As most of you know, I'm very pro-breastfeeding. So much so that Kale doesn't even take pumped milk out of a bottle. He's what his pediatrician calls a bottle snob :) Because of this, I don't really go anywhere without him except for Wednesday nights when I have class for 3 hours. Kale goes on hunger strike and throws a tantrum if Kris tries to give him a bottle!!! Poor guy...he just wants his momma!!! Last week my mom took me shopping for my birthday. While we were at Target Kale starting fussing because he was hungry. I did what any mom of a hungry baby would do...I fed him!!! My grandma bought me a really pretty nursing cover called a "Hooter Hider". It's similar to a short apron and even has a burp cloth on one bottom corner. So while I was feeding him (note: I was completely covered!), I received many stares, double takes, and even third takes!!! I asked my mom if my boobs were showing or something because I was receiving many stares and even a few dirty looks. It's not like I wasn't covered!!! What's more offensive: a baby that's crying because he's hungry and a mother ignoring him because she doesn't want to offend anyone or a woman breastfeeding her baby completely covered? I refuse to feed my child in the bathroom where people do Lord knows what and not wash their hands! Do you want to eat in the bathroom? I didn't think so. There are so many more offensive things in public that people should throw a fit over instead of a mother who cares about her children's health enough to breastfeed them when they're hungry!!! Prime example: my grandma was at the grocery store the other day and heard a mother tell her toddler to shut the F up!!! I would have gotten my cell phone out right then and there and called DCFS right in front of that mother (if that's what you want to call her).
Enough of my rant :) Tamale pie is in the crockpot and my house is quiet! I really do love my life and my family!!!
I agree with you one trillion percent! I nursed both the boys until they were a year old. I wont say too much. Many women cant for a bunch of reasons or dont want to. It does not make them bad or lazy or whatever.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! It offends me when i see women my age dressing like their granddaughters, that by the way, look like tramps!! Who would allow their daughter out of the house looking like that? Oh, the trampy moms! There are loads of things that offend me out in public.
The hooter hider sounds terrific! You just keep it up! Good for you!!