Breast Feeding in Public..what do you think.

Aunt Marg said:
I recall seeing it on occasion when I was young, but the mothers exuded class and covered. As for today's generation, basic common-sense ethics seem to escape many...
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I was thinking about how many times a day my grandmother's had to breast feed. My Mom's mother had 11 kids with 2 sets of twins, and my Dad's mother had 8. Their breasts must have been out most of the time. I can't imagine them doing it in public, but who knows.
 

Sassycakes said:
I was thinking about how many times a day my grandmother's had to breast feed. My Mom's mother had 11 kids with 2 sets of twins, and my Dad's mother had 8. Their breasts must have been out most of the time. I can't imagine them doing it in public, but who knows.
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Well, if they did BF in public, you can bet your bottom dollar that they exuded class when they did.
 
I wonder what woman who work do. They must have a way to pump the breast milk into a bottle for when they aren't home, so why not do the same thing if you're out with the baby and it needs to eat.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Well, actually, you could go into another room instead of being offended.
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Talk is cheap, isn't it, Aneeda, but keep in mind when you're sitting in a restaurant enjoying a pleasant outing and meal, I'm going to get up, park my little bundle of joy smack down directly beside you on my dining table, and change his or her diaper, and if you don't like it, you can leave or go to another room.

Changing diapers is natural, too, but common sense tells us that we shouldn't do it on a table in a restaurant full of people, and we for surely shouldn't inconvenience others when it comes to our ways and practices, but living in the ME, MYSELF and I world that we do today, there are some who feel liberated to the point of believing they are exempt or immune from extending any sort of respect to others, and instead, it's more important for them to parade around with a pompous attitude as if to communicate to others how superior they are.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Talk is cheap, isn't it, Aneeda, but keep in mind when you're sitting in a restaurant enjoying a pleasant outing and meal, I'm going to get up, park my little bundle of joy smack down directly beside you on my dining table, and change his or her diaper, and if you don't like it, you can leave or go to another room.

Changing diapers is natural, too, but common sense tells us that we shouldn't do it on a table in a restaurant full of people, and we for surely shouldn't inconvenience others when it comes to our ways and practices, but living in the ME, MYSELF and I world that we do today, there are some who feel liberated to the point of believing they are exempt or immune from extending any sort of respect to others, and instead, it's more important for them to parade around with a pompous attitude as if to communicate to others how superior they are.
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I agree with everything you said.. but when it comes to 'the Me, Myself, and I world,' it's the segment of the Boomers Generation known as 'The Me Generation' that started it.
I'm glad I didn't know many people who took that approach, but they've certainly made their influence known.
 
JaniceM said:
I agree with everything you said.. but when it comes to 'the Me, Myself, and I world,' it's the segment of the Boomers Generation known as 'The Me Generation' that started it.
I'm glad I didn't know many people who took that approach, but they've certainly made their influence known.
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Yes, you are absolutely correct. :)
 
We never took our kids to a restaurant....We didn't have the money....I cooked every night....
Now we do go with my kids who have children to a restaurant once and a while....
But we mostly eat at home....
I never would've shown my bo be...in public....God Forbid!!!!
And my daughter and daughter in law never had their baby when they come to the house....They both
would go into another room...or bedroom....That's how we did it at that time....My kids now have
older children....Don't know what they will do with their kids....probably I won't be alive...
Who wants to see a Boob!!!!! It's a private thing for me....and my husband!!!!
So I'm Old....Who Cares....
 
peppermint said:
We never took our kids to a restaurant....We didn't have the money....I cooked every night....
Now we do go with my kids who have children to a restaurant once and a while....
But we mostly eat at home....
I never would've shown my bo be...in public....God Forbid!!!!
And my daughter and daughter in law never had their baby when they come to the house....They both
would go into another room...or bedroom....That's how we did it at that time....My kids now have
older children....Don't know what they will do with their kids....probably I won't be alive...
Who wants to see a Boob!!!!! It's a private thing for me....and my husband!!!!
So I'm Old....Who Cares....
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No mother with class would.

Seems to be a new generation thing... those that feel entitled, superior, or those who are treading their way through life trying to prove something.
 
Given that it's a law in all 50 US states that mothers are legally allowed to breastfeed their children in any location, public or private, where they child are authorized to be, to continue arguing this is moot.

They're just breasts, people. If you don't like it, look the other way. They're not doing it to offend you, no more than you eat meat at a restaurant with an entitled, superior, me, myself and I intention of offending the vegans at the next table.

People are just living their lives. Live and let live.
 
StarSong said:
Given that it's a law in all 50 US states that mothers are legally allowed to breastfeed their children in any location, public or private, where they child are authorized to be, to continue arguing this is moot.

They're just breasts, people. If you don't like it, look the other way. They're not doing it to offend you, no more than you eat meat at a restaurant with an entitled, superior, me, myself and I intention of offending the vegans at the next table.

People are just living their lives. Live and let live.
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On the contrary. If I were the owner of an establishment and a mother chose to breastfeed a child under the roof of my premises, rest assured, she would do it in a respectful manner, or she would be asked to leave.
 
StarSong said:
Given that it's a law in all 50 US states that mothers are legally allowed to breastfeed their children in any location, public or private, where they child are authorized to be, to continue arguing this is moot.

They're just breasts, people. If you don't like it, look the other way. They're not doing it to offend you, no more than you eat meat at a restaurant with an entitled, superior, me, myself and I intention of offending the vegans at the next table.

People are just living their lives. Live and let live.
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There are plenty of things people are legally allowed to do.. doesn't necessarily make it right.
 
Aunt Marg said:
No mother with class would.

Seems to be a new generation thing... those that feel entitled, superior, or those who are treading their way through life trying to prove something.
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Yes...My daughter and daughter in law never showed their boobs....Only when my daughter came home from the hospital and she needed
help....Of course she phoned me to come over and HELP!!!! She was having trouble nursing the baby....The baby wasn't getting any milk..
I saw it right away....I'm not a Doctor but I knew what to do....
 

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