Sentences with phrase «think nursing in public»

She stated in the letter that she didn't think nursing in public was appropriate, and it wasn't necessary to react the ways she did — by using vulgar language and squirting her with breast milk.

Here's why we think nursing in public should be the new norm:

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A nursing mother who wants to be invisible can think in advance of some private retreats in public places.

Of course, most mothers who are comfortable nursing in public would never think that, much less hand it out as advice!

Also if I were to think about it, I want to be an example for moms who might be a bit hesitant to nurse in public, I want it too seem normal and that lots of women do it.

I do think that if it becomes more common and more accepted for women to nurse in public, then perhaps more women will feel comfortable doing so.

My kids would never nurse under a cover, and I don't necessarily think you HAVE to use one to breastfeed in public.

I don't think that women should have to hole themselves up in a bathroom stall — how gross, especially a public bathroom — or some other dungeon to feed her nursing child.

I think it's important that the mom and baby are comfortable while nursing in public, discreet or not.

SUNNY GAULT: Yeah, I mean, I think that's, you know, the whole point with the whole baby - friendly initiative is, you know, when moms come in to a hospital, you really don't know their background, you don't know, you know, did their mom breastfeed, you know, have they, you know, have they ever seen someone nursing in public, like you don't know where they start off.

While most mothers think that nursing a baby in public is their right (and rightly so), their opponents are equally adamant about opposing it all costs.

Robin Kaplan: Here's a comment from one of our Facebook friends, this is from Shelley, and what she wrote was, «I posted this on the Leaky Boob as well, but with all the negative stories we've been hearing lately about nursing in public, I thought I'd share the wonderful breastfeeding encouragement I had a couple of weekends ago, from my 85 - year - old great uncle.

Robin Kaplan: And I think that - and I want to ask Daisy as well about her experience - but the thing that I want to point out is; I think that people, when they hear about nursing in public harassment, I don't think they realize the repercussions on the mom who is hearing this and the devastation and the way that it makes her feel.

I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older babies so hopefully there will be a shift in attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My son is far too busy to nurse out and about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!

I don't do it in public anymore, and almost everyone I know think he is completely weaned, and that makes our short and seldom times nursing that much more special!!

Miffed by a societal norm that perpetuates the idea that women who nurse their babies should do so in hiding, I've thought of a few things you actually don't have to do when breastfeeding in public.

You know, I nursed my kids, and I think nursing is a good thing in general and that people should be free to do it in public, etc. but I have to say that I sincerely hated, as a breastfeeding mother, when people like you would do nutty stuff like that.

I'm a real proponent of nursing in public (I think the more people see women nursing their babies out in public the more normal it will become and the less stressful it will be for women who need to feed their babies while they're outside) but I try to do it as discreetly as possible.

I'm not sure why I've gotten such a negative response this time, but I thought I've done well, especially having a toddler running circles around me while nursing at home and in public.

If you thought getting glares while discreetly breastfeeding your newborn under a nursing cover, huddled in a tiny crowded space, was uncomfortable, try nursing an active two - year - old on a public park bench; or better yet, imagine the judgment you'd get if you announced you were going to nurse your adopted African baby for the first time... at age three.

It takes guts... to nurse in a room full of glares, to nurse at a public park or restaurant, to nurse in the middle of a children's museum where people actually think you're part of an R - rated exhibit.

While I don't feel that nursing a baby whenever and wherever there is a need is at all inappropriate, I think that nursing a toddler in public is.

If you are out in public and your baby cries or someone else's baby cries or you see a baby or you think about nursing or you just waited too long to get back to your baby and nurse or maybe you just sneezed the wrong way, you're going to leak all over your shirt.

Plus, whether you nurse in front of your own kids or not shapes what they think about seeing women breastfeed in public, so I'd say the problems start at home on this one.

A lot say things like «oh you are a pervert» «how can you enjoy something that hurts» «doesn't he bite» «after 6 months your milk isn't good for him anymore» «you look foolish nursing in public, you should take that to the family restroom or back out to your car» «what do you think that is going to do to him socially» I've heard all these things.

I nursed her anyway in many public places — I figured the locals would think I was a crazy tourist, and the tourists would think I was a crazy local!

I think we should do whatever it takes to get us out there, nursing in public.

And I think it's legitimate to protest against a store that has a discriminatory policy (although you may recall I was AGAINST a public protest at the mall where a woman was told to nurse in the bathroom).

Ita, I don't think I've ever met a woman who nurses anywhere, in public or at home because she «feels like it».

I finished the ad feeling uneasy and only after thinking about it for a bit did I realize what it was... I'm a breastfeeding mother that feels consistent judgment regarding my choice to feed in public, not necessarily wanting to cover my child while feeding, pumping at work for my «older child» and she's less than 1 yr old, organizing my life / job / childcare to prioritize our nursing relationship... I feel judgment and yet I'm making an effort to do the best for my baby.

On the one hand, you might think that these nursing pads are the same one; however, high — quality pads can help you get out of ashamed while you are staying in the public areas.

If you thought getting glares while discretely breastfeeding your newborn under a nursing cover huddled in a tiny crowded space was uncomfortable, try nursing an active two - year - old on a public park bench, or better yet, imagine the judgment you'd get if you announced you were going to nurse your adopted African baby for the first time... at three.

There are just too many moms being shamed for nursing in public and I think I may have a solution.

I think people have a vision of nursing in public of women removing their entire shirt — but it's not an exhibitionist thing and once people realize that, they'll accept it and it won't be an issue anymore.

Fifty - seven percent of Americans think women shouldn't nurse in public.

I admit that I have some hesitations about nursing an older child in public, and I've been thinking a lot about why that is.

I think it's the backward thinking of people still brainwashed that formula is better than breast milk that makes nursing in public something people consider taboo.

Asked yesterday what his father will think of his current problem, Stein told The Post, «With all the great work I did in public service and with nursing homes, I'm sure he's proud of me.

I am 10 weeks postpartum now, so haven't done warm weather with the extra belly / nursing access issue, but I don't think I'll be wearing just a nursing tank in public even though I don't mind it being tight.

What I take from Paul Nurse's comments is that, apparently, the climate scientists thought they could do «science» AND be heavily involved in radical political agendas that directly benefited their enterprise, and while doing so, NOT expect to get some push back by the tax paying public (who, after all, are paying their salaries while also being the targets of the CAGW activists).