No it is not ok to Breast Feed ...

[mjkacmom]

Why wouldn't you have the same conversation with your boys?

Until they outlaw a foot of exposure of the breast on the red carpet at the Academy Awards, showing some breast while breastfeeding should not be an issue.

I will wholeheartedly agree that there are people that push the limits, just as there are those that do it in every area of life.

But seeing a bit of skin tissue that belongs to the breast should not be a problem, especially if you can pick up the latest People magazine and see more breast exposed on the red carpet than the typical breast feeding mother.

Face it, for many people, it is not the breast (that is just an excuse because more breast is exposed at your local beach with women in bikinis), it is seeing the baby suckling on the breast that causes issue. That is proven here in this thread by all the people that feel that children should not see it. Why not? They have seen more breast at the water parks in Disney, so it has to be the act of feeding that bothers the parents.

My boys can be topless at the beach, and I don't worry about girls grabbing their breasts (dd12 is in middle school). I will tell them that girls' breasts are considered private - hands off. I've had no issues with 99.9% of women I've seen breastfeeding - it's the .1% who are pushing the issues. I have no problem with my children seeing women breastfeeding - they've seen me do it, as well as many of my friends. A little skin is fine - it's the zeolots who expose way more than they have to that annoy me.

 

[JonS99]

Just a guess here but if you did act like a jerk and then grab your camera I would wager that the only film you would have would be the inside of your colon. Just pointing out what the majority of S/O or DH's would do to,...uh ....rectify the situation.
I'm just sayin....

Oh- and that's real respectful of your own wife. Lucky her!

And I am just sayin what I would do, might even have an idea for a fun website where other offended people could download pics....

And we have assault laws in this country, would be a shame for a husband to waste a day in jail on a WDW vacation...

 

[JonS99]

Sigh. Isn't it nice that there are laws to protect breastfeeding moms? No matter how upset and offended people on the interwebs get, in the end, the nursing moms and their sweet babies win.

And luckily I have the right to take their picture...

 

[Mouse House Mama]

And I am just sayin what I would do, might even have an idea for a fun website where other offended people could download pics....

And we have assault laws in this country, would be a shame for a husband to waste a day in jail on a WDW vacation...

There are lots of laws in this country. Something for you to keep in mind.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

Sigh. Isn't it nice that there are laws to protect breastfeeding moms? No matter how upset and offended people on the interwebs get, in the end, the nursing moms and their sweet babies win.

It really is a moot point to discuss it. The laws are in place to protect the mother, so whether one is offended or not, the mother and baby have the legal protection to nurse whenever and wherever they want.

And I am so glad that this thread has remained civil for 14 pages! That is not the usual case.

FWIW - I bottle fed all my children. I just think that if a mother wants to breast feed their children, they should have that right to do it whenever they want and in whichever way works for them and their baby.

 

[Goofyluver]

And luckily I have the right to take their picture...

Your wife must love you soooo much.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

And luckily I have the right to take their picture...

You might want to update yourself on current law.

 

[kidshop]

Sigh. Isn't it nice that there are laws to protect breastfeeding moms? No matter how upset and offended people on the interwebs get, in the end, the nursing moms and their sweet babies win.

Hmmm, I wonder why those laws had to be made? Oh yeah, just read through all the ignorance about breastfeeding and breasts on this thread! Moms who bfeed at all are the MINORITY, and those who may do it in public are rarer still. Thank goodness this is a protected right. "Discreet" is in the eye of the beholder and not seen at all is what would really be preferred by most. (ie, never leaving home) there is no way to define discreet, so breast exposure incidental to feeding a baby is a protected right. If you don't like it, go get your own laws made. Bfing moms and babies, carry on! The more people who see bfing, can see it is no big deal may choose to bfeed their own babies. Oh, I wait for the day when bfing is not newsworthy, but is so boring and mundane no one even blinks.

 

[sha_lyn]

You might want to update yourself on current law.

 

[kidshop]

And luckily I have the right to take their picture...

So take my picture of me feeding my baby. It says more about YOU than me.

 

[designermv]

And luckily I have the right to take their picture...

I'm not sure about that, but whatever. Your kids will love it when you whip out a camera at a restaurant to take a photo of a stranger quietly nursing her child.

 

[mirmartinez]

I'm not sure about that, but whatever. Your kids will love it when you whip out a camera at a restaurant to take a photo of a stranger quietly nursing her child.

Such a great role model. His children are so lucky.

 

[JonS99]

You might want to update yourself on current law.

Then I wll just stare and make them as uncomfortable as they are making me, again, just talking about a mom exposing more than needed in a public place without thinking of others.. No way am I talking about a mom attempting to be discrete..

 

[goofyrhodie]

I think there is quite a big difference in exposing oneself while breast feeding and just plain exposing onseself. Ususally a breastfeeding mother is not walking around with her breasts hanging out, drawing attention to herself for all to see, "

This is the problem. There ARE people who breast feed their babies and DO walk around with their breasts hanging out, drawing attention to themselves for all to see. What the OP explained was wrong! That mother could have been more discreet.

 

[Laura]

Then I wll just stare and make them as uncomfortable as they are making me, again, just talking about a mom exposing more than needed in a public place without thinking of others.. No way am I talking about a mom attempting to be discrete..

Why are you trying to shame a woman into hiding when she breastfeeds? What level of exposure makes you uncomfortable (as I'm sure it's different for different people)?

 

[Kathi OD]

No I can't I dont know why.. I just cant... it hasn't phased ANYONE who has seen me nurse.. my brother, his gf, my kids, etc... its a breast no one really cares around here except that lady at walmart..

Sure it has, if you've done it in public, where people other than your family have seen you. They were just polite enough not to say anything.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Then I wll just stare and make them as uncomfortable as they are making me, again, just talking about a mom exposing more than needed in a public place without thinking of others.. No way am I talking about a mom attempting to be discrete..

Again, you need to update yourself on some laws my friend. That type of behavior can be cause for alarm and all.

Just curious though, when you are out do you spend all your time looking at other people? I never even notice others because I am enjoying my own family. It sounds to me like you have a bit of an obsession here. Just something to think about.

 

[CathrynRose]

If a lady just has her whole breast out without a kid on it what do you think people would say ?

It is not about looking at it sexually it is about looking at it period . We have taught the kids that thier body is thiers and is not for others to see or touch .
"

Well, she didnt have her whole breast out without a kid on it, #1.

#2 - In addition to teaching your children their bodies are theirs, you should have also taught them about breastfeeding, and that's it's 'not the same thing'.

May the rest of your trip be nipple free, for your own sanity.

 

[mlynn]

I don't see anything wrong with BF in public. But I would want to find a nice quiet area to BF just so the baby has a quiet and relaxing feeding. A baby can feel if a parent is getting stressed.A quiet place being a less used area in a mall or a sitting area in a store or in Disney a less used walk way or the little pavilion by the castle. So so the baby doesn't get stressed and gets the milk they need. That is the most important part anyway.

 

[HelenePA]

Sure it has, if you've done it in public, where people other than your family have seen you. They were just polite enough not to say anything.

in the hospital.. good lord I never had so many people ask me, look at and touch my breasts in one day. This whole thread makes me wanna go sit on that bench at walmart even more and just "whip it out" and feed him. I'll be shopping with him tomorrow.. I'll let ya know if anyone says anything to me when I do it