props to a new mom in wal mart

babygirlsmom1005 · #21 (**permalink**) 01-15-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by catd5b

argh I'm so annoyed I'm trying to find a link I posted at one time long long ago, it was this great spoof that starts out how disgusting breastfeeding is...but then you read and it shows pics of moms breastfeeding saying how GROSS is this? Then showing pictures of victorias secret models and saying how much more "appropriate" those pictures are - whe you can plainly see every inch of the models boob, just no nipple, and you can see like one tiny sliver of the mom's boob. It was great. I cannot find it though. Babygirlsmom or Flamingpf, have you seen it, do you have it? I'm at work so couldnt do a very thorough search of the breastfeeding threads i've subscribed to. Sigh

I've seen it, it's been going around recently on FB - let me see if I can find it.

catd5b · #22 (**permalink**) 01-25-2010, 04:33 PM

I just got ds the funniest shirt, I have to share, it says"

"If you don't like me nursing in public, put a towel over YOUR head"

melowe · #23 (**permalink**) 01-25-2010, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by flamingpeachfish

I started getting comments when Rowan was 6 months. I thought it was so ridiculous. The stuff like "Are you sure he should still be nursing?" and "Are you going to breastfeed him til he's in college? Har har". Literally at 6 months. I was under the impression that a 6 month old is a BABY and still quite a ways off from college, but maybe that's just me...

6 months!? That's crazy...most people I know are breastfeeding past 6 months, or planning to.

Like I said, people are weird.

melowe · #24 (**permalink**) 01-25-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by catd5b

argh I'm so annoyed I'm trying to find a link I posted at one time long long ago, it was this great spoof that starts out how disgusting breastfeeding is...but then you read and it shows pics of moms breastfeeding saying how GROSS is this? Then showing pictures of victorias secret models and saying how much more "appropriate" those pictures are - whe you can plainly see every inch of the models boob, just no nipple, and you can see like one tiny sliver of the mom's boob. It was great. I cannot find it though. Babygirlsmom or Flamingpf, have you seen it, do you have it? I'm at work so couldnt do a very thorough search of the breastfeeding threads i've subscribed to. Sigh

That sounds really interesting.... it's so true, and so contradicting. We don't flinch when it comes to sexuality or showing all you've got...but when it comes to nursing - a natural & beautiful thing - people get all creeped out. Perhaps it's because our culture has become too sexualized, where when people see a baby suckling on a boob there is some correlation to sex in people's minds - since that's what boobs have been made out to be in media.

Michelle10 · #25 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 03:58 PM

What in the hell?! I had no idea that bf'ing in public would be an issue. That's insane, I can't imagine why anyone would be offended by that.

Furthermore I wouldn't eat in a bathroom why would I make my baby eat in a bathroom. I dare some jackass to tell me to take my baby to the bathroom to eat that's just disgusting.

I'm gonna do it whenever and whereever if Gabes hungry if someone wants to have me removed then they can call the cops b/c I don't see how you can be charged w/ anything as long as you're covered up.

I'm glad the lady in Wal-Mart inspired you. I've never thought twice about someone feeding a baby in public and I find it insulting that anyone would. As if it's any of thier business anyway.

Michelle10 · #26 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 04:12 PM

Soooo I just called DH to see what his opinion is and he thinks it's weird to bf in public...WTH?! And then he can't even formulate a valid reason why it's weird/inappropriate other than it makes people uncomfortable and he told me that we would always need to plan ahead so that I didn't have to bf in public and I'm just like ya ok.....people are crazy apparently even my own husband...

flamingpeachfish · #27 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 05:29 PM

He'll come around. My husband used to feel weird about it too. A while back we went out to dinner and Avi insisted on hanging on me the whole time, and I asked him if it was still weird for him. "Nah, I'm just happy to get a meal in peace and quiet for once!" He's actually gotten really good about it- and gone to bat for me a time or two too!

This whole thread reminded me of this cartoon-- I think I posted it on here once, but it's awesome so I'm doing it again.