I'm pretty 'free' around our home with breastfreeding. You can often find me expoxed and feeding/pumping and I'm not bashful about it at all. My mom and nieces were here for a 2 week visit and I'm pretty sure that they have sufficiently been desensetized in this area.
However, in public, opinions regarding where and how a mother feeds seems to vary greatly.
First, let me start by saying that I have no problem feeding my baby wherever I happen to be. Some people frown upon breastfeeding a baby anywhere other than a public bathroom. However, I would never eat in a restroom. Therefore, don't expect me to feed my baby in one!
That's probably why I got a few looks when in the middle of my lunch at the Olive Garden, I whipped out my modest cover and fed my hungry baby! They are a 'family' resturant and they had no 'family area' to feed. It's been hot as the devil here in the south and I wasn't about to take a trip to our car, and having my child sit hungry while I finished my meal was not an option. So, I just let people look.
I didn't feel bad about it at all... Public places don't scare me!
If it's not a problem to bottle feed in public, why should the breast be any different?
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