They still don't get it

How very odd - is this company policy? - or just a weird waiter? It seems to me that this just draws attention to it all the more. On the whole I think people hardly notice a baby stuck up the jumper and happily guzzling.

Company policy, apparently.

Gordon Bennet!!! Have they forgotten that this season, that they make so much money out of, is actually about the birth of a baby? And there sure as hell weren't any bottles around in Bethlehem, and babies had to be fed. Hypocrites.

I find it rather strange that a woman would go into Claridges , which is rather at the high end of the price spectrum and decide to breastfeed .
Still what do I know .

What is the difference between breastfeeding in Claridges compared to brestfeeding in the local 'greasy spoon' café, Nonu?

I cant see why it should matter where you breastfeed nonu, its a disgrace that a mother feeding her baby can cause such an uproar.

We should flood Claridge's Twitter feed (@ClaridgesHotel) with Saint Peter's List of the Madonna feeding the infant Jesus. My favourite is the last one.

I suggested on Twitter that Claridges provide shrouds for any man reading a publication with images of objectified women.

MicElf and Jingle good points from both of you.
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"A breast full of milk and a manger full of hay." as the carol goes.

As I said earlier What do I know !!

Nonu I do not get your point at all!

It sounds as if you are suggesting that breastfeeding is only for "poorer people" and that those who could afford to go into Claridges would not want to be so "common" as to breast feed their babies.

Wonderful images Bags. Those mediaeval artists had the right idea.

Nellie I am going to think about a reply to you.

I would so have loved that to be Kate Cambridge wouldn't you- I wonder what they'd have said to her. Or are mums supposed to be so posh they leave the baby with the Norland nanny? Not from my experience of "posh" establishments!!

Beautiful, bags! Thank you. It is one of the loveliest things to see, I think.

It would be rather nice if stores had a dedicated room for mothers to both breastfeed in a quiet environment , and then to change the baby, as well as a comfy chair for the mother.It's hard to think why they can't provide this service in all stores, not just the expensive ones.

Meant to say 'it's hard to think why' etc.

I'm mystified Roses. Why should breastfeeding mothers be isolated and banished from where everyone else is enjoying their meal?

bags I would have posted one of those glorious images on Twitter but I am not sure how

It's great to see mums breast feeding their babies and being able to relax in the company of friends and family instead of being banished to a private space. If anyone's going to be banished elsewhere, let it be those unthinking people who don't understand that breast feeding is what breasts are for. Babies shouldn't be on the receiving end of discrimination because of how they are fed.

Nellie, well if breastfeeding is for poorer people, we must have been pretty poor,[ although truth be told I don"t think that was possibly the case, little strapped maybe ]
I breastfed 3 children all under the age of two years, two of which were twins so I had a child at each breast.

I am just of the opinion that women who go into Claridges [which is pretty expensive I believe, never been there myself] would not be inclined to breastfeed , as not everyone wants to see breastfeeding, natural or not
. ,but as I have said twice what do I know.
Don"t always read things into what people say, sometimes remarks are perfectly harmless.

Lastly it occurs to me was the woman herself trying to make some kind of point.

Good point Roses

Soutra , I think that was a slightly fatuous point you know full well that would never happen.

This has been raised before and am not sure why folk get hot under the collar about breast feeding in public.

Moi fatuous? Which part of my post? Kate? Or the Norland nanny reference?

Giggle !!