No it is not ok to Breast Feed ...

[Mickey Fliers]

They were strangers in public. I didn't know them. But I've seen it a few rare times. Those are the ones I talk negatively about. No one else.

Well, that's just odd and certainly not the norm.

 

[Planogirl]

As fomer breat-feeding Mom of a 31 and 29 year old (the point being that I breat fed in public when it was NOT ok), all anyone is asking in this post is for a little discretion. BF Mom's do not have the right, IMO, to assume that "just look the other way" is socially acceptable. Just cover up a bit, that's all anyone needs. Yes, latching on for a new baby is sometimes difficutly, and detaching can be just as difficult. But what happened to civility? It is not just all about me or all about your baby or your breast feeding. It's about all of us. Just be civil and discreet and you can feed your baby sitting right next to me on a bench anywhere at WDW.

I've often sat next to or near women who are breast feeding and they do so quite discretely without blankets. It can be done if people want to bother.

People keep mentioning what people do all over the world and that's fine. However, we don't have the same culture as other places (yet) and usually Americans don't seem to want to copy other countries. I guess that this is an exception but change never happens overnight.

 

[Mickey Fliers]

As former breat-feeding Mom of a 31 and 29 year old (the point being that I breat fed in public when it was NOT ok), all anyone is asking in this post is for a little discretion. BF Mom's do not have the right, IMO, to assume that "just look the other way" is socially acceptable. Just cover up a bit, that's all anyone needs. Yes, latching on for a new baby is sometimes difficutly, and detaching can be just as difficult. But what happened to civility? It is not just all about me or all about your baby or your breast feeding. It's about all of us. Just be civil and discreet and you can feed your baby sitting right next to me on a bench anywhere at WDW.

Bolding mine.

Why isn't it acceptable? I teach my kids to look the other way when a man has plumbers crack. Or if a woman's butt cheeks are hanging out from under her mini skirt. Or, a man in a speedo is walking around "full view" at the water park. I don't come on message boards and demand that these people change their ways. I don't like something, I don't look. It is really just that easy.

 

[mjkacmom]

I don't consider breasts to be a "private part". That term is normally used for reproductive organs.



How exactly can that be done, without shoving the baby up your shirt? If someone cannot afford to replace their entire wardrobe with the shirts made to open for breast feeding, then they are going to have to lift the shirt over the breast.

Yes, breasts are private parts. If I walked down the street topless, I would be arrested. I've taught my dd's that their breasts are private, not to be exposed in public, and not to be touched by others - I have not had this conversation with my boys. Breasts exist for both breastfeeding and sexual pleasure. You can breastfeed by latching on baby, and lifting the shirt so that the baby is exposed, and the breast is covered. I've seen a whole foot of breast exposed - not necessary. The OP was not offended by public breastfeeding, but totaly exposure - big difference.

 

[lillygator]

I'm truthfully wondering why you feel it is acceptable to compare the two.

Happy Holidays!

well I think he is comparing them since everyone is saying its natural to breastfeed and its natrual to reproduce correct?

 

[Todd&Copper]

I've seen a whole foot of breast exposed - not necessary.

OK, that is nasty. A foot of breast?
For the love of God, don't expose that monstrosity for all to see!

 

[sha_lyn]

you're kidding right? of course I don't look at it. but children WILL. and the problem is b/c of something you decided to do, I have to talk to my child about something I don't feel he/she is yet ready for. of course I would tell the truth, but why do I have to tell him yet? you made that choice for me instead of letting me make that choice for my child. there are easy ways for you to still breastfeed but not show the world - so show some consideration. and I will be considerate by not looking - like I said, it's a two way street - your way, however, is a one way, giving you priority.

Why wouldn't you be ready to tell your child that breast feeding is how babies eat?
Of courese you child is "ready" or it. Why wouldn't he/she be ready to know about how babies eat?
What would you do if you had another child? Refuse to breastfeed so you wouldn't have to explain it?

 

[lillygator]

they also eat via bottles...breastfeeding isn't the only way.

 

[mirmartinez]

they also eat via bottles...breastfeeding isn't the only way.

For many it is.
Did you read any of the recent posts?

 

[designermv]

Yes, breasts are private parts. If I walked down the street topless, I would be arrested. I've taught my dd's that their breasts are private, not to be exposed in public, and not to be touched by others - I have not had this conversation with my boys. Breasts exist for both breastfeeding and sexual pleasure. You can breastfeed by latching on baby, and lifting the shirt so that the baby is exposed, and the breast is covered. I've seen a whole foot of breast exposed - not necessary. The OP was not offended by public breastfeeding, but totaly exposure - big difference.

But you see the sides of breasts on women who wear skimpy bikini tops. I thought that the nips were the "offensive" parts, so as long as the babe's head is shielding that, who cares?

 

[lillygator]

For many it is.
Did you read any of the recent posts?

yes I have! thanks.

 

[Goofyluver]

well I think he is comparing them since everyone is saying its natural to breastfeed and its natrual to reproduce correct?

And?

Breastfeeding is providing food and nutrients to your child.

If you feel THAT is the same as having sex...then I don't know what to tell ya'.

Breastfeeding is not sexual. It's not about anything sexual at all. The same way that bottlefeeding is not sexual.

The comparison is ridiculous.

 

[lillygator]

And?

Breastfeeding is providing food and nutrients to your child.

If you feel THAT is the same as having sex...then I don't know what to tell ya'.

Breastfeeding is not sexual. It's not about anything sexual at all. The same way that bottlefeeding is not sexual.

The comparison is ridiculous.

in that sense yes, but when one person is just saying its the natural thing to do, well so is reproducing, its NOT sexual either.

 

[Laura]

And?

Breastfeeding is providing food and nutrients to your child.

If you feel THAT is the same as having sex...then I don't know what to tell ya'.

Breastfeeding is not sexual. It's not about anything sexual at all. The same way that bottlefeeding is not sexual.

The comparison is ridiculous.

And nobody goes hungry and makes a commotion if a couple waits to get back to the hotel room instead of getting it on during the Small World ride.

 

[m&m's mom]

I pumped for 1 DD as she was a preemie that could not take a bottle. I would NEVER have pumped in public.
Second DD was breastfed and I NEVER fed her in public- and it was not all that difficult either. I truly do not get it. I guess I stayed home more as I did not want to expose the girls to public germs either.
I just do not feel comfortable seeing anyone breastfeed (why are so many people calling a body part a four letter word that starts with a "B"). I hate slang for body parts. It's a BREAST people.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

Yes, breasts are private parts. If I walked down the street topless, I would be arrested.

Actually, only if your nipples are exposed. If you had pasties on, you would not be arrested.

I've taught my dd's that their breasts are private, not to be exposed in public, and not to be touched by others - I have not had this conversation with my boys.

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

Breasts exist for both breastfeeding and sexual pleasure. You can breastfeed by latching on baby, and lifting the shirt so that the baby is exposed, and the breast is covered. I've seen a whole foot of breast exposed - not necessary. The OP was not offended by public breastfeeding, but totaly exposure - big difference.

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.

 

[mjkacmom]

But you see the sides of breasts on women who wear skimpy bikini tops. I thought that the nips were the "offensive" parts, so as long as the babe's head is shielding that, who cares?

I don't want to see the breasts of women wearing skimpy bikini tops, plumbers cracks, butt cheeks hanging out, or the breasts of women breastfeeding. Just because someone chooses to have 1/2 of their breasts hanging out of their bathing suit doesn't mean it's not offensive to others, and just because someone chooses to expose their entire breast while breastfeeding doesn't mean it's not offensive to others - it's a choice they make. And most of the time, the bikini breasts are more attractive than the breastfeeding ones...

 

[Mouse House Mama]

My feeling about this is if a woman is brash enough to do this in plain view, I have no problem staring and trying to see as much as I can, even grabbing the camera if its handy...

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!

 

[Laura]

But you see the sides of breasts on women who wear skimpy bikini tops. I thought that the nips were the "offensive" parts, so as long as the babe's head is shielding that, who cares?

That's the part that's always blurred out on TV. I saw a daytime show once where a guy got breast implants like a woman's (lost a bet or something) and they taped over the nipples so he could show his "new look" on a public network. Naturally, a topless man with no implants can show his nipples on TV, so it was really weird.

I wonder if some of the women who show a lot of their breasts while breastfeeding just don't care anymore if people look or not? Maybe they were really discreet at first and then just stopped worrying about it?

 

[designermv]

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.