Bfing in restaurants..... how do you feel about it?

Crazycrustacean · February 2009

I personally whip'em out anywhere I am if she needs a boob. It also doesn't bother me when women bf in any place in public.

Before I was a mother, it didn't bother me then either.

I'm watching a show that says bfing in restaurants ranks #6 (going 10-1. With 1 being most offensive) in what people want to see banned in restaurants. I know it's illegal to tell a woman to stop or that she can't in ny. ?

MelissaSue81 · February 2009

I really don't have a problem with it at all.. Most women I see do it very discreetly anyway..

ll3414 · February 2009

I think it's fine if women are discreet about it. I have been in public places where women aren't discreet - like you could see everything - and it made me feel a little uncomfortable.

Dontblink · February 2009

I do breastfeed but am not comfortable with doing it in public like that. I wouldn't want to make others uncomfortable while they were dining either. I would excuse myself from the table and go somewhere more private. I would also never do it at my own dining room table if people were eating for that matter. I would want to excuse myself to somewhere more private. I guess it depends on your preference and how private you are though.

jennrg1019 · February 2009

It doesn't bother me to see someone else doing it. They're feeding a hungry baby.

Honestly, if you don't like it, don't look

I saw a woman change a dirty diaper on a table and then sat down and ate. I also hate people blowing their noses at the table.

Crazycrustacean · February 2009

jennrg1019:
I saw a woman change a dirty diaper on a table and then sat down and ate.? I also hate people blowing their noses at the table.?

Oh that's just gross. Why do people blow their noses at the table??

mr+ms · February 2009

I am always perplexed by what is so offensive about breasts. They are kind of any arbitrary body part that we choose to cover up as a part of our culture. There's not a whole lot inherently gross about them. In fact, many a ?magazine covers show as much breast exposed as they can get away with and that's supposed to be attractive to both men and women. Apparently it works because they keep doing it over and over again.

So where exactly is the offense coming from? Is it just an inner American-style prudishness that makes people blush, like the same way a nude beach is "icky"??

I have never seen anyone BF in public my whole life. For real. I have and will when I need to.?

justgnat · February 2009

I rarely see people BFing in restaurants. But when I do it doesn't bother me. It's not like I have to look at their boobs. Everyone I've ever seen BFing has been totally covered. People just need to mind their own beeswax.

ncsubride · February 2009

As long as Moms are discreet about it I don't mind at all.

Kerri

berty12777 · February 2009

I have no problems whatsoever with anyone BFing in public. I have BFed all over the place, but I always use a cover. I'm not comfortable enough with myself to nurse without a cover. If someone else is that comfortable, more power to her!

847Christine · February 2009

I do it all the time. I'm discreet, but I do what has to be done for my child. It never bothered me to see other women NIP before I was a mom either.

mrs_ross07 · February 2009

berty12777:
I have no problems whatsoever with anyone BFing in public. I have BFed all over the place, but I always use a cover. I'm not comfortable enough with myself to nurse without a cover. If someone else is that comfortable, more power to her!

I agree!

ValerianOddity · February 2009

When my DS was a baby, I breastfed wherever and whenever he was hungry, and I will do likewise with this baby. I generally put a receiving blanket over my shoulder to cover us up, but that was more for me than anyone else. To hell with what anyone else thinks! Like a pp said---if you don't wanna see it, then don't look.

It annoys me to no end that breasts are so sexualized in our culture that a mom feeding her baby in public is considered inappropriate or yucky. FFS, that's what boobs are for, you know??