tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post6948537966387314749..comments2023-05-17T14:55:06.445+01:00Comments on From rat racer to positive parent: Breastfeeding in public in the UK - do you dare?Simonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496514300445204519noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-4752958764408728222012-06-30T06:48:12.135+01:002012-06-30T06:48:12.135+01:00Why should other people make you feel you are doin...Why should other people make you feel you are doing something wrong? Whether it's breast or formula, you are feeding your baby! Formula is a newcomer, around only since the 1920s. Before that if you didn't or couldn't breastfeed you paid somebody to do it for you. <br /><br />I wish I had another child so I could confront these people and shame them. I just cowered and tried not to Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05496514300445204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-71818340946393693472012-06-28T23:09:13.773+01:002012-06-28T23:09:13.773+01:00Hmm. I have mixed views about this. I did try br...Hmm. I have mixed views about this. I did try breastfeeding in front of my father in law but he was obviously embarrassed which made my son tense so I then went to another room. That said, I don't think that should be the first response. I would say to try it, as I said earlier, people don't necessarily notice it so it's not necessarily shoving it in anyone's face! <br /><br Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12019188687429455091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-30309902195014540782012-06-28T17:38:59.196+01:002012-06-28T17:38:59.196+01:00I don't really care either way, but I do think...I don't really care either way, but I do think BF mums should be sensitive to others. For example, when my kids were babies, I would never have breastfed in front of my father-in-law as that would have embarrassed him to no end, no matter how much I thought he should get over it. If you're sitting round a table with a mix of people you know well and not very well, I think it's Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-63785443130886345302012-06-28T10:46:06.422+01:002012-06-28T10:46:06.422+01:00Interesting post - I'm due shortly, and hoping...Interesting post - I'm due shortly, and hoping both to breastfeed and to do it in public. It does seem things are slowly getting better, and the changes in the law really help, but it's such a shame it's still getting negative reactions. Maybe it's the pregnancy hormones making me extra feisty/stroppy, but I feel like I'll be fully prepared to stand my ground if necessary - MummyTravelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627178134463451452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-91613788473480332742012-06-27T12:55:28.102+01:002012-06-27T12:55:28.102+01:00I once had a really negative day. Had some looks ...I once had a really negative day. Had some looks off a manager in a restaurant when I'd clearly explained when I walked in that I wanted somewhere quiet as I would be breastfeeding my baby (and he put me in the window!) Then gave me funny looks and the staff started to sit people further away from us. I complained and got an apology from the company (a large chain).<br /><br />Later that Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12019188687429455091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-13408903712530922172012-06-27T09:03:00.073+01:002012-06-27T09:03:00.073+01:00Thanks Crystal, yours is not a negative comment, i...Thanks Crystal, yours is not a negative comment, it's a frank comment. Well some relations I don't want to put on the spot used to walk out on me when I breastfed, while the Italian lot were gaping (not many women breastfeed anymore in Italy, so I guess it was interesting to see). I didn't mind if they were relations, but I did feel vulnerable outside.Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05496514300445204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160324317961561130.post-45331970843499760372012-06-27T08:53:46.601+01:002012-06-27T08:53:46.601+01:00I do think there's a bit too big a deal being ...I do think there's a bit too big a deal being made of breast feeding in public and this is why new mums feel uncomfortable about doing it. Feeding your baby is such an individual choice and to stare at a mum bf'ing is so incredibly rude I'd be tempted to tell the person staring to eff off and get a life, no matter how old they were. I never breast fed for many reasons, but I know 100%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com