Is NIP a big deal or something?

lvisser · September 2009

IN the past two days I have NIP at Meijer, Once Upon A Child and just an hour ago at Noodles... At OUAC I even skipped the blanket...

And to add... I love that DH has gotten over his fear of NIP... With Rylee he was very umcomfortable with it... BUt this time around he never bats an eye... and is even OK with it in front of his family... but that might be cause this time I refuse to hide in a room to feed my child... lol

war_eagle · September 2009

Props to you, but I'm not comfortable. I might feel differently if it weren't for the damn nipple shield.

IselaCid · September 2009

It's not a big deal...for some of us. But for others it may be and it may be helpful to see that it can be done!

babyjoy09 · September 2009

Not to me it isn't. I nip a few times no big deal i don't even think people around me noticed. I really hope in the years to come it becomes less taboo and people realize that breast are for feeding children and not sexual objects!

mavilabride · September 2009

Unfortunately breasts are considered very sexual and people get uncomfortable seeing a woman breastfeed. They have no problem with a woman half naked but if she's using her breasts for what they were really intended for, the horror.

I NIP all the time. It makes me uncomfortable but DD's needs comes first always.

erino&chrish · September 2009

Is this a loaded question? I think it's fine to NIP, but there are apparently lots of women out there who think it's "gross" and "rude" (I'm saying this per a post the other day where lots of moms shockingly found it inappropriate). You're gonna get a star on this post for sure!

TimsMayBride · September 2009

IselaCid:
It's not a big deal...for some of us. But for others it may be and it may be helpful to see that it can be done!

Yes

I am in the "others" category, less for modesty reasons and more for being outside my comfort zone. DS is a fussy nurser at times - we're most comfortable in his glider with the boppy. Slowly we're getting there but it's helpful to hear (and see) people doing it so seemingly nonchalantly - it gives me confidence which I think DS picks up on.

CalinsBride · September 2009

Its not a big deal, and shouldn't be. But last week someone said she thought it was rude and that if someone NIP at a restaurant it ruined her night.

desmerelda317 · September 2009

This argument shows up on the boards every other week or so and it generally gets heated. This post will probably get a star.

Some people seem to find it rude and/or offensive. There have been news stories of women being told to leave public spaces (usually restaurants it seems) because their nursing is making others uncomfortable. Lots of folks who don't nurse or are against nursing in public tend to recommend the bathroom as a suitable location for feeding a child and don't understand why nursing mothers don't want to feed their children in an unsanitary, public restroom. There's generally a lot of talk about "why don't you just pump a bottle before going out" too, which means they have no idea how difficult it is for some women to pump. And some breastfed babies refuse to be fed from a bottle anyway. Most folks would appreciate if a nursing mother would cover up. I think the few moms that are comfortable enough to "just whip it out" and "flash" everybody while they're nursing their babies (although, according to most state laws this is legal) have become the stereotype and people against nursing in public cite this as why they're uncomfortable. I find that the great majority of nursing mothers are very modest about it and unless somebody was as close to their breast as the baby, they wouldn't be able to see anything.

I think that is it in a nutshell. State laws, however, generally support breastfeeding in public and exempt it from public indecency laws. I nurse in public all the time.

lvisser · September 2009

desmerelda317:
This argument shows up on the boards every other week or so and it generally gets heated. This post will probably get a star.

I must have missed the past posts! My bad!

See... I think that NIP is fine as long as you cover up. (or as Isla did in the PP - have the breast covered.. - I generally wear tank tops so I push my boob above the neckline...) I didn't cover up in OUAC cause I was in the back of the store and no one was there..

heidismith · September 2009

I NIP, but I'm still to chicken to go without a cover.

cindy453 · September 2009

I wish we could NIP... I feel tied to my house at the moment. We have to use a nipple shield, and Emmy screams at the breast to get latched. It's a battle. I don't want to do that in public and have everybody stare at me fighting my screaming baby!

kellim · September 2009

I NIP all the time and I also use a shield. Each time it gets easier and faster to get situated.

cindy453 · September 2009

kellim:
I NIP all the time and I also use a shield. Each time it gets easier and faster to get situated.

if she latched right on to the shield it would be fine. But the minute of screaming and looking like I'm trying to smother her with my gigantic, leaking boob.... not so much

cupcake_queen · September 2009

It's not an issue for me. I NIP all the time now. My LO is a pig and always wants to eat. I pop it out whenever and whereever. I just make sure not much is showing.

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