Times Article and vent

lachulavista · June 2012

So, I was wondering if those that are bf and or pumping have experienced any negative feedback from the whole Times article with the mother that was bf her 4 year old? Or has any feedback been positive in any way? Today at work our Terminex guy that comes every month to do his inspection asked me "Who has the baby"? I replied Excuse me? He said yea, "for the past 6 months I have came here and there is a breastpump in the bathroom." I said for your information it has been almost 12 months and that the baby was mine, his immediate response was "Don't you think you should stop"! Or are you going to be like that teenager on the cover of the Times Magazine? WTH is wrong with people? I just could not believe that some random Terminex guy is going to tell me that he thought it was time for me to stop bf.

katie4253 · June 2012

I would be calling his supervisor STAT.

AmandaP678 · June 2012

Wow that's bad

Little&BigPea · June 2012

katie4253:
I would be calling his supervisor STAT.

Wow, I am with Katie on this one! Very inappropriate to be making comments like that, regardless of the article or his opinion, especially since he was on the job and you were at work.

jlsimon56 · June 2012

You leave your breastpump in the bathroom? Is it a unisex bathroom? I keep my pump at my desk. I have not gotten any negative response. I don't really think that people think that much about how other people feed their babies? I certainly don't care how other people feed their babies, it's no business of mine.

lachulavista · June 2012

jlsimon56:
You leave your breastpump in the bathroom? Is it a unisex bathroom? I keep my pump at my desk. I have not gotten any negative response. I don't really think that people think that much about how other people feed their babies? I certainly don't care how other people feed their babies, it's no business of mine.

Yes, I have to pump in the womans bathroom because there is no other place to pump that has a door that locks. The terminex guy comes once a month and there happens to be a "trap" of some sort in there thats how he came across my pump.

LnR70707 · June 2012

Um...ewww at leaving your pump in a public restroom all day. And yeah, I'd report the guy because that comment is not acceptable. And out of curiousity, what kind of pump do you have? Because you can't tell my PISA is anything other than a bag unless you open it up (so triple ewww at this guy poking around your pump in that case).

lachulavista · June 2012

L&R70707:
Um...ewww at leaving your pump in a public restroom all day. And yeah, I'd report the guy because that comment is not acceptable. And out of curiousity, what kind of pump do you have? Because you can't tell my PISA is anything other than a bag unless you open it up (so triple ewww at this guy poking around your pump in that case).

It's not a public bathroom its for employee's only and there is only 1 other female coworker. I don't leave any parts exposed or anything like that. It's a Medela PISA.

ksulli · June 2012

I had one woman that had an odd response to the whole thing- not sure if it's because I'm 'still' BFing or because I bf at all (she never did with her kids). I just went with, "the AAP reccomends EBM for 6 mos continued to at least one year, and the WHO says BM should be their primary source of nutrition for 2y, so yes, I still bf my LO.".

Really inappropriate for terminex guy to say anything about it. The woman I was speaking with we were at least talking about my LO and I was stressing about not being home for bedtime for the first time, which included my own reference to BFing.

dairygirl19 · June 2012

Weird. I'd just brush it off and call it a day. People are dumb and feel the need to comment about everything.

I no longer bf for various reasons, but TBH I really don't know who gives a damn about how anyone else feeds their baby. For real, no one here cares.

MOONGIRL2467 · June 2012

Little&BigPea:
katie4253:
I would be calling his supervisor STAT.
Wow, I am with Katie on this one! Very inappropriate to be making comments like that, regardless of the article or his opinion, especially since he was on the job and you were at work.

Agree with his too. I'd be pretty pissed that he even feels like he can tell me what to do.

KahlansMom · June 2012

Our babysitter was gone for 1 WEEK and today was her first day back. When I dropped LO off she asked if I was still BFing. Umm, yes? It's only been a week. Strange. We are starting to add in an ounce or two of WCM to her bottles a couple times a week, but it was just a strange question.

People are mainly surprised/impressed when I tell them I am still BFing. Since the norm is to stop around 6 months, I get complimented for sticking it out this long, no negative comments at all.

Teresa1896 · June 2012

I'd probably call the guy's boss, too. Totally unprofessional and bordering on sexual harassment. I'd think your breasts and what you do with them is not appropriate workplace conversation.

I get a lot of questions from coworkers who know I "still" BF/pump about what I thought about the article. And the same question: "You're not going to BF her when she's 4/5/15/going off to college, are you?" I say no, that I'm pumping till a year, and smile and move on. Not worth my time to get all riled up arguing with people who just don't care and won't understand.

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