for 7 (very difficult) weeks, developed mastitis that turned into abscesses (each the size of an orange) that needed surgical intervention. But thanks for demonizing all formula users and saying we are inconsiderate.

 

[t_catt11]

They are no different. They are both natural things that most people do not want to see in public. And breastfeeding does not belong in a bathroom, but there are ways to do it in public that are more discrete and considerate of others.

I'd argue that they are different, but that would be splitting hairs.

I agree with you 100% on being considerate - as you can see from my other posts.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

I'd also like to add to the breastfeeding debate...

If the mother is covering up with a blankie (they make the neatest little cover-your-chest towels these days) and not in the way of anyone, I don't really see the problem. Now, if she's actually leaving her breasts out (including the one the baby is sucking on), I do think that's rather inappopriate and could understand how that could offend people.

That being said, Disney actually has an infant care center, which is intended for mothers to use to breastfeed their babies.

Other good breastfeeding spots would be dimly lit, low-traffic areas. Or long, dark shows like Hall of Presidents or Carousel of Progress.

 

[Figment43]

People who criticize those who formula feed do as much harm to the bf movement as those tell women they shouldn't bf in public.

I agree. Militant pro-bf'ers make the whole situation worse when they criticize formula feeders. My sister's children are lactose intolerant and her milk made them sick. She has to buy the special (expensive) soy formula for her baby. It's not always so simple as someone not caring about their kids' health.

 

[rkmassa]

I am not making excuses for the rudeness of people but as someone who has had to push a stroller and a wheelchair at WDW, I just wanted to say, it's not easy! It is difficult enough to walk in those crowds but when you are trying to manuever a stroller or wheelchair it is darn near impossible. People stop suddenly in front of you and also when you try to leave a space cushion, people invariably step into it directly in front of you. Then you get the dirty looks! All I am saying is to please take into consideration what the other people are dealing with.

Agreed. My mom used an ECV at Disney for our last trip, and the space she tried to leave in front of her to keep from hitting people was used as a space for people to jump in front of her. It took forever to get through the turnstile one morning at EPCOT because people kept jumping/walking in front of her.

 

[Hannathy]

LOL. I love hearing this one from formula feeders. It's not very considerate to feed a baby infant formula which increases their risk of cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and even death. So if increasing my child's chance of lifelong health is inconsiderate to others, then so be it.

My first concern is my child's health. Anyone who has a problem with that can mind their own business.

Wow. Anger management much? Sorry you dislike someone having an opinion that seeing someone with both breasts hanging out in a public place might do as much to turn a soon to be Mother off on breast feeding as turn them on! but last time I checked we were still allowed to have differing opinions in this country.

And where did the formula vs bottle come in? Don't remember anyone bringing that up.

Don't care what you feed your child, heck you can give them Mt Dew in a bottle and a cigarette- as long as you do it in the smoking section so to be considerate of other people.

 

[Figment43]

heck you can give them Mt Dew in a bottle and a cigarette- as long as you do it in the smoking section so to be considerate of other people.

This made me !!! I totally pictured a person of Walmart doing that!

 

[bluejasmine]

Is it me or does it get worse every year? I dont get it, you use to be able to just blame it on the youth but that isnt the case anymore most of the time now its adults behaving badly!

I completely agree OP but just to throw some positive out there.. We have met some wonderful CM and guests who went above and beyond.. Hopefully in June and Sept Ill find some more..

I mean what happened to the Happiest Place on Earth? lol

 

[maxiesmom]

Don't care what you feed your child, heck you can give them Mt Dew in a bottle and a cigarette- as long as you do it in the smoking section so to be considerate of other people.

I have no problem whatsoever with breast feeding in public. But for goodness sake, don't let both of your ladies hang out. It is unnecessary. And I don't wish to see your breast. Face it, they are really not that attractive, unless you have had work done. Just please, be a little discrete.

 

[Joe Buck]

Last year, I was at Hollywood Studios for The Voyage Of The Little Mermaid. I had just received a new camera and was taking pictures during the show. One thing I always do is turn off the LCD in a dark environment so it doesn't disturb people. Half way through the show this girl who was sitting with her boyfriend asked me to stop taking pictures because it was annoying her. I did not have it on silent mode and turned it on silent mode after she said that. I really didnt think the noise could be heard because the show was so loud. Also allot of people were taking pictures, not just me. When the show was over I took some time to put my camera back in the bag. When I got out of the show, they were waiting outside for me. It was mostly the girl and she stood there with her arms crossed, shaking her head, staring me down and I asked her if she had a problem and she said, yes with losers like you. I said, you really have some nerve, you told me that the camera was annoying you and I switched it to silent mode but that still wasn't good enough for you and now you are waiting outside to harass me. She then said, if you have some kind of a mermaid fetish you really need to get help. I told her that she really needed to watch her mouth because its going to get her in trouble one day. Her boyfriend got in my face and said, now you are in trouble. I told him to back off because if he even tried to swing at me, I'm calling the cops and letting them know that they were both waiting for me to confront me after the show and he will spend his vacation in jail. And I was starting to boil up at that point and said, plus if I have to act in self defense you will need an ambulance to get there. He did back off but the girl was still running her mouth cupping her hands and saying, hey everybody check out the big loser with the mermaid fetish over here. I ended up leaving and going to the MK because I really didnt want to run into them again and I wanted to enjoy my day.

Normally you see rude people that cut lines or think its OK to curse and have no respect for people around them and with those people, I just walk away from them and do something else. But these two went out of their way to confront me. I really think the guy didnt want any part of it but his girlfriend had an axe to grind and I told him he needs to find a better girlfriend because one day her attitude is going to get him in trouble.

 

[VAfamily1998]

That being said, Disney actually has an infant care center, which is intended for mothers to use to breastfeed their babies.

Other good breastfeeding spots would be dimly lit, low-traffic areas. Or long, dark shows like Hall of Presidents or Carousel of Progress.

Those were always my favorite places to nurse too--but for my own comfort, not to "not offend" people around me. Those places tended to be cooler, quieter, and a relaxing place away from the crowds and chaos.

 

[ttintagel]

I think for some people rising prices are a contributing factor. Some people think that since they paid so much to get it, it entitles them to do whatever they feel like to get their money's worth.

 

[everythingALICE]

LOL. I love hearing this one from formula feeders. It's not very considerate to feed a baby infant formula which increases their risk of cancer, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, and even death. So if increasing my child's chance of lifelong health is inconsiderate to others, then so be it.

My first concern is my child's health. Anyone who has a problem with that can mind their own business.

I have to agree with the number of other posters who have already recognized your post as incredibly rude, ignorant, and condescending. As others have pointed out, there are a multitude of reasons why many women cannot breastfeed - health conditions, having an adopted/foster child, child's medical conditions, etc. How sweet of you to imply that they'd so rather expose their child to the vast dangers of formula than be "considerate" of their child's needs.