tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post9043537225783791558..comments2022-11-27T00:58:51.929-08:00Comments on Spud and Sweetpea: Public breastfeedingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667441608820485935noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post-81709105101537882142009-04-11T23:28:00.000-07:002009-04-11T23:28:00.000-07:00Interesting debate, it gave Gin and I a lot to tal...Interesting debate, it gave Gin and I a lot to talk about this morning. I also wonder what needs to happen to change public attitudes. My guess is that people's attitudes are changing, and that this whole controversy demonstrates that. Reading the comments on the news articles, it seems that in general people believe that breastfeeding is better for babies than formula. That's good. The question is then, where should women breastfeed? I believe that women should breastfeed wherever and however (blanket or uncovered) they want. <BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, I admit that when I see a woman breastfeeding, I feel a little uncomfortable. I want to watch: babies are fun to look at, and there is something comforting and primal is seeing the mother/baby intimacy. But I don't want to make the mother feel like I'm a slimy voyeur. I think my discomfort is the tension between two basic human drives: sex and reproduction. Usually breasts are sexualised, and I think of them in that way, but when I see a mother breastfeeding, I'm forced to think of breasts in their other function: creating food for babies. So, if I watch a mother breastfeeding, things are fine as long as I think about her breasts as feeding her baby, but if I remember that those same breasts are sometimes (marginally) clothed in a bikini, I feel creepy.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741755615078534402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post-65661231077877292952009-04-09T22:26:00.000-07:002009-04-09T22:26:00.000-07:00I enjoyed reading your post. I have to agree with ...I enjoyed reading your post. I have to agree with almost every comment. People just seem to have these preconceived notions about nursing, and how it happens..I am not sure if the posters actually have a problem with NIP or just trying to get a rise out of others, as the poll suggested that many agree with public nursing, if done with consideration in mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632409767996742540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post-8455397168417995322009-04-09T21:26:00.000-07:002009-04-09T21:26:00.000-07:00Excellent post Deb!I definitely feel like I will b...Excellent post Deb!<BR/><BR/>I definitely feel like I will be less shy nursing my next baby. I've always been pretty comfortable nursing Stinx in front of other mothers but always felt self concious around men. I definitely plan to nurse the next baby anywhere and at anytime, with or without a cover. I think it took me some time to grow comfortable in our breastfeeding relationship. I guess I really lacked confidence.xmomxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809392188800287918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post-79853352812080725082009-04-09T10:18:00.000-07:002009-04-09T10:18:00.000-07:00Very good writing. I think that this a complex su...Very good writing. <BR/><BR/>I think that this a complex subject but there are at least two factors that I think are involved. The first is that in this high tech industrialized world we forget that we are still animals. We want to deny that part of us and we get uncomfortable when we are reminded of it. A mother feeding her child is so very basic. Every animal does it.<BR/><BR/>The second thing is that we want women to be sexual beings. The breast being the most sexualized part of a woman's body in our culture. There isn't any thing sexy about a nursing breast. It reminds us that we're more than what the advertisers want us to be.<BR/><BR/>So, I say just keep knocking on people's perceptions. If it makes someone uncomfortable it's because it's tapping on that tight little box that they are sitting in.woolthinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196211561161134318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post-8304288871515354912009-04-09T08:26:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:26:00.000-07:00i do support breast feeding though i had to bottle...i do support breast feeding though i had to bottle feed my first :( but i think the pool is the wrong place as the baby might choke on the waterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697489019062915084.post-59197273240151135082009-04-08T20:42:00.000-07:002009-04-08T20:42:00.000-07:00I'm not sure I quite understand what people's issu...I'm not sure I quite understand what people's issue with public breastfeeding is.<BR/><BR/>I will admit that I'm not jazzed about the idea of pool breastfeeding but that's mostly because babies seem to spit up frequently after eating and I wouldn't be into encountering baby spit up in the pool. I wouldn't be jazzed about encountering adult spit up in the pool for that matter.<BR/><BR/>But breastfeeding in a restaurant or other public place, I just don't get it. I've seen adults with worse manners than a breastfeeding baby. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps next we can suggest that really ugly people shouldn't be allowed to leave the house. It might be natural but who wants to look at the Elephant Man while noshing on roast beef sandwich.Lady Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435018000919387162noreply@blogger.com