I was chatting with a friend at the school gates this morning and we got around to discussing breastfeeding in public. Now this is one that will go on forever but it still shocks me just how blatantly unreasonable some womens opinions are.
My friend was debating the issue with a relation who had difficulty accepting her choice to breastfeed in the first place - but when the issue of breastfeeding in public came up, oh boy, what a response. When my friend pointed out that it was entirely natural to breastfeed her baby in public when he was hungry her relations response was, "Well so is sex natural, but you don't see people having sex in cafes..."
I couldn't help but laugh at the way people always equate breastfeeding in public to having sex in public! There is no comparison!
Yes, sex is natural and necessary for procreation but the majority of us don't attempt to procreate in public. There is a time and a place for sex and we don't suffer physical pain if we can't do it wherever we happen to be!
Breastfeeding in public, on the other hand, is necessary.
If your baby is hungry, he needs to be fed and so be it if that means breastfeeding in a public place. It is absolutely necessary - no mother would happily let her baby scream with hunger pains simply because some uneducated people deem it indecent to breastfeed in public. If you don't like it, don't look.
And don't voice your unacceptable opinions to a mother who is giving her baby the best possible nourishment.
And whatever you do, do not suggest she feed her baby formula when she's out. Why should she? If a mum has made a choice breastfeed her baby then it is not something she needs to debate or justify to anyone.
Breastfeeding mothers and babies have every right to breastfeed in public. So get over it!!
I was chatting with a friend at the school gates this morning and we got around to discussing breastfeeding in public. Now this is one that will go on forever but it still shocks me just how blatantly unreasonable some womens opinions are.
My friend was debating the issue with a relation who had difficulty accepting her choice to breastfeed in the first place - but when the issue of breastfeeding in public came up, oh boy, what a response. When my friend pointed out that it was entirely natural to breastfeed her baby in public when he was hungry her relations response was, "Well so is sex natural, but you don't see people having sex in cafes..."
I couldn't help but laugh at the way people always equate breastfeeding in public to having sex in public! There is no comparison!
Yes, sex is natural and necessary for procreation but the majority of us don't attempt to procreate in public. There is a time and a place for sex and we don't suffer physical pain if we can't do it wherever we happen to be!
Breastfeeding in public, on the other hand, is necessary.
If your baby is hungry, he needs to be fed and so be it if that means breastfeeding in a public place. It is absolutely necessary - no mother would happily let her baby scream with hunger pains simply because some uneducated people deem it indecent to breastfeed in public. If you don't like it, don't look.
And don't voice your unacceptable opinions to a mother who is giving her baby the best possible nourishment.
And whatever you do, do not suggest she feed her baby formula when she's out. Why should she? If a mum has made a choice breastfeed her baby then it is not something she needs to debate or justify to anyone.
Breastfeeding mothers and babies have every right to breastfeed in public. So get over it!!