Breastfeeding in public

[The Valkyrie]

You know, I just realised that I have NEVER fed a breast in public!

Is it like feeding ducks?

It's like feeding an offensive duck in public. Hitler duck for example.

Hey!

Hitler duck is simply misunderstood.

In reality, the Peking Duck Holocaust never really happened.

Right, Harris?

[bennyboy]

As if Harris is going to be in this thread. He can't get past the title without jerking off and then strapping a bomb to his chest.

[Edwardo Piet]

I have even breastfed myself in public and everyone just stares at me in disgust while I lick my supple mannips (it was compulsory during the referendum).

This is 2017 for fuck's sake. And yet judgemental reactions abound. Shocking.

[vorlon13]

how big are your moobs ?

[vorlon13]

BTW, have I mentioned 'taillights' recently ?

[LadyForCamus]

My first born was formula-fed, but I'm currently breastfeeding our little one, and I never realized how un-breastfeeding-friendly our society is until now.  You have the Academy telling you, "really, if you want to be a good mom, you better EXCLUSIVELY breastfeed for at LEAST a year; otherwise you're basically a failure."  But, it's almost impossible to find places in public to breastfeed unless you want to sit on a gross toilet in a public restroom somewhere.  This leads to women NOT breastfeeding because they feel isolated, and confined to their homes.  I bring my nursing cover wherever we go, and if my man gets hungry, he

When we had our daughter, I was stunned to learn how mothers in particular are guilt-tripped by society (mostly by other women I think. Men don't really care as long as thw baby isn't starving is my impression ) with completely contradictory expectations. For instance, we had to feed formula for a while due to the usual issues, and holy crapola did everyone have an opinion on that they didn't hesitate to share. My favorite from a neighbor was, when we literally just got home from.the baby IC unit because our 1 week old had developed slight jaundice from not drinking enough, "don't let the doctors make you nervous, a mommy's body knows best what is right for her child. Don't listen to anyone. You do know though that once you start with formula you can probable never go back?". It's all BS. And don't get me started on internet forums filled with judgmental super mothers who will tell you that you are a child-neglecting failure for not doing it exactly the way they did it.

Oh, I know! It's ridiculous. There are mommy wars over EVERYTHING - breastfeeding, co-sleeping versus crib, stay-at-home versus working mom. Women can be terrible to each other. From a dietetics POV, of course breast milk is best under ideal conditions, but that's just not how life works. If baby is having medical issues and nursing isn't cutting it, you HAVE to supplement. Failure to thrive is a far more serious and immediate concern in those situations.

Not to mention, breastfeeding is really hard! Noone tells you that you've got to learn latch technique, and positions, and what a newborn swallowing sounds like, and what proper sucking looks like, and ways to keep the tiny, flailing arms out of the way... I don't judge ANY woman for throwing in the towel.

[Fireball]

When we had our daughter, I was stunned to learn how mothers in particular are guilt-tripped by society (mostly by other women I think. Men don't really care as long as thw baby isn't starving is my impression ) with completely contradictory expectations. For instance, we had to feed formula for a while due to the usual issues, and holy crapola did everyone have an opinion on that they didn't hesitate to share. My favorite from  a neighbor was, when we literally just got home from.the baby IC unit because our 1 week old had developed slight jaundice from not drinking enough, "don't let the doctors make you nervous, a mommy's body knows best what is right for her child. Don't listen to anyone. You do know though that once you start with formula you can probable never go back?". It's all BS. And don't get me started on internet forums filled with judgmental super mothers who will tell you that you are a child-neglecting failure for not doing it exactly the way they did it.

Oh, I know!  It's ridiculous.  There are mommy wars over EVERYTHING - breastfeeding, co-sleeping versus crib, stay-at-home versus working mom.  Women can be terrible to each other.  From a dietetics POV, of course breast milk is best under ideal conditions, but that's just not how life works.  If baby is having medical issues and nursing isn't cutting it, you HAVE to supplement.  Failure to thrive is a far more serious and immediate concern in those situations.  

Not to mention, breastfeeding is really hard!  Noone tells you that you've got to learn latch technique, and positions, and what a newborn swallowing sounds like, and what proper sucking looks like, and ways to keep the tiny, flailing arms out of the way... I don't judge ANY woman for throwing in the towel.

So much it is, that people shouldn't judge for this. I was formula-fed. That may be why I'm not married to a gal with immense breasts.   Great story- one of my wife's friend's daughter had a baby recently. She went into labor and before the husband could get her and the gear into the car, she had the baby boy in the bathroom (3rd child- be warned!), with him barely catching him from falling on the floor. She has ample breasts, but that boy nurses both sides and then wants a bottle to boot, just like my eldest. And then he fills a diaper before she can finish changing him!   I'm half afraid of what's going to happen when my spawn finally reproduces, and I get to baby sit.

[Jackalope]

OMG that's horrible. We were allowed to roam free in the very back of my family's Ford Grand Torino Station Wagon... it was a fucking tank and it was great for road trips. Lay out a double layer of sleeping bags in the "back back", add some more blankets and some pillows and the kids will sleep through most of the car ride. It was great.

Same here, though IIRC, it was a '65 Plymouth. What a POS that car was.

[vorlon13]

those 1960s station wagons would allow the kids in the back to roll down the rear window glass and either then fall out, and/or allow exhaust gasses into the car . . . .

[Joods]

Our station wagon didn't do that. What's funny is that my sister had to learn how to drive in that car. My mother finally replaced it in 1986 with a Chevy Celebrity, that I learned how to drive in. The Ford, IIRC, was a 1978.