should breast feeding in public be allowed

[talloulou]

Just this Christmas in the San Antonio airport, a woman flopped out her boob right there and fed her child. She was in a prominent place where people were sitting and walking by. THere were plenty of seats facing the window that she could have gone to feed her child. I am currently pregnant, and I am planning to breastfeed, and I thought her behavior was tasteless.

I find giant fake boobs and abortions tasteless. Deal with it.

 

[DeeJayH]

women should be naked all the time
which makes breastfeeidng a moot point

edit: that being hot chicks of course :3oops:
up until their mid 30s
than they should wear burkas :doh unless they are MILFs

 

[Hatuey]

Yes. I get tired of the dirty looks whenever I get thirsty.

Dirty soldier...dirty dirty soldier. Oh man I can't wait till my wife is breast feeding. All my guy friend told me I'd have some competition from the baby but hey w/e I'll take that little fugger on. It's because I love his mommy's tig'o'bitties that he's even here in the first place. ROCK ON.:lol:

 

[Maximus Zeebra]

Not true. Infants cry less and less the older they get, unless their needs are not being met. My son only fusses when he's hungry or tired and I haven't caught his cues before he reaches that stage.

And as I already stated, for me personally at least, I don't have anyone that can babysit for me. We have no family nearby, nor have we made any close friends since we've moved here. And I am NOT trusting my son to a complete stranger. We shouldn't have to stay home just because our son MIGHT start fussing. If he did, as I already stated, there are numerous things I can do to calm him down, and I'm VERY good at calming down my son. Most people wouldn't even notice that he'd started fussing.

I have personally been bothered by babies in restaurants several times, I dont think there is something more annoying than sitting in a restaurant eating with someone, then all of the sudden someones baby start crying. You cant hear the music anymore, cant hear each other and are distracted by the baby.
Personally if I owned a restaurant I would allow no babies nor young kids as they tend to be unmannered. :shock:

 

[Maximus Zeebra]

You have it completely *** backwards. If you wish to avoid the general public, enjoy a nice dinner at home. Or choose an establishment that doesn't allow children and caters to your wishes. The places I go to are run by individuals that want my business - kids included, who cares if you support it or not.

I take my children out to dinner all the time as cooking and cleaning up after them is something I sometimes like to pay others to do.

Hey, babies dont eat in restaurants anyways, so why bother bringing them in the first place? Most restaurants think only money anyways and would most likely allow a monkey as long as you eat there instead of somewhere else.

NO, I should not choose that, people with children and babies should have their own restaurants where they can eat.. Like someone mentioned family friendly places, like pizza restaurants or MCdonalds..

If you have a baby, you have the choices anyways, hire a baby sitter or eat at home.

 

[Maximus Zeebra]

You mean like what you just posted? Are you unable to let your embarrassments from other threads lie in those threads and have a good time? This is the Internet. What you state doesn't matter and what I state doesn't matter. Persistance of such temper tantrums will only get you in trouble. Now, let's remain mature and commence to talking about boobies.

...and read up on what "ignorance" is.

This thread is not about boobies, so i find your answers pretty immature.:mrgreen:

 

[aps]

I find giant fake boobs and abortions tasteless. Deal with it.

You clearly are defensive with your past actions. I hope you're okay. It sounds like you need to "deal with it."

 

[MSgt]

This thread is not about boobies, so i find your answers pretty immature.:mrgreen:

It's not? Gosh. Silly me. I thought I saw something about boobies and breast feeding in the thread title. Oh, my bust. It say's "breasts," not "boobies." And given the humerous tone throughout the thread, I thought I was "in the flow of traffic." Silly me.

You see, this is just cultural confusion at play here. In America, boobies are breasts. We have other such names, but I prefer boobies. What names for breasts do they have in your country? And what country would that be?

Is it the tone of the thread and my involvement that you find immature or is immaturity really a holding of Internet grudges from thread to thread?

 

[ARealConservative]

Hey, babies dont eat in restaurants anyways, so why bother bringing them in the first place? Most restaurants think only money anyways and would most likely allow a monkey as long as you eat there instead of somewhere else.

NO, I should not choose that, people with children and babies should have their own restaurants where they can eat.. Like someone mentioned family friendly places, like pizza restaurants or MCdonalds..

If you have a baby, you have the choices anyways, hire a baby sitter or eat at home.

Because after working a full week away from my kids, I prefer to have them with me. And sometimes I want to pay for someone else to cleanup after them, and me. And since the owner of the establishment wants my business, I don';t care what you think. In fact, I find the food tastes much better when I see an uptight individual offended by kids being in their presence. :mrgreen:

 

[aps]

Because after working a full week away from my kids, I prefer to have them with me. And sometimes I want to pay for someone else to cleanup after them, and me. And since the owner of the establishment wants my business, I don';t care what you think. In fact, I find the food tastes much better when I see an uptight individual offended by kids being in their presence. :mrgreen:

I think what saddens me is the lack of interest on the part of the parent to teach their children about proper manners/behavior. I'm just thankful that my parents taught me well.

I think any parent whose child is being objectively disruptive at a restaurant should be asked to leave (or should leave without being asked).

 

[reaganburch]

I think what saddens me is the lack of interest on the part of the parent to teach their children about proper manners/behavior. I'm just thankful that my parents taught me well.

I think any parent whose child is being objectively disruptive at a restaurant should be asked to leave (or should leave without being asked).

Bingo...

I'm a parent of a 9-month old and my wife & I don't take him to restaurants. Why? Because he's a 9-month old...

He's too young to be in restaurants or any other place similar to that. He'd get bored and as any 9-month old would do, he'd whine, hollar, scream & squirm. Who's fault is that? Not the child, that's for sure. It's the arrogant, self-centered parents fault. You are not only inconviencing the other patrons in the restaurant, but you're also inconviencing your child, also.

Do the parents really believe that when the child is screaming his head off in a restaurant that he's having a great time sitting in a high chair, cooped up, bored out of his gourd?

That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.... but, I'm not...

 

[Wyrmdog]

Babies shouldnt be in a restaurant in the first place. :doh

I don't mean to harp on this, but...

When you have small children, you don't get out much. At all. Babysitters are almost as expensive as children and after a while cleaning up one more kitchen mess will make you crazy. So you go out for dinner and you take the kid/s. Some of us are cognizant of those around us and do our best to keep the kids from being overly disruptive.

Sometimes you need contact with the outside world, exposure to people that aren't just your children, even if just to see other adults walk by and hear them talk across the room. It's amazing how well it works to help keep you grounded when you can realize you're not completely cut off from the world you once knew. It helps reinforce the perspective that it (the isolation of rearing young children) isn't forever.

 

[doughgirl]

I have to tell this funny story of what happened to me regarding breastfeeding. I thought about this when Felicity talked about how breasts swell when the milk comes in and when Stace mentioned how ten year old boys dont know much about breastfeeding....in which I agree. some adults dont know much about it either.

I was in the process of trying to stop breastfeeding forced by my sons cold.......and his inability to breastfeed.
One night I was in extreme pain, my milk had come in and I was in agony.

I ended up driving myself to the emergency room, my husband stayed hom with the kids as it was late at night. I could barely move I hurt so bad. I walked in the hospital with my arms around my chest because of the pain and went up to the counter almost in tears to check in. Two college guys were just standing there waiting for paperwork. The receptionist asked me what was wrong. Like how do you describe what was wrong....

:rofl

I told her that my breasts were "engorged." I will never forget the look on their faces. The lady asked me again........I repeated it....she didnt know what that meant either.

I said they were full of milk and that I needed help getting the milk out.

Yea I'm a cow that needs to get milked lady...........I was ticked.

The guys tried so hard to keep it in but one burst out laughing. I can only imagine what they were thinking. We all just stood there and laughed.

I bet they went back to the dorm and looked up that one.......

 

[Felicity]

The guys tried so hard to keep it in but one burst out laughing. I can only imagine what they were thinking. We all just stood there and laughed.

I bet they went back to the dorm and looked up that one.......

I would take reallllllly loooong, realllllllly hot showers and it was as if there where three shower heads when I got engorged. Our bodies are just amazing in my opinion!

 

[reaganburch]

Our bodies are just amazing in my opinion!

I truer statement could not have been written...

 

[dragonslayer]

Why should breastfeeding women have to look around for an establishment that doesn't allow children, just so they can breastfeed? Why should women stay at home just because some prude may get 'offended' by the sight of their infant son/daughter having his/her lunch?

Why do some people find breastfeeding offensive? If you see a woman breastfeeding, and don't like it, then look away. It's as simple as that.

I agree 100%

 

[ARealConservative]

Why should breastfeeding women have to look around for an establishment that doesn't allow children, just so they can breastfeed? Why should women stay at home just because some prude may get 'offended' by the sight of their infant son/daughter having his/her lunch?

Why do some people find breastfeeding offensive? If you see a woman breastfeeding, and don't like it, then look away. It's as simple as that.

Why are you quoting me? I support breast feeding in public.


On a less serious side, here is a joke I recieved today:


Choosing a wife




A man wanted to get married. He was having trouble choosing among three likely candidates. He gives each woman a present of $5,000
and watches to see what they do with the money.


The first does a total make-over. She goes to a fancy beauty salon, gets her hair done, new make-up and buys several new outfits,
and dresses up very nicely for the man. She tells him that she has done this to be more attractive for him because she loves him so much.




The man was impressed.




The second goes shopping to buy the man gifts. She gets him a new set of golf clubs, some new gizmos for his computer, and some expensive clothes.
As she presents these gifts, she tells him that she has spent all the money on him because she loves him so much


Again, the man is impressed.




The third invests the money in the stock market. She earns several times the $5,000. She gives him back his $5,000 and reinvests the remainder
in a joint account. She tells him that she wants to save for their future because she loves him so much.




Obviously, the man was impressed.




The man thought for a long time about what each woman had done with the money he'd given her.










Then, he married the one with the biggest boobs.

 

[talloulou]

You clearly are defensive with your past actions. I hope you're okay. It sounds like you need to "deal with it."

What's that supposed to mean? I'm just saying it's pretty absurd to even question whether breastfeeding should be allowed in public when you have so many women out there buying ridiculous looking boobs and screaming about "their body their choice!"

 

[RightinNYC]

Why are you quoting me? I support breast feeding in public.


On a less serious side, here is a joke I recieved today.....

hahahaha:lol:

 

[aps]

What's that supposed to mean? I'm just saying it's pretty absurd to even question whether breastfeeding should be allowed in public when you have so many women out there buying ridiculous looking boobs and screaming about "their body their choice!"

It means what it implies. If you were so confident about your behavior with your son, your reaction to my thoughts wouldn't have been so passionate (and you wouldn't have felt the need to explain to people why you were breastfeeding a walking boy--who cares what they thought?). I expressed how I felt about breastfeeding in public. Your reaction was very strong, which led me to believe that you have issues. It's that simple.

 

[talloulou]

It means what it implies. If you were so confident about your behavior with your son, your reaction to my thoughts wouldn't have been so passionate (and you wouldn't have felt the need to explain to people why you were breastfeeding a walking boy--who cares what they thought?). I expressed how I felt about breastfeeding in public. Your reaction was very strong, which led me to believe that you have issues. It's that simple.

Well of course my reaction is strong. It's very annoying to deal with looks and have to converse with people (with my child preent) about what I'm doing. With all the crap going on in the world I just can't believe people have issues with public breastfeeding. I remember one woman who just refused to believe my son was 9 months old. I told her, "Well hey maybe that's why he is running around at such an early age....'cause I'm breastfeeding him. " She looked all insulted by that and yet she, a perfect stranger, had felt the need to come up and give me her two cents but somehow my two cents was rude?

As far as I'm concerned if women can walk around with the crack of their arse and a g-string hanging out then how can anyone bat an eye at women breastfeeding? And these same goofs who are "offended" by public breastfeeding are the same goofs who go absolutely insane when someone tells them that bottlefeeding isn't as good. :roll:

And to tell you the truth I didn't give a ratz arse what they thought but I was pretty god damn pissed that some felt the need to come and engage me in conversation about what they thought with my kids right there. Talk about no manners and rudeness.

 

[Jerry]

should breast feeding in public be allowed

Yup, nutn wrawg widit.

 

[BWG]

...... I am currently pregnant.....

......................CONGRATULATIONS..................................
:2dance: :cheers: :bravo: :2party: :congrats:




*if it was mentioned before, sorry, but this is the first I heard

 

[doughgirl]

ARealConservative ...........thanks for that hilarious joke!!!!


Yea guys like boobs dont they? And bigger is better to many woman, if ya get my drift !!!!!!!!!!! :rofl

 

[BodiSatva]

Congrats aps!

Yeah, two breastfed kids here, as I stated. Walking at ages 8 months and 11 months, both well before the 14 month average. Talking early. Extremely articulate. Well bonded. Emotionally trust us. Still sleep with us at 3 and 1.5. Great immune system. Essentially they ar ethe two greatest kids in the world. It is true. Dang...what else. Oh, my wife is a Calendar Girl. I was a freelance photographer before, and got a grea "Pumkin Patch" shot of her breastfeeding.

For all you nervous betties out there. Damn! A woman does not just chuck her tit out and all that, my wife never exposes herself, just lifts her shirt a bit and the kids mouth and nose slide in. You would never even know...