Comments on: A Dissenting Opinion on The Lactivists

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By: dave

dave — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:13:19 +0000

This is kind of a tough subject with no simple solution. Every one of us is unique, and have our own reasons we might agree or disagree on public breastfeeding. When I’m trying to eat, I dont wanna see any type of bodily function, because it skeeves me out. Nothing against the breast, or even breastfeeding.I just dont wanna think about about the ingestion of bodily fluids while I try to enjoy my milkshake, no more than I’d like to think about where that milkshake came from in the first place.On the other hand, the guy in the next booth may be sexually aroused by the hole thing.
My stance (in spite of being skeeved out once in a blue moon) is that I neither condone nor condemn public breastfeeding. Just keep in mind that you dont know what’s going through the heads of the people in your surroundings. Try to breastfeed in the same way as you would be smart to do anything in your daily life: with caution and consideration.

By: Kagey

Kagey — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:30:39 +0000

There is point people seem to be missing in this discussion. If a woman is wearing a low-cut shirt, showing much more than I typically do while BFing, she is not asked to leave the restaurant or cover up. When my dd didn’t like to have her head covered while BFing, my dh would help shield me until dd had latched on, and at that point, I was showing less skin than, say, our server in the babydoll t-shirt. What people seem to object to is not the amount of flesh showing, but that it isn’t being shown in a sexual manner.
The thing that squicks them out is the IDEA of a boob being used for food not for sexual titillation. And that’s what bugs me the most about people objecting to BFing in public!

By: Breastfeeding vs. Thongs - A Makeup between Bloggers

Breastfeeding vs. Thongs - A Makeup between Bloggers — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:46:11 +0000

[...] starts with a post by Aimee on Mile High Mommas posted a couple of weeks ago, basically : breastfeeding is cool, but not so cool in public places. Based on the 28 comments so far to her posting, it is still a hot issue. Thank you for raising it [...]

By: Doodaddy » A Public Apology

Doodaddy » A Public Apology — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:49:05 +0000

[...] couple of weeks ago, my blog friend Aimee the Greeblemonkey posted an interesting "dissenting opinion" on Mile High Mamas about breastfeeding in public. You should read it (and everything she writes, really), but the gist is that she, even as a mom [...]

By: Doodaddy » So Much Moonshine Today

Doodaddy » So Much Moonshine Today — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:57:36 +0000

[...] can’t believe people worry about breastfeeding in public when there are so many actually nasty things placed in front of our unwilling [...]

By: Norah

Norah — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:44:00 +0000

Thank you Doodaddy. I don’t believe bfing mothers ever are purposfully indiscreet. Like you said its personal…but it is also just the way babies were made to eat. It is also goog that you said that it should be practiced whenever and wherever moms AND babies feel it is right. You are a stud. We need more men like you in the parent community!

By: Doodaddy.net

Doodaddy.net — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:03:50 +0000

It actually sounds like you’re all pretty much on the same page, actually, which is the “reasonable” page. My wife breastfeeds in public, and when Boo was younger, even at the table. Boo wasn’t comfortable with a cover, but it honestly wasn’t that hard to be discreet… She wears loose-fitting clothes that more or less block any view from the sides without covering the baby, and baby blocked most of the “view” anyway. I suppose there was a little moment during latch and unlatch when someone might have noticed nipple if they’d looked *really* hard, I kind of doubt it.

As a stay-at-home dad, I’ve been around breastfeeding women a lot, and I’ve never seen anything inappropriate. Breastfeeding is an intimate act, and so I look away gently, like you might upon seeing really good friends in an intimate hug. *Not* because it’s gross, but because it’s personal.

The funny thing about this debate is that I’ve never seen anyone to be especially indiscreet on either side of the question — I’ve never known a breastfeeding mom to be silly about flaunting her breasts, nor an anti-breastfeeding person to be silly enough to take offense. And when either happens, it makes the news.

I think breastfeeding is fantastic and should be practiced whenever and wherever moms and babies feel is right. And I’m going to continue to look away, (gently, not in an offended way), because that just seems polite.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:59:05 +0000

My daughter has never let me put a blanket over her. I have tried many times. Even at home I tried to get her accustomed to it. When I put a blanket over her she rips it off which surely brings MORE attention to the fact I am bfing. I try to be discreet by wearing loose shirts but I hope that other people will also just look away.

Also, Bill says bfing in public exhibits “poor planning.” He obviously has not spent much time with infants. They’re hungry when they’re hungry. Period. I suppose if a baby was hungry at an unexpected time and a mom was too embarrased to bf in the restaurant and let her child scream he’d have a problem with that too.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:00:56 +0000

I wanted to thank you all for posting your comments, and keep them coming! Many have given me something to think about. I may never 100% agree with you, but I appreciate this forum for us to discuss it.

And P.S Heather, I am sorry you were having posting problems!