Time and place ladies, time and place...

[Edbear]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/child-yout...ectid=10749483

[rachprice]

Unfortunate...we want to really encourage breastfeeding, but not quite to that extent!

[Edbear]

Unfortunate...we want to really encourage breastfeeding, but not quite to that extent!

We were in the Albany Mall yesterday and a lady was breastfeeding at Muffin Break. She was comfortably ensconsed in a corner on a couch and was being reasonably discreet and nobody seemed to mind at all. She looked at me as if to see my reaction but I just smiled approval and carried on.

[oldrider]

Breast feeding is of paramount importance and should be treated with the uttermost respect and care!

Breast feeding should be allowed to occur whenever wherever but safety of both mother and child should come first, FFS!

Breast feeding is not and should not ever be seen as a sexual or offensive act and those that do hold such views should be shot, IMHO! (Sick cunts!)

I would like to pull the trigger myself, a life sentence for me is getting shorter all the time so it would probably be a bargain!

[blue rider]

Breast feeding is of paramount importance and should be treated with the uttermost respect and care!

Breast feeding should be allowed to occur whenever wherever but safety of both mother and child should come first, FFS!

Breast feeding is not and should not ever be seen as a sexual or offensive act and those that do hold such views should be shot, IMHO! (Sick cunts!)

I would like to pull the trigger myself, a life sentence for me is getting shorter all the time so it would probably be a bargain!

so good it had to be repeated.

funny when we get hungry we stop and eat, and it does matter little if we look like total slobs doing it. But breastfeeding, ladies and gentleman bring out the smelling salts, one could see a nipple and a happy baby! Oh my!

[Edbear]

so good it had to be repeated.

funny when we get hungry we stop and eat, and it does matter little if we look like total slobs doing it. But breastfeeding, ladies and gentleman bring out the smelling salts, one could see a nipple and a happy baby! Oh my!

Unfortunately we are surrounded by perverted ideas and people. The degradation of women to the status of mere sex objects flourishes and is reinforced by the media of all forms.

[blue rider]

what i do want to know is how could some one breastfeed while driving? did she have a kangaroo bag thingie, and how could the other driver see what she was doing?

what are people looking at when they are driving!

[blue rider]

Unfortunately we are surrounded by perverted ideas and people. The degradation of women to the status of mere sex objects flourishes and is reinforced by the media of all forms.

i think that is much older than that, my mother went into the "sideroom" in restaurants/at home etc to breast feed. I think with the advent of formula, breast feeding was looked upon as something archaic, and just disappeared. And of course before that the rich/well to do had nurse maids. So breastfeedig really was something only poor people did, their own kids and those of others if the mother did not have milk.



It still boogles the mind how anyone could consider breast feeding as offensive or sexual. its either feed the child, or support its screams. go figure?

[PrincessBandit]

I support breast feeding in public, but feel it should be done discreetly. As a woman, even I don't fancy seeing milk-laden boobies being flopped out indiscriminately even if for the purpose of feeding a hungry infant.

As for doing it while driving, all I can say is 'how on earth did she manage to keep a baby latched on without either holding it, or risking having her nipple bitten off by the clamping required?' It comes down to a safety issue - the same safety issue which makes it incredibly stupid (if not actually illegal) to drive with a kiddie sitting on your lap. Even if the babe was restrained in one of those new-age fandangled pouch thingies on the front the result of her having to brake suddenly would be disastrous for the baby wedged between her body and the steering wheel.

[oldrider]

I support breast feeding in public, but feel it should be done discreetly. As a woman, even I don't fancy seeing milk-laden boobies being flopped out indiscriminately even if for the purpose of feeding a hungry infant.

As for doing it while driving, all I can say is 'how on earth did she manage to keep a baby latched on without either holding it, or risking having her nipple bitten off by the clamping required?' It comes down to a safety issue - the same safety issue which makes it incredibly stupid (if not actually illegal) to drive with a kiddie sitting on your lap. Even if the babe was restrained in one of those new-age fandangled pouch thingies on the front the result of her having to brake suddenly would be disastrous for the baby wedged between her body and the steering wheel.

I wonder if she would do it while riding a bike .... if she was a biker that is?

[Blackshear]

Not a huge fan of it myself, a vast majority of mothers seem capable of being quite discrete about it, as natural as breastfeeding is.
Then again, a crying baby while I eat food easily surpasses this.

[avgas]

We were in the Albany Mall yesterday and a lady was breastfeeding at Muffin Break. She was comfortably ensconsed in a corner on a couch and was being reasonably discreet and nobody seemed to mind at all. She looked at me as if to see my reaction but I just smiled approval and carried on.

You might want to point out to the next one that they have changing rooms that have breastfeeding chairs etc.
Someone at the information desk should have pointed this out to her.

As for breastfeeding in public. yeah/nah. Its not that difficult to arrange your life around regular feeds.......why stay at home mums feel the need to spend the whole day at the mall/cafe.......well clearly shows they have time on their hands or money in their banks.

[nzspokes]

what i do want to know is how could some one breastfeed while driving?

I was involved in an accident where a lady in another car was breastfeeding as a passenger. It did not have a good outcome.

Bloody stupid thing to do.

[unstuck]

what i do want to know is how could some one breastfeed while driving? did she have a kangaroo bag thingie, and how could the other driver see what she was doing?

what are people looking at when they are driving!

Maybe it was someone in a truck who spotted her, it is amazing the things you can see from a truck. Im all for breastfeeding and dont usually have a problem with it, but that is just stupidity.

[rachprice]

You might want to point out to the next one that they have changing rooms that have breastfeeding chairs etc.
Someone at the information desk should have pointed this out to her.

As for breastfeeding in public. yeah/nah. Its not that difficult to arrange your life around regular feeds.......why stay at home mums feel the need to spend the whole day at the mall/cafe.......well clearly shows they have time on their hands or money in their banks.

Some mums subscribe to only feeding your baby if its hungry (probably a good thing given our obesity statistics)
And most mums will tell you they can tell the hungry cry from another cry