Public breastfeeding

Actually I don't find any problem with breast feeding but my husband does get embarrassed by it, I think most men do.

Having said that he would not think any other than it is a natural thing to do and would never make a fuss, simply avert his gaze.

I think they were obviously trying to make a point.

Having lived in countries where children are usually liked and catered for, there are times I find some places very unwelcoming. Although it is improving. However, about 2 years ago we all met up near the New Forest for a meal in a local pub. My GD was then about 14 months old and a good baby. There was a classic notice over the bar 'children and dogs welcome, but please ensure your child is well behaved'. I was incensed . No mention of 'don't let your dog lift it's leg please, or bark, etc etc' BTW I am a dog lover].

Nanban, it is ridiculous - and frankly insulting - to compare women breastfeeding in public with men flashing their privates. The latter is a threatening gesture; who could possibly feel threatened by the sight of a baby taking his/her natural nutriment?

greatnan,
this country has never been user friendly, let alone child friendly.

What do the British have against children? I think any woman who is offended by the sight of a mother feeding her baby in a completely natural way has a problem.

A slight aside to this ...a couple of days ago, walking in the precinct part of a local High Street, I was to see a mother prepare to change her toddler's nappy on one of the cement benches. (It was beginning to rain too)

But then ...on thinking about it ...I couldn't think of any restroom facilities in the town that she could have used! Which me even more.

Oh I get it now! If the OP had put "occupying a cafe whose owner....".

Good on them!

'Furore' doesn't sound peaceful - has this been in the news? And it sounds as though they were only eventually made welcome...

Me too! They protested peacefully and were made welcome x

I think it's a lovely thing to see, anywhere, any time.

Breastfeeding is natural. Whenever I have see a mother feeding her baby it makes me smile. It is rarely done overtly, but I wouldn't mind at all if it was.

So, a group of mothers met up for lunch. And they were breastfeeding. So, they were good mothers.

Rejoice. The next generation needs them.

"A furore today with a crowd of breastfeeders occupying a cafe who had asked a breastfeeding mother to move to a more discreet table! The manager had to apologise and grovel to a bunch of frankly over-endowed breastfeeders."

I can't make head or tail of that post. Why don't you sort it out and then come back.

If you really have to.

I guess they were trying to make a point if they weren't being discreet about their breastfeeding , breastfeeding mothers usually manage to do so without the rest of the world even knowing they are doing it by using a wrap of some sort..

It wouldn't bother me either way as a baby needs feeding when its hungry and that shouldn't limit the mother into having to stay home to do it.. why should they have to hide away to perform a perfectly natural act? As long as its done discreetly.