How do you feel about breast feeding in Public?

I remember asking a question like this to my mom. She said to me, if you really love your child, you would not consider first what others may think about you or the scenario you are in, but rather the welfare of your child who is dependent of you. And true enough, being a mother myself now, I share the same principle as hers.

I say don't even use a cover. Try drinking a glass of milk with a blanket over your head (someone here has that as an avatar and I think it's great), it is very uncomfortable. Plus my niece would never nurse under a cover. My sister thought she was in the clear and all of the sudden the cover is yanked down by her daughter! I also say feed wherever whenever you want, it's natural and that's what babies are meant to do. They don't know that some of our society are prudes and it makes people uncomfortable, they just need nourishment and don't know how to wait for it.

To me the only person to whom I have to explain to is my child. I can not explain to a hungry 4 month old why he cannot eat. Instead I will feed him as needed wherever I am. I agree people can look away. I have been surprised by how many men feel more comfortable wth me nursing than women. I would think that women would have less problems with it.

I personally do not like nursing in public, as I am not comfortable with showing myself to others, while doing so. However, when that is said, I am definitely not against nursing in public, on the contrary, I think it should be a personal choice. I have nursed in public on numerous occasions, as my baby needs food, but I always had a cloth diaper with me, so that I can cover up myself. I also found these great nursing tops in H & M, that I really love, because they cover up the skin but not the baby. I am also against the feeding the baby in the bathroom thing, and I have done it a few times, and it simply does not feel right. One of the malls in my area has a family room, where there is also a nursing room, and I really love this mall, the seats are nice and comfortable and every thing is new and clean. I have also been in many Sears stores, where they have had nursing rooms, next to the restrooms. I understand why people get uncomfortable when mothers nurse their children in public, but hey all they have to do is look away. Nursing is such a natural thing, and it is really such a shame, that something this healthy and beneficial to the child is surrounded by such stigmas. Thank you for opening up this discussion here at Mylot!!

it's naturaly, it's okey. And if i see this in the public, this can't make me desired.

Yea I know its natural and such but I have always seen this to be something you do at home. At home in peace. But maybe it isnt that wrong to do it in public if needed.

I feel if your child needs fed feed him/her I do not care what others think or say. The boobs were meant for feeding your children that is there REAL purpose only society makes it dirty. I always had a cloth to cover myself with in public. I don't think eating in a bathroom is the way to go. I know i wouldn't eat in the toilet why should my child.

Well I really don't care. I mean the kid does have to eat. If it was unpublic like why doesn't it look wrong?

I do not have a problem with it at all. I am not a mother myself, but when i see mothers who do this it does not bother me. Here in sweden they also have alot of different rooms set up - called nursery rooms. Where the moms can go and have this buisness taken care of. ´ve been in one with my friend and it was nothing like a toilet. It was really homely decorated and had a tv, a sofa - chairs and even a table with chairs.. A microwave and so on... I am glad that these excist coz there might be people who is still embarassed to feed their babies in public, so this is a good option for them!

ya you are right ..who the f**k is this who says that mother should feed her child in the bathroom...but as far as feeding in the public place is concerned then at least a bit of isolation should be there..as some people don't take this as a usual stuff..they take it like something else....

ya you are right..who the f**k is this who says that mother should feed her child in the bathroom..but as far as feeding in public place is concerned then at least a bit of solitute should be there..as some people don't take this as a usual stuff...they think it like something else!!!

I dont find anything wrong in feeding the baby outside if mom is covered. SHe its not a wrong thing to do. Thos people say so are moron, i would say... whats wrong in that..its just a baby...and a noble act of feeding our baby is going on..its not something wrong that is going wrong.... even a kid sees that..its not a problem because he/she knows that baby is been feeded and there is nothing wrong in it...!

I felt funny about it when I nursed my son. I just wasn't comfortable enough. But with my daughter I have no shame. I am modest but I feel like why should I be ashamed noone would say anything if I gave her a bottle!