Do you feel comfortable breastfeeding in public? Have you had any negative or positive experiences? Is there a way of making mums feel more relaxed about feeding their child?
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Sometimes you just have to when there are no facilities around for you to hide away - mothers with babies still have to carry on their daily chores (which includes doing the shopping) and so when a baby needs to be fed, that is priority. Breast is best and much quicker to offer a screaming baby than messing around with formula!
of course women should breastfeed in public,if people are offended by it then they should go elsewhere! breastfeeding is a perfectly natural thing to do.
what does it matter if a baby is fed in public or not? We eat when we are hungry,so why shouldnt baby?
Why not? It's the most natural thing in the world to do. Look at the pic, can you see anything? No.
Leave Mum's be to feed their babies in peace.
Whenever we had older male visitors from my husband's side of the family, I was made to go upstairs in my own house to feed our son. You would have thought I had an infectious disease. Would they have preferred my son to catch thrush etc from bottlefeeding? Breastfeeding is cheaper, contains a natural sedative, is instant and you don't have to worry about the side effects from badly sterilised bottles. Our son was nearly 3 before he caught his first cold and slept through the night from 2 days old. Breast is DEFINITELY best.
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