does any one else just totally melt...

when they see a baby at the breast? god, i think it's the sweetest thing. i turn to mush. i have pictures of both my babies at the breast now, and BOTH get me all teary-eyed and mushy.

 

YES! Totally

 

I melt seeing babies in general. I just love them to pieces!

 

Oh, yeah. Nothing gets me like seeing a "nummie baby" doing her thing. I always discreetely give the mama a smile, so she knows that at least I feel what she is doing is sooooooooo cool. Sometimes, if she seems aproachable, I'll make a little comment like, "Oh, good stuff, sweetie." or "That was my babies' favorite thing to do." Some mamas seem a bit uncomfortable nursing in public (they are the ones with the TENT over themselves, eyes darting around in fear) I just smile at them.

I even have a card from LLL which say something to the effect of "You have the right to do this. Good for you." (I don't remember the real wording.) If a mama responds to my smile openly, I may give her the card. But, then, I'm a bit of a nut.

 

i don't really have any trouble with it. my baby REFUSES to tolerate a blanket over her head, eVER. and i'm not just going to sit at home with her all the time. sometimes i have to go to the store and stuff. i'm mildly discreet. people usually take their cues from you, anyway. if you act embarassed, they'll think you have a reason to be embarassed and react accordingly. if you act like you have a right to be there and do your thing, then they act the same way. it's very rare that people will actually act up, at that's usually inresponse to someone they perceive as feeling guilty. most people won't approach a confident person to berate them, because usually a confident person is one head higher on the social totem pole, dontcha think?

 

maybe this is a bit of the topic, but i wanted to share this with you mommies...
It's not a very nice story but it actually helped open peoples minds to the benefits and beauty of breastfeeding.

Theres this store in a mall were they sell massaging things like chairs, foot massagers, and those types of things. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
They have many recliner chairs around the store were you can sit, relax and test it out.
So this woman needed to give her child milk so she sat on one of those recliners and popped her boobie out and fed her weeks old baby. Mean while her husband was roaming around the store.

I bet you know were i'm getting at....

The manager agressively tells her to leave the store, and how could she dare to do that in public. Even called security after she refused to leave.

Anyway... the mommy did not sue, but other mommies decided to make a protest. More that 20 moms stood in front of the store and gave their babies milk... News crew arived, other people came with sings to protest about what happend to the mommy who just wanted to feed her child.

It was a big mess... But it made ppl more concious of this problem, and after that many organizations and groups were created to support breastfeeding.
now you see many comercials on tv supporting breastfeeding and anouncing special activities.

But what a sight to see all those moms poping boobs out in front of the store. I thought it was cute

 

*sigh* i'm a "tent-mama" when the car is uncomfortable or there's no semi-private places around, just because people get so freaking squeamish over it. Not mean (if they were, i'd probably squirt milk in their face, HA!), just embarassed and guilty-looking. So sad. So anyway, anytime i get a smile from another mama, or daddy (you can tell when it isn't a curious-pervert-smile, lol) it's much appreciated. Like "been there, done that!"

Even my MIL who is a freaking nurse totally flips out and appologizes if she "walks in on us" nursing. WTF she's a woman with boobs herself, family besides, and she nursed her own kids (a little)! If someone "catches" me, i shrug and say "it doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you" and they look at me like i'm nuts. What is wrong with people? Seriously, if i wasn't feeding anyone, and my shirt spontaneously fell off, they'd probably say "oh, it's just a set of boobs" but when they're functioning, that's what's creepy? Weird.

 

Ha! is right - you just gave me a flashback to a funny moment with a dear old friend of mine. She worked in an organic coffee shop owned by a really wonderful guy, and I was hanging out there while she and he closed up. She was running around like crazy doing her job, all the while with her baby boy in her arms, latched on to her tit. When her boss, a few feet away, expressed some level of discomfort at this sight, she didn't even hesitate - just took the tit from the baby's mouth, aimed, sqeezed, and landed it right in his coffee! We all laughed and I don't think he ever gave her lip about feeding baby again...

 

yes!!

 

My wife usually just throws a light blanket over her shoulder to block side views. She doesn't actually cover my sons head or anything, but it makes it more difficult for the peoples to see what is going on.

 

when ever i go out to do errands or go to meetings and aiden wants a boob i just pop the boob out and he starts nursing. The other day i was shopping for new bras and i went into the fitting room with theshopping cart and each time i went to try on a new bra aiden just had to have a taste of booby. It was just too cute.

In regards to this whole thread i absolutely melt every time i see a little baby and when i see a nursing mama (which is very very rarely where i live) i smile and for the rest of the day i feel so happy.

 

who doesn't just think this is the sweetest sight? baby watching mama with her little angel eyes...these pics get me all weepy.

 

Ohhhhhhhhh, (I just made a high pitched squeaky noise at how CUTE that pic was) Is that you and your baby, KC?

In some states in the US, this is actually illegal. In Illinois (home of LLL) it is illegal to ask a mother to stop breastfeeding or even suggest she go elsewhere to feed.

What happened here is called a "Nurse In." I've organized a few of them. They are great fun. I have found, in recent years, that calling a store which harrassed a mom and just SUGGESTING we might stage a Nurse In got apologies and even gift certificates, not to mention promises of better employee training.

Few places want the fact that they are mean to breastfeeding mamas and babies on TV, not to mention the media event which a Nurse In can cause. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAH!

 

yep, that's us. that's lil joey. a lotta times she refuses to eat if i don't look her right in the eye. but that's not hard to do. babies at the breast are just so perfectly beautiful that it's hard to look away.

 

Two of my kids just came in here and made squeaking baby loving noises, too. That is a GREAT pic!!!!

I had to look at Moon the entire time she nursed, too. I remember a few times trying to read a book. She would bat or kick at the book, then she BIT me. Mama put the book down, beleive me.

 

yep. she's VERY good at demanding your attention!

 

That happened here where they told this lady she was not allowed to breastfeeding and the next day 50 breastfeeding women were out there. From what I heard the law nation wide is that wherever your allowed to eat so is your baby..

So if anyone ever tells you to go to that bathroom or something. tell them if they would have their lunch there??

(Maggie here, Hon, I had to remove the pic, it was too big and messing up the thread. If you can reduce it and repost, that would be cool.)

 

WOW!... that pic came out to big!!.. lol I don't know how to resize.. sorry