They still don't get it

That's the pic I like best, petallus. It's really funny. I could never squirt that far. Mind you, I wasn't a virgin when I gave birth either.

I agree, ana, about the slight excessiveness of the "nothing lovelier" idea.

I'm off to bed now to dream of how wonderful it would be if "ostentatiously" breast feeding women could give their detractors a well-aimed eyeful of milk every now and then à la Virgin to St Bernard. Chuckle.

Exactly - hence the emoticon, petallus!

I think they squirmed rather than laughed Ana

Oh yes, I'd forgotten those, petallus! How the nation laughed...

thatbags had a look at the images. I confess I was a little taken aback by the one of the Virgin Mary squirting milk from her breast some distance (about five feet) downwards into the mouth of St Bernard.

There was a similar scene in the Little Britain 'bitty' sketches I seem to remember.

Rose - what are you saying? That the rights of those -- perverted, twisted small minded people--who are perturbed ( whatever that means) should trump the rights of mothers who want to breast feed? Why not turn it on its head and say that if you are perturbed you could just stay at home?

I don"t for one moment think people are weird !!
I like the human race!!

I don't care where mothers breast feed their babies, but I don't agree that there's no sight lovelier.

No-one on here seems to be disturbed; however, there may be certain people who are. There is absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding a child in public but some people could be somewhat embarrassed.
It is a matter of thoughtfulness for other people who could be perturbed, which many of today's younger people appear to lack.

Virtually nobody is disturbed.
It is almost a non-issue.

Exactly anno

Petallus - all it says is that there is nothing lovelier than a mother breast feeding her baby.

Who is disturbed?

'Allo, 'allo, whatever happened to that picture of The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies?

This, as has been said, is not meant to be a discussion of the benefits of breast feeding. It's about the irrational reaction of certain people to the perfectly natural sight of a woman feeding her child.

Twenty images of Our Lady of the Milk. Disturbing at all?

Anyone who thinks so needs to see a shrink.

petallus Bottles filled with cow's milk have been used to feed babies or supplement their feeds for centuries. It wasn't freeze dried like Cow & Gate but that's the only real difference.

We have forgotten that we are animals.

This isn't about what is best for babies or their mothers. It's about people being screwed up about one way of feeding a baby and not another even though we are just mammal animals like all the other mammal animals. We are lucky that we have a choice about feeding method. Other mammals don't so their babies die if they can't do it. Ours don't. That's good.

Why do some people feel uncomfortable if they see a woman breastfeeding? Why? What are they afraid of? I really do think it's weird.

I do not think bottle feeding is weird. I do not think breast feeding is weird. I think it's weird some people think one of those is weird. OK people are weird.

Hmm, I guess I knew that already.

Bottle feeding can be the best thing for some babies.
It was for one of mine, the other two were fine being breast fed.

Bags 18.40 ?????????????
Don"t get , explain further!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOON Me too , thought a few more could have showed up !!!!!!!!!

'there is nothing lovelier than a mother breast feeding her baby'

What does that say about bottle feeding?

I was surprised that the demonstration outside Claridges only got 40 people.
It seems to be more or less an online issue only.

Good point, rosequartz, not that I'm bothered personally by breast feeding in public. I breast fed my own, but never in a public place because I didn't want to. Nothing wrong with that, either!

I don't find it perturbing myself. I like to see it (just wouldn't want to hear the possible resultant filling of nappy when I am eating!).

Just saying that some people might find it off-putting. And it is also their right to be able to enjoy their tea for which they have paid far too much a lot of money.