http://www.googababy.com/2006/11/08/nurse-discreetly-and-fashionably-with-bebe-au-lait/ Cool finds and random babble for busy parents Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:17:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.googababy.com/2006/11/08/nurse-discreetly-and-fashionably-with-bebe-au-lait/#comment-11 Quit Being So Uptight and Let the Baby Eat at GooGaBaby Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.googababy.com/2006/11/08/nurse-discreetly-and-fashionably-with-bebe-au-lait/#comment-11 [...] Breastfeeding in public is a whole other can of worms. A lot of women, from what I understand, are not terribly comfortable with the idea. I don’t blame them. I’m not terribly comfortable with the idea of my nipples being exposed in public, and I’m a guy. May solved this problem with a wonderful drapelike contraption. Other women have other methods. Whatever works is great. The point is, the baby needs to get fed, and if a woman feels comfortable enough to do it in public, more power to her. If a woman feels she has no choice but to feed the baby in public, regardless of whatever issues she may have, she should certainly not have to worry about being judged or hassled for it. Which is what makes this story about a woman being kicked off of a plane for breastfeeding so infuriating: [Emily] Gillette said she was being discreet. She was seated by the window in the second-to-last row, her husband was seated between her and the aisle and no part of her breast was showing, she said. [...] [...] Breastfeeding in public is a whole other can of worms. A lot of women, from what I understand, are not terribly comfortable with the idea. I don’t blame them. I’m not terribly comfortable with the idea of my nipples being exposed in public, and I’m a guy. May solved this problem with a wonderful drapelike contraption. Other women have other methods. Whatever works is great. The point is, the baby needs to get fed, and if a woman feels comfortable enough to do it in public, more power to her. If a woman feels she has no choice but to feed the baby in public, regardless of whatever issues she may have, she should certainly not have to worry about being judged or hassled for it. Which is what makes this story about a woman being kicked off of a plane for breastfeeding so infuriating: [Emily] Gillette said she was being discreet. She was seated by the window in the second-to-last row, her husband was seated between her and the aisle and no part of her breast was showing, she said. [...]

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