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Did she use a blanket?

I don't know, but if she didn't she probably should've.

whee It wasn't you and you know it! *huggles Glitter*



I just don't understand what people have against BFing mothers. Kicking her out for feeding her baby and not wanting to go into a dirty bathroom, that's insane. Most women I've seen BF in public have tried to be as discreet as possible: they aren't hurting anyone.

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I just finished a year of bfeeding my baby *pats herself on back yay!*

It is illegal for a woman to be discriminated against or kicked out because of breastfeeding. Burger King had better be careful she doesn't sue. I don't understand what people have against it either. I mean, what? Becuase you are uncomfortable with the idea of a breast doesn't mean that an innocent baby should go hungry. If someone is uncomfortable they just shouldn't look.

I bfeed my baby in public and no not always in a bathroom. Where exactly are you supposed to do it in most public restrooms? They don't have chairs! Women shouldn't be banished to the bathroom to sit on a dirty toilet to feed their baby. I don't want to eat admist the smells of a bathroom, why would my baby have to?

I didn't always use a blanket but you could not see anything. If you just lift your shirt up high enough for the baby to latch on their head and body covers any skin of yours that may be showing. Sure if you are staring intensely you may and I mean may get a glimpse of something when they unlatch in the milisecond before a mom can put her shirt back down but seriously, if you are staring that hard, who's fault is it that you saw something?

I'm all for women bfeeding in public. However, I think it's ridiculous that it is even a "thing" for people to be for or against. This a baby eating, babies need to eat, duh. Honestly, what would people rather have to deal with? A screaming hysterical hungry baby or a woman bfeeding?

There is the whole faction of people that say bfeed in the privacy of your own home but when in public give a bottle. Milk supply is a delicate balance. It is directly related to how often the baby nurses. So if today I give her a bottle at 2 pm tommorow at 2 pm my body doesn't have the milk for her that it should. Bfeeding is the most natural thing in the world and mothers that do it should be accomadated not harrased!

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*Claps* I agree with you 100%

Yep, I like Wal Mart though I don't like buying electronics there, maybe video games. Me and my cousins once played hide and seek at Wal Mart, but then they asked us to leave because we were disturbing the other customers.

I like all of the assumptions about breast feeding (I personally had the most terrible time with it and sadly and rather guiltily at the time gave up) are assinine.

my favorites are...

1. you can just pump some and put it in a bottle
A. Well, I was one of those like 10 percent of women who doesn't AT ALL respond to a breast pump, I bought the best electric and manual I could find, I tried showers, pictures of my baby, music, hot cloths, eventually the only way I could let down was nursing and pumping at the same time. How awkward, and defeats the point entirely.

2. That it's so easy to sit anywhere and just do it.
A. Some women have C sections where they have to hold the baby in the football hold and NEED an arm chair to do it. It's hard at first to get a good latch and be sure about it that making a woman sit in a certain place to make sure someone with some seriously delicate sensibilities isn't offended.

And finally, unrelated to Burger King, I think all moms need to give all other moms a freaking break when it comes to feeding and other things because it's not like we don't have everyone else, who don't even HAVE children, all on our backs about how to raise children properly all the time.

I think there is nothing wrong with breastfeeding in public. I don't think people should be ashamed to breastfeed their baby or to see someone breastfeed their baby.