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Funny thing about nursing in public...

adamsbabbleadamsbabble member
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I was just reading the BFing in public thread, and it made me remember how I always felt WAAAAY more self-conscious mixing a bottle of formula in public than I ever did about nursing in public.  While there is nothing wrong with formula feeding if you have to, I wanted so badly to BF exclusively and I was really upset when we had to start supplementing formula.  Since I had been working with a lot of lactation consultants and reaching out to other BFing moms for support, I was pretty much surrounded by the message that breast is best, and felt like it was the ONLY way I should feed my baby.  Whenever I had to get Ava's formula cup out in public and mix a bottle, I felt like mothers around me were passing judgement, although I'm sure that people were not even thinking twice about it.  I have a totally different outlook on both BFing and FFing now (basically that you do what you have to do and you do your best), but at the time, I was so self-conscious about it.  I know, it's silly.
Ava Caroline 8.27.07 I Charlotte Grace 5.18.09 I Lila Katherine 1.20.11

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Re: Funny thing about nursing in public...

  • teacherjessteacherjess member
    Agreed. I always feel, when mixing a bottle in public, like other moms are judging me for not BFing when they don't know any background on why. I hate this feeling. I used to feel this way when I'd take Leah into the "women's lounge" rooms at the mall to feed her and all the other mothers were nursing.
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  • 424bride424bride
    I just have to say that in this day and age, it is SO sad that any mother has to feel judgement regardless of how she feeds her infant.  You would think that as a society, we would have come farther than this by now.  I hate that there are so many judgemental people out there.  Until you walk in someone else's shoes, you have no right to judge.  No one knows what is going on in any other individual's life.  I just wish people would open their minds.  Sorry, stepping off my soapbox now, but as a mom of a toddler and going through some very tough times ever since he was born, I feel like I don't have a judgemental bone in my body anymore, and I wish others would live and let live.  Unless someone is harming their child, why would others judge? 
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