I'm gonna disagree with you on ONE highly specific point: I don't think it's unreasonable for a nursing mother to cover her boob with a small blanket or diaper if she's nursing in public. This goes double for in restaurants.
It's a trade-off ... you should be able to nurse your baby any damn place you want, but not if you have to flash half the room to do it.
I've watched you breastfeed all three of your kids, and you manage to do it quietly and discreetly. However, most other nursing moms I've watched don't seem to be able to do it, and end up showing their tits.
I don't think it's a huge imposition on a nursing mother to take, for example, a clean diaper out of her baby bag before nursing ('cause she's probably gonna use it to burp the kid afterwards, anyway), and place it over the boob while the kid's using it.
So my take on it is, I will defend your right to nurse - discreetly - in public just about to the death.
Now, I'm personally not offended by seeing your tits. But I think it's definitely rude to flash tits, dick, balls, ass, or pussy at someone in public. (Certain street fairs, nudist colonies and camps aside.)
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Date: 2007-06-20 01:57 am (UTC)It's a trade-off ... you should be able to nurse your baby any damn place you want, but not if you have to flash half the room to do it.
I've watched you breastfeed all three of your kids, and you manage to do it quietly and discreetly. However, most other nursing moms I've watched don't seem to be able to do it, and end up showing their tits.
I don't think it's a huge imposition on a nursing mother to take, for example, a clean diaper out of her baby bag before nursing ('cause she's probably gonna use it to burp the kid afterwards, anyway), and place it over the boob while the kid's using it.
So my take on it is, I will defend your right to nurse - discreetly - in public just about to the death.
Now, I'm personally not offended by seeing your tits. But I think it's definitely rude to flash tits, dick, balls, ass, or pussy at someone in public. (Certain street fairs, nudist colonies and camps aside.)