Breastfeeding at Target: Moms Stage National Demonstration

This is vile. I mean, really? How disgusting. Can’t these women use bottles when out in public?

I don’t think that the employees were really that out-of-line asking the woman to simply move into a fitting room. It’s not as though they asked her to leave, or not to breastfeed at all. As a woman, that wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. Peeing is just as natural as breastfeeding, but I bet these moms would complain if a man started whipping out his special parts in public.

Making Love is also a beautiful thing….but not for out in the public at Target!

Is your car REALLY too far to walk if you want to breast feed or change your child? Really? How about this: keep the child at home if you can’t take it to the store without needing to feed it.

I’m just waiting for mothers with twins to stage a nurse in. It would be more pruriently interesting.

Really? I’m a mom and I find it unacceptable to have to watch you breast feed your baby while I’m trying to shop or eat or get a cup of coffee. I think breast feeding is a natural and healthy thing but keep it private. There are people out there who would love to gawk at you and not in a good way. It is your right to breast feed but it is my right not to have to be exposed to it! There are places designated for you to do this.

Yea, I think most woman out there breast feeding in public with no effort to cover or find a place in private are just exorbitionists getting there thrill on. There’s no need to pull out a big swollen lactating breast in public unless you plan on feeding the neigborhood, know what I mean!

I can understand them asking her to sit in a fitting room, maybe so she would feel more comfortable. But they really should get on those employees that gave her dirty looks, really immature. I don’t really care if a mom is breastfeeding in public, it’s none of my business & they shouldn’t have to go home once their babies get hungry. Though I do have a problem with mothers always thinking that someone is discriminating against them if they are asked to go inside a fitting room, it’s like pulling the race card every time someone has something to say to you. Why doesn’t Target just get a nursing room like Babies R Us has? Then it won’t be a big deal.
And whoever said why don’t they use bottles out in public: They are breastfeeding for a reason, they have a right to not use bottles even if they did pump their breast milk.

I am not entirely comfortable seeing breastfeeding in public, but at least they aren’t using formula! Its not just natural; THAT’S WHAT BREASTS ARE DESIGNED FOR! People that get super offended are just perpetuating the myth that breasts were created to please men.

I support breastfeeding, but do it in the dressing room and you avoid all this trouble. This idiot is nothing but a troublemaker looking for some publicity. Why not just use the dressing room and avoid all of this. Some people think they are entitled to do what they want when they want. People don’t want to see your naked body in public or your kid feeding. Do it in privacy.

Just call this what it is.

A bunch of airheaded self-centered idiots trying to bring attention to themselves. Go to your car, Go home, TAKE OUT A DANG BABY BOTTLE and feed your baby. And other posters, PLEASE SPARE ME THE POLITICALLY CORRECT “MOTHERHOOD EXCUSE” drival. It’s sad that people have lives so screwed up that the only thing they can find to do is protest the right to flip out body parts anywhere at anytime.

Do you want to eat in a dressing room? I do know one place told me that I could not go into a dressing room. Do you want to eat in a bathroom? If you have a cart full, why should you have to stop and go to your car? Do you want to go home every time you are hungry? If a baby only uses the breast, some won’t take a bottle! There are stay at home moms that don’t need to pump. That is why most woman use a cover so others don’t have to see it. Nevertheless, if you don’t want to see it…DON’T LOOK!

Hey Peggy | December 28, 2011, 2:56 pm,
First off, thanks for writing in CAPS. It’s never annoying when people do that on message boards. Second, my wife is in this picture. Are you saying she’s white trash? Who are you? You’re no one. You can disagree with their message, but you have no reason to assume any of these people are white trash.

I was a breastfeeding mom and totally support Michelle Hickman. I’m surprised to see a lot of women here negatively commenting on this topic. Seriously? She has a right to go to a dressing room BUT she also has a right to do it in public. It’s the most natural thing to breastfeed your baby. That’s what breasts are for. I’m also surprised to read someone comparing this to having sex in public? Seriously???? You’re an idiot.

Also, a nursing mother is more likely to produce milk easily – and in plentiful quantities – if she is relaxed and comfortable – something that is difficult to achieve on the floor of a busy store as opposed to the quiet solitude of a fitting room. Motherhood is tough and requires constantly thinking about what is best for the child – there is no benefit to the child to breastfeeding in public when there is a more private option available. Sure, the mom got a little bit of attention for herself, but how does that benefit the child? He would have had a better meal if the mother had thought of him and nursed in the dressing room.

This was an interesting story. I was in Target in Gig Harbor 2 years ago with my daughter and 10 month old grandchild and the same thing happened. She was breast feeding, totally coveredup, a Target employyee approached her and asked if she would like to use a dressing room for “that”.

I told the employee that wouldnt be necessary. It was such a weird interaction. I wonder if Target employees are trained to steer breast feeding mothers to dressing rooms?

Big deal… what do you think they are for? Ogling????

I’m college educated and a mother of three children and happily married to a US Army officer. Not who I would consider white trash. I’ve happily nursed all of my children in public and have received nothing but positive praise. In fact, most people can’t even tell because neither my breast or cleavage is exposed, and no, I dont use a cover. I don’t feel entitled or better than anyone else, I just want to be able to go out in public with my children and not hide at home, or in a bathroom stall, or in a car for the first year+ of my child’s life. need to examine where your prejudices and misconceptions about women come from and work in fixing yourselves.

Im a mom and I do not want to see someone breast feeding in public nor have to explain to my two year old why its ok for someone to have there breast out in a public place. If you want to do it fine but at least have the courtesy to be respectful to other people. I understand children get hungry while you are out shopping but no one told her she couldnt feed her child all they asked her to do was go into a changing room. Maybe her husband needs to give her more attention at home that way she quits going out looking for problems.

Seriously, what’s next…Occupy Target? I agree with jstate83, just a bunch of airheads wanting their 15 seconds!

Jenni: ” I’ve seen more exposed breasts on women who are wearing low cut tops, than a mother feeding her child. Get over yourselves!…Yeah, I don’t see anyone complaining when women dress as if they’re practically serving them up on a platter. I’ve also see man-boobs with more exposure — Now THAT’s the kind of stuff that should stay covered up!

I have no problem seeing a woman brestfeeding in public. I think it is great to see and is very healthy for the baby. You can not run and hide every time you have to feed a baby when they are hungry you have to feed them. What do you think they didn”t hide back in the old days to feed them. There is no reason to get upset about it just natural to take care of a baby. By the way my husband has no problem with it.

30 years ago I got publically lambasted by some old woman for nursing my infant in a restaurant.
The bitty was sitting BEHIND me and couldn’t even see what was going on. It caused a major scene yet I remained and my baby was happily satisfied. I am disappointed that folks in this day and age would be so closed minded and publically ignorant. Has any of you ever watched a baby nursing? WHAT DO YOU SEE? Not as much as your foolish imaginations would like to! I agree with the poster above…you all must have been bottle fed and it did brain damage. pathetic.

I breastfed my daughter, but I never pulled my breast out in public to do so. You people can call it natural, but other people’s rights are just as relevant as yours, and I feel it’s my right not to have to explain to my eight-year-old why a baby is sucking on a breast. If you can cover it for no one else to see then fine, but if you can’t then take your lazy butt to a room. One poster said “if you don’t like it, don’t look!” My question to you is, should men be free to run around masturbating? That’s also “natural,” and you could easily “not look.” It’s called tact, people. Try it out sometime!

O.k. it looks like the majority agree that this is not the thing to do. If you do then cover up. STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yelling it’s your right. It’s your right to change the kids diaper but you wouldn’t do it in a restaurant. Get some class Mom’s. No one cares when or how you feed your kid just don’t let us know. Some are offended. How would you like it if we puked in front of you and your kid. Yu would say EWE! Well that’s the way see you when your Boob is exposed. Feed your kid but we don’t need to see it and ou don’t need to let us know.

it was easier for me to breastfeed than pump and bottle feed. Sometimes you only have a little time to get to the store, you have a diaper bag and stuff in the cart, if its time to eat, you can easily sit down and nurse your baby where you are….its not THAT easy to leave your things and find a fitting room or BATHROOM (are too dirty). I use a cover but even if you didn’t you can’t see that much anyway! Dillards and Applebees never gave me trouble for nursing at thier locations. I think the majority of people commenting have never breastfed/or not long/ or didn’t go anywhere. its hard being a woman with so many responcibilites and time restraints. breastfeeding is just another thing on the list and when its time to do it, you just get it done. Its a part of life.

carlee……………. Get off your high horse. You “nursing mothers” act like the world revolve around you and everybody has to conform to what you want, when you want it, no exceptions. You going shopping, take some milk in a baby bottle. Go somewhere private. Common sense has went out the window with loud mouth ME FIRST nothing protest like this garbage.

And those of you complaining about breastfeeding in public who have so much self loathing and hatred towards others that you can’t even see beyond yourself to be more compassionate towards mothers, here’s a hint: They’re not doing it to offend you. Get over yourself. Our right to nurse in public is protected by law. So you can continue to complain but we’re not going anywhere, we’re growing in number! If the idea of a woman nursing her baby offends you so badly (because let’s face it, nursing with or without cover shows no breast at all) I invite you to stop reading magazines, watching TV, shopping, or driving by billboards because a lot more breast is shown through those mediums. And you better shield your precious children, too. It’s okay for them to see breasts as sexual but not to see what they’re really for? Please. In fact, why don’t you run for office and change the law or push for all women to be treated like second class citizens like some other countries I could name? As the wife of a soldier, I invite you to come up to us when I’m out nursing in public and tell the man who defends OUR country (yes, mine too) that I need to take it elsewhere. It hasn’t happened yet in the five years I’ve been nursing in public but I feel sorry for the person who tries it.

I also can beleive people would compare SEX to nursing oh and really well I do beleive that it is within our right and come make me get off my high horse LMBO rseriously you wrote that how funny. Im glad my name met you and upset you enought to type back to me. I feel so honored. :) I think we have more serious issues to worry about in the world rather than a mother needing to feed her hungry baby. Way to go ladies and I know there are more who support this and it will only get better. xoxo

I nuresed both of my children… i would Never breastfeed in front of others,,, that made ME uncomfortable myself!!! I would always go out to car, sit in bathrooms… The thing about doing it the car is There are SOOOOO many CReepers out there!!!

Choosing to breast feed in an open/public area is done for the sole purpose of pushing ones own agenda – or a strong need to put your boobs out for the public to see you feed your child. Besides, why would a good mother choose to breast feed in such a busy, noisy, distracting spot? The quiet of a dressing room, or your car is better for your child and for those not wanting to be forced to see you display your “rights”

Katie – most people are not disagreeing with the law, simply disagreeing with the mother’s choice to breast feed on the floor of the store’s women’s department rather in the peace and quiet of a private fitting room. And I hate to break it to you, but yes, baby does know difference, which is why most breastfeeding experts advise women to get comfortable and remove as many distractions for baby as possible. Breast feeding in a public, visible place is not nearly as relaxing for baby (and usually not for mom either) as breast feeding in public. Relaxation for mother AND baby is key to having a well-nursed, well-adjusted child. Yes, we need laws that protect a woman’s rights to feed her baby in public, but mothers also have to use common sense and do what’s best for their baby whenever possible. This woman made a choice to feed in public rather than in private for whatever reasons that only she knows – she had a choice, and as a breastfeeding mother, I feel strongly she made the wrong choice. Personally, I enjoy the quiet bonding of breast feeding – it’s personal one-on-one time with my child. Adding the whole shopping public of the Target women’s clothing department does nothing to relax either me or my baby, but maybe that’s just me.

How would you know if a mother was breastfeeding unless you were staring at her. What a bunch of noisy perverts. The only way I usually know if a women is breastfeeding is if she has a blanket thrown over her shoulder, so how is that offensive and besides the mother doesn’t rip her short off and start breastfeeding, heck I’ve seen women show more flesh then a breastfeeding mother in a store.

I’ve seen women show more flesh then a breast feeding mother at stores, so why is it offensive because the baby is suckling. If that offends you then you are one sick person.

Alright! So, now that everyone here found it funny to single someone out on their views on breastfeeding, please feel free to single me out on this!
I am a mother of three, Breastfed all of them! And guess what!? I did it where ever and when THEY WERE HUNGRY! If someone didnt like it then that was their problem! I have many problems with people who do things out in public! Like how people dress their little girls, or how Mothers dress in front of their children, which exposes more skin that breastfeeding! But, we all know thats not going to be covered here. Comparing breastfeeding to having sex in public is just plain stupid and IMO ignorant. How would you like it if someone said something to you about how you were feeding your child from a spoon in a restaurant? You are feeding them arent you? Well thats what a breastfeeding mother does. She feeds her child. Pumping is NOT the same as feeding them from the breast. From my experience, I would rather feed them from my breast, than from a bottle that I pumped my breast milk into. Plus we became closer with our children. I really have no concern for ANYONE that breast feeds in public. That is YOUR choice! And if someone doesnt like that, then please feel free to look the other way. They are doing their part of taking care of their children by feeding them. So, you all can get off your high horses.

This reminds me of an incident on the MUNI here in SanFran a few weeks ago. A woman got on our bus and after a few minutes, opened up her blouse and began feeding her little baby without covering her breast. She was sitting across from an obvious homeless guy who kind of looked like a crackhead. The guy just sat there ogleing her and makeing smacking sounds with his lips. The lady got all indignant and started yelling to the bus driver to stop and make the gut get off! WTF? Of course the driver stopped the bus, there was a big commotion which lasted many minutes and the upshot was that the homeless crackhead never did get off the bus BUT THE REST OF US on the were made late by this one woman who thought she had the right to stir up something because of her uncovered breastfeeding. Some people just think the sun rises and sets on them I guess.

Cheryl, nursing is vile?? Get thee to a therapist, stat! You have been brainwashed by a Hooters type society. That is what breasts are for and don’t you DARE say women “whip” out their breasts to nurse or flaunt them. Go to your nearest pool or beach to see women flaunting their chests. Sorry, you won’t see it at Target.

I nursed (and am still nursing) all 3 of my kids; frequently in public spaces. I wasted none of that precious time worrying about anyone rolling their eyes at me or giving me a “dirty look” – frankly, it’s their problem if they can’t use their own discretion, allow me my personal space, and move along with what they went to Target to buy. That said, any nursing mother who wouldn’t choose a seat up off the dirty floor of a discount department store in mid December to feed her baby needs to get her priorities straight.

All the people above who said give the baby a bottle can take a bottle and shove it way up their a$$… Breastfeeding is natural and clean…. You go eat in a bathroom, idiot!
Posted by: Kim
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With a self centered high moral post like this, nobody has to wonder why people look at you like nothing more than an attention seeking idiot. Again, you MORDERN DAY mothers act like the world revolve around your whinney my way or no way Politically Correct joke world. You go flip’em and fed’em in the bathroom. I know plenty of women that breastfeed that has not died because they didn’t flip’em out in public.

For those of you who are speaking ill towards it. Its not like our boobs are out in the open!!!! there are covers and our clothes pretty well cover everything along with the baby! No one should have to be locked up in their house b/c they are nursing their baby. Not everyone can afford a pump to do so, not only that but when using a bottle sometimes discourages the baby to prefer it than the boob. leading to them not getting all the nurtrients that they need! All of your “mothers” who are protesting against it are the ignorant ones not the ones who do it in public. WE are comfortable doing so. Im sure there are times you walk by a woman and you don’t even realize she is nursing a baby. Tehre are many ways to hide it. Tricks and everything else. I can’t believe how many people are saying bad things towards her. As for you saying she has no class do you think the women in the old days hid it? No they had no other means of feeding their children then that of a boob!

You anti-breastfeeding in public people are a strange lot…….do you really believe mothers should stay home and not attend other children’s soccer games, school programs and other appointments because they are breastfeeding a baby? A bottle does not always work. If you are breastfeeding full time, you don’t have extra milk for a bottle. Any of you who have cared for infants know they do not always stay on a rigid schedule. Sometimes they are hungry after 1 hour, sometimes 3. Besides, when I nursed, you couldn’t see any breast! The only reason you people are upset is because you KNOW a baby is attached to the breast and it makes you squirm, even if you can’t see anything! That is your problem and your hangup. The mother who said she wanted to protect her 8 year old, good grief, from what? A lovely teachable moment to explain how mothers care for their babies, that she can do one day too. It IS NOT SEXUAL PEOPLE. It’s legal and protected and your problem if you don’t like it, then don’t look.

For those of you who wish to “protect your children” from seeing a mother breast feeding, I can assure you they have seen a picture of a litter of puppies nursing or a colt nursing and you thought it was cute and cuddly. Why is a human nursing gross?

I am completely appalled and flabergasted by all the negative comments, especially from other *mothers.* I have nursed in public all of my kids, and I promise you, no one has ever seen anything remotely shocking. Next time you need to feed your kids a bottle, think about your own comments and try taking them to the bathroom, or to the car. Seriously? I am so sad that people are so harsh towards babies needing to eat.

And oh my God, now I am a bad mother because I don’t choose the “peace and quiet of a dressing room” to feed my child? Shame on you!

“or a strong need to put your boobs out for the public to see you feed your child.” Again, seriously? Geesh. I have two other young kids and cramming us all in a dressing room together is way harder than going to the children’s book section letting the kids look at books while I feed the baby.

Can’t believe all these rude comments. I see no one complaining about how these females walk around with the boobs hanging out or there skirts so short.

If you don’t like it dont look. I have 4 kids could you see me sitting in a nasty bathroom with all of them. I’m sure I would get kicked out. And how would you like to eat sitting on the toilet?
If I had to leave the store I would never get anything done and I wouldn’t sit in the car in the winter either.

How could people raise such rude kids? Your parent must be proud

I fully support breastfeeding (nursed my son for 9 months). No mother should feel awkward about feeding her baby in public. I do think she took it a bit too far. If she was offered to nurse in the dressing room, wouldn’t that be more comfortable for both her and the baby to be somewhere more private? However, the comments on here are awful! The ones saying to go in the restroom: hey, would you want to eat your lunch in the restroom? Of course not. Or would you rather the baby scream throughout the store because they’re hungry? Not everyone has a car so that is not always an option either. As long as the mother has a blanket over the baby so no skin is exposed, why should it bother your shopping trip?

I’m all for breastfeeding in public I’ve done it with my two kids and now with my third. Do I care? no I don’t I don’t worry about the what people have to say or think. All you people that that compare breastfeeding with going to the restroom,sex and so on let me tell you this right here. It’s totally different, why? simply because we are taking care of our babies needs. I don’t think that if my baby was old enough and walk I would still be breastfeeding. It’s just a matter of sense and what is natural for a mother. Now I’m not saying that because we are mother we should be treated with privileges, no I’m not but breastfeeding is a beautiful thing to do. If you don’t like to see it just walk on by and don’t look. Mother do use blankets also so I don’t see what’s the big deal about it. People scratch there asses and grab when they go in with a couple why people don’t say nothing about that.? Now that is very embarrassing old people doing that in public, what we are doing is not embarrassing. We are in 2011 people should stop being so closed minded and open there minds. It’s the same thing if you were to see a lesbian couple in public holding hands or kissing, you don’t like it don’t look that’s all you have to do no need to make people feel uncomfortable. Breastfeeding should be encouraged in my opinion people don’t do it as much now why because of the same thing. People think that because you breastfeed you should stay at home or so on moms milk is the best for the baby not all that formula STUFF!!! That’s why we have all the crazy females killing of there kids having all that postpartum depression, why? For all you ignorant people breastfeeding gives you less chances to do that to your own child. IT”S CALLED BONDING!!! so please to all that breastfeed PLEASEEEE DON”T STOP!!! and if people look don’t mind it the boob is not in there face. It’s kind of silly how they look at a mom that is giving a baby breast milk like is nasty. But yet older people go to CLUBS, and feel up on each other go to corners to do what suppose to be done behind closed doors and yet they are TRIPIN because a mom a breastfeeding a baby come on!!

Why are breastfeeding women so indignant about this? My wife breast fed for 12 months. Sometimes she had to feed in public, but it was done in a private way… not because what others might say or think, but because it was her time, her bond, her special moment with our child. Most often, people didn’t even know she was doing it. Too many here are just being spiteful about rules, which they do not want applied to them. While breasts were create for feeding first, female’s were the ones to sexualize them. Can’t have it both ways. Target employees should back off, but mothers need to get a grip just the same.

These women need to get a grip. They think they are actually accomplishing something like those occupy protesters. Quit whining. Target is not a public piece of property. Take your baby and find a private place to feed. These Jeffers are probably the same kind that feel free to restrict the rights of others.

How interesting. We don’t seem to mind splashing boobs all over TV, but God forbid we stick one in a kids mouth to feed it. LOL.

I think that you should have respect and go into a dressing room. I dont get WHY would want to take out your breast in public? Have some respect for yourself and others around you. Like one lady said, she doesnt want to explain to her son why her breast is out. Its not right. They have dressing rooms and bathrooms people. I understand IF there was NO bathrooms or dressing rooms…and its not prude, but I do not want to see someone breast feeding their child. That should be something special between you and your baby. NOT the whole world… get over yourself and calling the corporate office. She just wants to be famous or a PAYDAY!

What gives her the right to think it is ok to plop down in the middle of the store to do this? Perhaps I should go to my local Target and spread out a blanket and have a picnic with my wife. Would wine and candles be too much?

If you are inside a business you have no rights at all, really. It’s their rules. Play by them or leave. What is so hard about that. If you don’t like it, don’t shop there. I say spend more time raising your kids right rather than pushing what you think is an important agenda… FYI… it’s not that important, and neither are you. Target 1 point ; you ZERO.

First, let me say, I am a mother of one with another on the way. I breastfed my first and plan to do the same with the second. I support this woman’s right to go out in public and breastfeed. It is simply not convenient some times to sit in a dressing room for 30 minutes while your child feeds. It does take a while to feed a child sometimes. And for those of you saying she should go to the bathroom, do you eat your food in the bathroom? If you breastfeed, no you should not give your child a bottle, it can create nipple confusion and keep them from every latching on again. Some people can’t afford formula or the breast pump so they can convenience others for the short time they are in the store.
Now, I know it’s not so nice to see a woman’s breasts and to think that the breasts could be used for anything else but fun but food is their actual purpose. I don’t want to see it so I look away. No, I do not just whip ‘em out in the store. I do use a ‘hooter hider’, an apron like device used to shield others from seeing. They are conveniently sold at Target, by the way. Perhaps the woman in this story should look into it. Just use some class and cover up while shopping.

I’m a bit confused here.. Has anyone seen a nursing baby in public. You can not see the breast. The baby covers it. For the mothers who don’t want to explain to their children what the baby is doing shame on you. Will you be bashing them too if they choose to breast feed . My daughter saw me feed her brother and she knows that it’s nothing naughty, disgusting, etc.. My son gets formula too and has anyone ever told me go feed him in the dressing room .. The answer is no .. It’s not an I’m better then you debate here it’s all children should have the right to eat in the same place. So going by the majority of comments everyone should eat in a dressing room.. Sounds pretty dumb to me. Grow up and stop being so ignorant

What an attention seeking idiot this woman is. What kind of fool sits in the aisle at Target for any reason. I am a mother and would never drop to the floor at a store to feed my child. I fail to see why she couldn’t go to her car or to a dressing room.

Why is everyone so concerned about where and when mothers feed their babies? I don’t see how it’s anyone’s business. These women aren’t dancing around waving their nipples about. They’re providing their children with the proper sustenance, whenever they need it, which all babies ask for and they deserve it! You don’t ask mothers who feed their babies formula to do so in a private room. We all eat in public sometimes! Eating with others in public is normal social behavior, and comparing it to going to the bathroom is pretty absurd. If what you’re concerned about is the possibility of seeing a glimpse of someone’s boob, perhaps you should protest the clothing manufacturers who make slutty clothes, or the advertising companies who use cleavage to sell all kinds of products. Upon seeing a nursing woman, you might see a little bit of cleavage, sure, depending on the both the size of the mother’s breasts and the size of the baby’s head, but don’t we see cleavage everywhere? If you don’t like it, look away. I’m not a mother yet, but I do have six younger siblings, and I’d also like to add based on some frustrating tear-filled babysitting experiences, that some babies absolutely will NOT take a bottle if they are used to the breast, especially from their own mother…it’s very confusing to them, and not worth it just to appease a society who can’t view breasts as anything but sex objects.

Please do that in private.
I also don’t see why you can’t premake bottles.
My mother wouldn’t have dared feed me like that in public or private.
I ended up drinking out of a cup ,walking and being potty trained by 7-8 months.
I doubt any of that would of happened in under a yr if I was being lazily feed by a nipple.

These comments are pathetic. Why should I be confined to my house, car, bathroom because naturally feeding my baby what and how he is supposed to be fed embarrasses YOU?!? My son refuses the bottle. We have tried, many times. If I’m out I’m not going to leave what I’m doing to go nurse, bottle bed babies don’t have to.

Get over it people, if you don’t like it then DON’T LOOK!

C’mon breastfeeding is a natural thing. I breastfed all 4 of mine in public. I mean i did it very discreetly. What truly disturbs me is when i am out or driving with my kids or when they go to school that these boys/men are wearing their pants literally under their butts…i feel so uncomfortable..my daughter has to look at a man’s butt?? To me that is disgusting not the breastfeeding. C’mon priorities people!

The widespread attitude in our culture that breastfeeding is “disgusting”, “vile” or “perverted” is a sad commentary. It is the most natural, beautiful thing in the world, and in NO WAY akin to sexual relations or defectating in public (despite those functions also being perfectly natural).

Seriously, do you HEAR yourselves? Comparing a mother FEEDING her child in the manner GOD/NATURE intended is obscene or vile or disgusting? Are you INSANE? It is one of the most loving, beautiful, pure acts on this planet, which is why it has been featured in so many depictions of Mary and Jesus….guess you would have found THOSE images disgusting, too.

Bottles were “created” by MEN to facillitate the use of the formula they created to substitute for the ideal food of breastmilk. Breasts (and the milk they produce and deliver, already warm, sterile, and perfectly suited to the nutritional and health needs of the child) were created by GOD/NATURE. Just because your warped, perverted minds have turned the breast and breastfeeding into something dirty or perverted does not alter the facts.

If it so offends you, GO HOME. Or LOOK AWAY. Don’t demand that women and their nurslings GO HOME or go into the TOILET or other hidden place to feed their child just because YOU have a problem.

Grow up.

I am ashamed of these people who compare breastfeeding to any sexual act. I am a proud mom who only breastfeeds her child and I have no shame in it. I have breastfed in public and I am able to stay covered, but should not be discriminated against for taking care of my child. Would you want to make a child wait to eat if they were hungry now? Would you want to listen to a screaming child simply because everyone else thinks that feeding them where they are is wrong?
I also agree that women with low cut shirts or shorts riding up aren’t asked to leave and put on more clothes. Men and boys with pants down to their ankles aren’t asked to pull them up. I don’t want to see some guys underwear because he thinks that wearing them low is cool or whatever the reasoning. At least my “indecency” as some may call it is for a purpose and not just because.

I’m disgusted by TARGET – somehow they think they can make up their own laws. It is a law that breastfeeding mothers be allowed to do so in public, forty-five states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have laws that specifically allow women to breastfeed in any public or private location. (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
For those of you who think it is so disgusting – you are probably hypocrites. It is natural and NORMAL to feed your child when it gets hungry – MOMS don’t have to explain why they shouldn’t have to go to a fitting room. Let’s see a class action lawsuit against one of the rudest, nasty and discriminatory retailers there are.

Ok-so I was out to lunch with my mom and her friend today in Webster. This group of women was sitting right next to us. I have never seen so many boobs in my entire life! It is ridiculous that women can just “pop it out” right at the table in a restaurant while other people are eating. I am all for breastfeeding, but it is it too much to ask for you to go to the rest room or to the back of the restaurant? Absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!

I am no prude, but this is a ridiculous, selfish practice on the part of those mommies. I don’t want to see any part of anyone else’s breasts, and it is offensive when I am forced to walk around and “not look” at those need-to-be-public breast feeders. I breast fed in private, because I had respect for the majority of those in public spaces that I’m sure did not want to view how I chose to feed my child. How do you mommies feel entitled to do this at the expense of the general public? While you have an absolute right to do whatever you like, you should really give some respect and consideration to other people’s visual space.

Wow…all the negative comments are blowing me away! What is wrong with you people?! You should all be ashamed. For some odd reason, Americans have sexualized breastfeeding, and it’s a little creepy. It’s the natural way a baby gets fed, people! If you don’t like it don’t look. No it’s not pooping, peeing, or having sex in public. IT’S FEEDING YOUR BABY!!! Seriously, you all need to get over yourselves, and the next time you are not at home and you get hungry and want a bite to eat, I expect to see all you freaks in the dressing room or bathroom getting your grub on!!

I am embarrassed by these women disqused by these women that think breast feeding is ok but strippers showing their breast is not. Why isn’t feeding in your car ok. This was gone in the past. Why do women want part of bodies to bee seen or subject children that is ok to may take a small view of women breast. I wanted my children to be protected from any site of seeing this. Yes it maybe normal but keep it at home and protect your body and make it personal with your child.

Next they’ll be complaining that people are looking at them.

Ok, enough comments from ignorant people who have never breastfed a child. Many breastfed babies need to eat as often as every hour. Although I try to plan outings around my babies schedule, it is very difficult. I carry a cover with me in my diaper bag at all times and see nothing wrong with feeding her when needed and wherever we happen to be. I am covered and no one sees anything they don’t need to see. What the heck is the big deal?
Pumping in public is not an option and a woman needs to feed or pump often or else risk painful engorgement which can lead to infection. Simply bottle feeding when in public is not the easy solution it may seem to some people. Also, giving a baby formula when in public is not an option for many of us. I just read the back of a can of formula and the first two ingredients were corn syrup solids and sugar. Not something I prefer to feed my little baby.
Breastfeeding is FAR superior to formula feeding. It is also very HARD work and a
Major commitment. My first few weeks of breastfeeding my daughter were terribly painful! I pushed through because I want what is best for her. Breastfeeding women should be celebrated and encouraged and in the majority of other cultures. It’s odd that our American culture is so backward in this area.
As long as a woman keeps herself covered a baby should be allowed to eat in public. It’s a basic right for women and babies. The rest of the ignorant morons who disagree can look the other way. It’s pretty easy.

Sure, these mothers legally have the right to exhibit themselves like zoo animals in the middle of a store, but why do it on purpose? Here’s why people give you the stink eye: no one wants to see your nasty nipples!

Next, everyone should just start pooping into a baggie because they don’t feel like walking over to the restroom stalls. It’s just an act of nature, right?

I didn’t breast feed my kids(I have valid reasons,please don’t preach to me about it) but I don’t care if other mom’s do it in public,as long as they at least have the decency to keep it covered.You have every right to feed your babies,but I have every right to not have my kids seeing your boobs.And it does make some people uncomfortable to see something like that,so calling people ignorant for not wanting to see your tatas is kinda ignorant itself.Live and let live,don’t worry about what other people think.

I find it hard to believe that some people are so perturbed by women breast-feeding their babies in public. The ignorance of some of these critical comments are amazing.
I breast-fed all three of my kids when they were babies and sometimes feeding them in public was necessary. Not ideal but necessary. As far as feeding them in a car, that was the only time I had a ‘creeper’ stare at me, even though everything was covered up.
Breast-feeding is best for babies. It is balanced nutrition, especially if the mom is feeding herself well and helps build the infant’s immune system. And formula is so expensive!

Good grief!! For ANY of you who are against breastfeeding in public……..SURELY you won’t be able to look at a baby bottle for it also has a NIPPLE. Stop being such PRUDES. Go find something better to do like OCCUPY or help to save this stupid world for stupid people such as yourselves!!

WOW! My head is spinning from all the ignorance from the comments…All of the people who are shocked at a mother FEEDING her healthy child should be this upset over the use of formula…American mothers not only have to face idiots like the negative comments on this post but doctors, hospitals, advertising and the all around bad advice to set you up for failure to breastfeed. I am a breastfeeding counselor and 90% of my day is consumed with trying to undo all the damage done by so called “health Professionals” There is a reason why we are becoming the unhealthiest country in the world…right out of the womb we are feeding these poor infants with sludge that is not even FDA approved…for God sake…a baby died just last week from this artificial sludge…I don’t care how much they advertise its closests to breastmilk…it’s not…there is a reason why its artificial…

Sittihg in target during christmas time to breastfeed you baby? Does not sound very safe to me. What would this women have done if some shopper had run into her with their cart — I can tell you..she would be sueing target. Her own statement tells me the place she chose to breast feed was for her own convenience and not her baby “It would add another hour of shopping if she had to empty her cart” I am a mother of two so trust me I know you need to feed your babies when they are hungry – but common sense dictates – you know you are going out – feed them before you leave or find a discrete place to feed them when you are out. How would these women feel if I just sat down in the middle of a restraunt and changed my childs diaper – it’s natural that the baby will pee/poop and I must take care of them right?

If she chose to do this in public, she should face the fact that we live in a world where we all have different views of what is acceptable, and with that, she should expect some guff from others and guess what, people speak their minds. – WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT – wow

I’m sorry..I’m a woman but I do not agree with these women. All they need to do is go into a restroom or their car and feed their children. I don’t want to see their boobies poking out. I don’t care if it’s natural, blah, blah, blah. Ick.

This sounds like it is more about the mother’s need for attention. Is it so difficult to set set time aside for you and your child to nurse in private? To “bond”? I never felt the need to whip it out in public . This was a special, God given privilege. Not an opportunity to display my wares or seek personal attention.

i am completly HORRIFIED that so many women are being so negative about breastfeeding! Our breasts are meant to feed our children. We all know that breast is best when it comes to the healthy choice for babies. As a mother who has nursed 3 children (and am still nursing my youngest) it saddens me to see so much anger towards a mother trying to do the best for her child.

First off it says the incident happened LAST MONTH. not during the busy season of christmas shopping. The nurse in was done today in protest of last month.

Second, to all the people talking about nursing in a bathroom, in the car or going home, are ya’ll insane? How many of you eat in the bathroom? When your hungry do you drop everything and go home? To say that a woman should be ashamed of herself for being “disgusting” and feeding her child is insensitve doesnt even begin to cover this. Why should a mother hide in a bathroom or something when you can simply look away if you dont approve? Feeding a breastfed baby with a bottle for your comfort? How selfish can you people be?

Third, there are federal laws in place to cover the rights of breastfeeding mothers. Whether you approve or not guess what, it doesnt matter we’re protected.

I nurse in public and am not ashamed to do it wherever. No it is not just whipping out your breast for everyone to ogle at, you barely see anything. The baby’s head covers the nipple and all you pretty much see is cleavage. Believe it or not people, breastfeeding is NOT about pissing people off, its about feeding our children! There are so many things to be offended about: pedophiles released with a slap on the wrist, people who kill their children, animal cruelty and so many more things. Why get so angry over feeding a baby?

Re: Posted by: sandy | December 28, 2011, 11:36 pm 11:36 pm

Amen Girl. You obviously were a person of consideration and fore-thought. I commend you, and Thank You.

To Talis… mothers who breastfeed do not expose their breast in order to elicit arousal or sexual gratification. Breastfeeding mothers are trying to feed their child, which is not sexual in any way shape or form. Trust me… I breastfed my daughters and once they have teeth and learn to bite, it hurts like hell. But it’s what’s best for them. Now… I personally wasn’t comfortable in breastfeeding without a blanket covering my child. However, I breastfed my child in the mall, restaurants, retail stores, parks, etc. When you’re out in public and get hungry, do you go to the bathroom to eat? Do you go home to eat? No, you eat whatever you want, where ever you want. Please extend the same courtesy to our children.

I am absolutely shocked at the majority of the comments on here. It’s breastfeeding! Not a bowel movement, not sex… it’s feeding a baby. “Just give them a dang bottle!” Are you serious? Is that a serious statement? You do realize that most nursing babies won’t “just take a bottle”, right? I don’t even own a bottle. Furthermore I’m certainly not going to screw up my nursing schedule to pump for no reason, and I’m definitely not going to give my baby formula when he gets hungry away from home. (not that most breastfed babies would even drink it) I’m currently nursing my 3rd child and do so in public often. I use a nursing cover because I don’t feel my boobs are for any one to see except my babies and my husband. All you can see is my baby’s little feet sticking out from under the cover. People probably know I’m breastfeeding, but they certainly can’t see it. Sorry, but if just the though of a nursing baby makes you feel uncomfortable, you’ve got issues. I was at Target the week before Christmas with all 3 of my kids (4, 2 and 4 months) We grabbed a table in the corner of the eating area, quietly talked and drank our Starbucks and I discreetly nursed. How on earth is that disgusting? I’ve never gotten anything but support for breastfeeding. Good gracious, I’m glad I live in such an educated and accepting part of the country.

Exhbitionism and attention seeking. If you need to nurse your baby, have the common sense, decency and modesty to remove yourself and your baby to the ladies room or a dressing room. Not familiar with those word? Sitting on the floor in a crowded store creates a safety hazard for yourself, your baby and other shoppers. The universe does not revolve around you! There are other “natural functions” that would not be allowed in a public store, and I agree with the Target employees who wanted to remove her from the public eye. I also agree with the other shoppers who would find it offensive and if I stumbled upon a exhibitionist “mother” nursing openly in public, I would complain to management as well. Target apologizes and they have lost another customer. No wonder the world has such a low opinion of American “women”.

I don’t mind if a woman breastfeeds in public if the child is covered by a blanket. There is nothing wrong with covering up or using a dressing room. Too many mothers forget that raising a child requires sacrifice on their part not everyone else’s. They don’t want to show consideration for anyone else but expect everyone to bow to the need of their child. Not every mother acts this way and those are the ones I support. Stop making women look like attention seeking idiots.

Breastfeeding is one of the most intimate things you can share with another person, so noticing it can be uncomfortable to strangers. It’s seems very voyeuristic.

All of you against a woman feeding her child while covered up in a store shopping should stop feeding your fat ass for a day and see how it feels to not eat. Stop eating and drinking your fast food while shopping because its gross…better yet, go to the bathroom and eat and drink….Im sure your food will taste much better in there. You should also stay at home all day and not go because nobody wants to see your fast food fatass.

Sounds like raging hormones to me! I breastfed both of my girls and personally would have greatly appreciated the offer of the fitting room. Most Targets have Starbuck’s with tables or benches that could have been utilized. Sitting in the middle of the floor and being offended at being asked to move is just someone looking for a fight.

I’m a nursing mother to an 8 month old, and there is no excuse why you can’t be discreet about breastfeeding,face the facts,not everyone sees the beauty of breastfeeding, why force it upon them? I think it is a wonderful and natural thing but maybe to a guy or teenager or small child it is looked at differently, so why throw a fit about it, the lady wasn’t asked to leave, just a simple request to move to a dressing room, rather than in the middle of the floor, it is just as easy to wheel the cart to the dressing room(she was already in the women’s department) park your cart and grab your diaper bag and take it with you

These breast feeding extremists are just as bad as all the other extremists groups. Yes you have the right but it can’t just stop there you need to push the envelope, and then want to act like victims.

No where did I see in the article that the employees of Target where asking her to feed her baby in the restroom she was asked to use one of the fitting rooms. I would not want my wife to feed my child in a public restroom either but what is the problem with a fitting room? There can be no compromise with these people their rights for some reason trump everyone else.

These idiots in my opinion do this just so they can have their fifteen minutes of fame. Well you got it now just go away.

I go to Target all the time and I’ve never even seen a Mom bottle feed in the stores. I haven’t seen people eat in the stores either, except in the cafe/Starbucks area. Maybe they can breastfeed where everyone else eats. Target is a pretty busy place, bright and noisy, not a great place for a baby to concentrate. The Moms really need to plan ahead, feed before you go out and have some respect for your baby and other shoppers. I do agree with those who say these women are trying to get attention, trying to prove what great Moms they are. How about the ‘feelings’ of those who can’t conceive? Do they really need to have it ‘in their face’ while just running errands. Again, mutual respect people.

breastfeeding a personal choice obviously, but as a mother I would not do that in public. have a little dignity out there one day some pervert will videotapes you breastfeeding your baby in public, you will be the first one to scream how you should be protected. please all you stay at home moms do something more positive with all the time you have on your hands.

Ladies: coming from a fellow mom, who breastfeeds and shops at Target; Get over yourselves! Quit using your status as a “mom” to defend every ridiculous, over the top action you choose to take. No, there is nothing wrong with feeding your baby, but show a little class! Breastfeeding is a private thing. I certainly wouldn’t change my baby’s diaper in public, not breastfeed in the middle of the store. You give moms a bad name. These “nurse-ins” are as vile as the Occupy Wall Street protestors. If you as a new mom have all that extra energy, take it to the gym ladies.

The local mall in my city has set up a very nice lounge specifically for this purpose. They provide some nice comfortable chairs, a changing table, receptacles for diapers and it is immaculately clean. It is a separate room located off of the ladies room. I can’t see why any woman would choose to breastfeed in front of a lot of people when they have this convenience at their disposal. One time, when I was having my dinner in a restaurant, I saw a woman that decided that the table she was sitting at was appropriate to change her babys dirty diaper with no regard for other people around that were trying to eat their dinner. The manager of the restaurant approached her and asked her to please not do that, and an argument erupted. She and her party got up and left the restaurant without paying the bill.

I’m all for women breastfeeding in public. Frankly, I’m all for all women exposing themselves in public as long as they are at least a B cup and not too fat. I think all women fitting this description should have a “Naked-in” at Target soon. Let me know when so I can bring my camera.

Go home and breastfeed!

Giving a baby fresh breast milk? In private, it’s called ‘nursing’. In public, it’s called ‘flashing’. But hey! …If you got it, flaunt it! Next time I’m at Target, I’m going to check out the boob-flashers, and ogle away. Thanks, mommy.

What is your problem people with breast and above all a baby nursing on a breast, does it offend you so much because it arouses you and you feel guitly. Get over it people and if you don’t want to see it don’t look. And I never heard of any mom just whipping it out either and if you can actually see her breast then you are looking way to hard.

Yea right–you women go ahead and fight for the right to pull out your boob in public for everyone to see! While you’re at it, why not fight for the right to use a breast pump in public too!! It’s a natural thing, right!
Can’t you women do this in a private place instead of where everyone gets a free look at your boobs!! I know the men must really love it!

amy– apparently you didn’t breastfeed so for some reason you have a hate towards woment that do….the nerve of a mother being concerned about nursing her baby..I don’t call that obsession..and HERB its call sanitation that’s why you can’t pee on a fire hydrant..ignorance is nothing to be proud of.

My guess is that 99% of the men posting their disgust at breastfeeding have no problem at the sight of a woman flashing them off a balcony at Mardi Gras.

First off I’d like to state that I fully support breastfeeding. It is a natural, calming and beautiful thing. That being said, when approached and offered a private place to do so, the lady should have moved to the dressing room offered. Instead she acts like they were treating her like a criminal, when they weren’t. I’m sorry, but the shopping experience isn’t all about YOU. It is all about making ALL the customers as comfortable as possible, with compromise on all sides, including breastfeeding mothers. There are those who find breastfeeding disturbing, or even traumatizing (for one reason or another) that don’t deserve to be walking through a store and be exposed to it. There are those like me who support the cause, and can ignore it a majority of the time (the only time I will not ignore it is if I am eating). A simple blanket does wonders, yes we all know what is going on, but at least the mother makes an attempt at discretion.

One more thing. Target could have used this to their advantage by placing all nursing products (pumps, salves, creams, braziers, etc.) on sale today.

I once heard a breast feeding advocate say that breast feeding in public might actually help young boys/men to realize that breasts are for more than just selling beer.

christine–funny…the men are complaining because the baby is getting something they can’t have…and who knows why the women are complaining…never in my life have I seen a full breast while a mother is breastfeeding and my wife breast feed all nine of our kids and she never whipped it out at home let alone in a store.

No one cares about breasts, they are all over the place and Americans need to get over their sexual issues. People in Europe don’t act like this. Oh wait, people in Europe don’t sit on the dirty disgusting floor in a store. It has to do with the fact that she just dropped her stuff and sat in the middle of the shopping area. Who cares what she was doing. If I were in that store I would have walked over and “accidentally” tripped over her, her boobs and her kid. This is just another ploy for media attention on something stupid. And to those of you who wonder if these mothers have anything better to do with their time the answer is no, because they don’t work. They don’t really do anything except pop out kids and worship them.

In response to AMY- That totally makes sense. Teaching younger children and teenagers that breasts have another meaning. They aren’t only for sexual gratification. God did not put them on a woman’s body for sexual purposes and desires. They have a purpose and that is to feed thier children.

We live in a society that says we can not show certian body parts in public, weather theres a baby attached to them or not should not matter. No one is saying your babies cant eat but have some respect for others. Thats the problem with this country no one has any morals or respect anymore. We keep giving people more and more freedoms to do what ever they want. Seriously, people just need to have more respect.

I nursed my two kids for over 2 years collectively. I fed on demand but I would always nurse right before I went into a store, restaurant or other public place – always – that is the easy way to avoid doing it in public. My main concern with all of this is that I do NOT want my toddler aged children seeing strange women’s breasts – children are curious and if you pull out your breasts (as some women do) it is completely disrespectful to other parent’s that are trying to teach their children to keep their bodies private, covered and not on public display.
Pro-breast feeding
Discreetly if necessary in public, but don’t do it – while shopping and walking around.

I always try to nurse my children right before I go into a store as well, just to svoid having to carry the baby around nursing or sitting and nursing, but I have 4 children now and am pregnant with my 5th. Infants have to feed on demand, any mother knows that. Toddlers can be handed something to calm them for a few minutes while you finish shopping. But if I need to shop a little longer than I would like and my INFANT starting screaming in hunger, I am going to feed them where ever we are. I use a cover made for breastfeeding and do no expose my self to other people. But I have ursed my infant while shopping. It’s not all peaches and cream either and I would rather not do it, but there are times when nature calls. It’s really a difficult task to carry your nursing infant while shopping. I do try to avoid shopping at all when I have an infant, but I can’t rely on my husband or someone else to do my shopping while I am sitting at home. If I need to buy something, I am going to go shopping.

A mature person looks away when something offends them, the immature person does not and continues to stare or has to make some kind of rude comment towards the person. That’s the difference here and with the comments on here we have alot of very immature adults. As some said before please point out which mother is displaying their breast while nursing in these pictures.

Honestly. Ill begin by saying i nursed my child for the AAP recommended age and more (12 months +).

1) This nonsense only happens in the USA. Europe, Asia, South and Central america babies nurse eveywhere and anywhere and they are healthier for doing so.~The same way people decide to pop a bag of chips…

2) As for being descrete i must add that some children FYI dont want a sheet covering their face as they are exploring their society and surroundings. (been there done that and got over it)

3) You dont need to go to “Hooters” to see breast. Its ok to be almost nude for sexual appeal and in many beaches yet that is normal to OUR society.

4) Respect others wether you agree or disagree. This rule does not just fit one. FITS ALL. Ive seen mothers not parenting or beating their kids in a store and guess what? I look the other way or remove myself. That is ones individuals choice.

5) It is not comfortable nor convinient for a breastfeeding mother to confine herself to a pump every time she will go out. Totally unrealistic and SAD BUT TRUE this is the one of the BIGGEST REASONS WHY MOST MOMS CHOOSE FORMULA. Because of forums like this.

Even though they know breastfeeding is the best.

6) I realize that most of us forget were mammals with bigger BRAINS. So common sense tells me: Pooping, Sex and Birthing in public are not OK.

As for breastfeeding wich is a babys life source (natures intended) and eating food are things that most people may have to deal with seeing.

Lord knows we see worst things ex: people wearing clothes that are too small or too revealing yet this is not public…

Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? I am a mother of 4, breast fed all of them, and I have never, once had the need to pull out my breast in a store to feed my children. If you need to feed your children, take them out to your car or somewhere I don’t have to see you do it. You children take poops in stores too, but I wouldn’t want someone to change a poopy diaper in the middle of the clothing either. Is Target really that important to you that you can’t take 10 minutes to leave the store (or go somewhere other than the MIDDLE OF THE CLOTHING SECTION!!!!) and feed your child. These women are selfish and lazy. Thats all it comes down to.

To clarify my previous comment. Target is a private business. Yes they invite the public in, however, they can still set their own policies. Texas laws that allow a woman to nurse in a park or walking down the sidewalk do not apply to inside a Target store.

I think all of these stores need to start taking down names and trespassing people who refuse to comply with store policy and then ban them for a year at threat of prosecution. All these flash mobs, and in-store protests are getting out of hand. Every little thing makes a nationwide “scandal.” It’s stupid. It’s annoying. It’s escalating. You’re going to get a scandal no matter what you do. You might as well keep it outside the walls of your storefront.

No reason to breastfeed in public? So what you are saying is that if I have an infant that is screaming and I am out in public, I should not feed them? I am a 37 year old mother and have seen many nursing moms in my life-time. Never once have I seen any of them expose thier breast in public. They have all been discreet and covered themselves so no one can see. If my infant is screaming cause he or she is hungry, I am going to feed them, just as you would. It’s just that my choice in food is healthier than your choice. As a breastfeeding mom, I do not agree with women that are letting their breast’s hang out in the open. Even at the beach, I keep myself covered as much as possible. I use a pop-up beach cabana with 3 sides and cover as much as I am able to. But based on the negative opinions, I shoudln’t go to the beach with my family either. Whether you people know it or not, this is discrimination.

The woman at Target was not sitting on the floor in the women’s department, she was standing and nursing her baby. No one said she was exposed. Many of the larger stores offer nursing rooms for breastfeeding moms. I know my local shopping mall does have a nursing area for breastfeeding moms. And as for the comment about trash nursing thier infants, no, trash does not nurse, they collect welfare and foodstamps and get formula from the state to feed thier children. Woman who are educated about the health benefits of breastfeeding are the ones that breastfeed thier children.

I want to clarify that I am not saying all people who collect welfare, foodstamps or state aid are trash. I understand that in today’s economic times, there are no other choice for some families.

I cannot even believe how rude some of these comments are. Having sex or taking a dump in a target store is not the same as feeding a baby. Maybe it makes me uncomfortable to watch some slob suck down pizza in the target cafe?? Nursing is natural and when the baby is hungry its hungry. If your uncomfortable with it don’t look and stare continue on your shopping. Whether you advocate for nursing or not it is undoubtedly the best for baby. Why should a mother have to give up whats best for her baby while shopping because YOU are uncomfortable? Grow up people!

I see more boobs in magazine covers and on teenage girls at the mall than I do in a nursing mother.

I understand the need to breastfeed. I also understand the need to breastfeed in public. What I don’t understand is why it’s a problem to breastfeed discreetly or in a private area such as a fitting room. Why is it such a problem to take the extra minute or two to respect the rights of others? You’re never going to please everyone, but at least that little effort you make shows you care about the feelings of other people.

Eagle–wow, the world doesn’t revolve around people who think they have the right to dictate where a person feeds their child. Your sister was in the right, the others need to grow up and who cares if they make remarks just shows their immaturity. That slob like one said eating pizza with his/her mouth open should go to the restroom in eat that’s more disgusting then a nursing mother. Funny they have no problem with the swimsuit pictures of young girls in the swimsuit department or the magazine covers but have a problem with a baby eating.

I nursed both of by kids in the 80′s when any breastfeeding in public was unheard of. I applaud these women who started this demonstration. Take a look at these women, you see more breast on the beach. I’ve seen more breast in the office setting, many woman are wearing lower cut tops these days. Breastfeeding is not sexual, this is what breast are for to feed babies! People who do not breastfeed don’t have a clue how the process works. Pumping can be difficult and some babies don’t like bottles. Many breastfed babies won’t take a bottle from their mother. Breastmilk is always available from the mother, the right temperature and the perfect food. Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for formula in our society, but it should be only used as a last resort, when breastfeeding cannot be done. Maybe Target should make a room for nursing mothers. A place that is not attached is a bathroom (do you want to eat your lunch in a dirty bathroom). A separate place where ALL mothers can go to relax in a comfortable chair and feed their babies. Most breastfeeding mothers are very discrete when feeding their babies. People just have this attitude about breastfeeding in our culture and I would like to see a change. Judging by these comments posted, it has not changed in the 20+ years since I nursed my children.

This is really ridiculous. I am a mother of 4 (18-24 months apart), who nursed each one of them for the full 1st year of their life. I always wore a cloth, found dressing rooms or sat in my car to nurse them, and STAYED “on the go.” Any woman demanding the right to expose themselves under the guise of “breastfeeding” is really an exhibitionist.

As a breast- feeding mother, you know your child’s feeding schedule, and minimal organization will never allow you to be in a position of “standing in a line- baby screaming, and you need to put a boob out immediately.” That’s a crock! What’s worse, they use their valuable time and energy for an issue, that is really not one until they have a disregard for all the other children in the store that they have exposed themselves to. I have no patience for this…

Walking in a Target store the summer I’ve see magazines in every checkout lane that display women’s bodies that are only covered by a skimpy two-piece swimsuit. Female customers can be found walking around in halter tops with their hoohoo’s hanging out and some with even a wale tail peaking out from their pants. I’ve even seen some women with just their swimsuit tops and shorty shorts. Other women can be seen wearing white pants and no undies which are practically see through. Yet, a women that breastfeeds and fully covers her boobs with the head of a baby and she is chastised. Grow up and stop your hypocrisy.

JIM BOB–Go ahead just like breast-feeding won’t be able to see anything anyway and you probable couldn’t perform in public to begin with. Immaturity comparing feeding a child to sex or your just a sick person who gets off on a baby eating.

I am disguisted with all the negitve comments on here. I have just one question when I would brestfeed even in my own home I would put a blanket over just because I had little ones in the home and other family member were always going by to see the baby. If I were in public would it bother you even if I had a blanket over???

This is pure disgusting, I can’t believe she wasn’t kicked out of the store when found doing that. Feeding a child is normal yet it’s supposed to be private not for public view. Have some respect for yourself in exposing everything out there. What are you trying to accomplish??? So now since these women are making it normal to expose themselves out there in public, how about couples should start making babies in public too? isn’t that normal? isn’t that how babies are made and come from? So listen you disgusting women go home, the riot is over and stop acting like your trying to accomplish something and sweetheart this isn’t a right your fighting for, your just freakin trash.

I have nothing against breast-feeding. I know it is very natural, and much healthier for the child. However, why are these women so reluctant to throw a blanket over their shoulder?

How sad that breastfeeding is equated to urinating or defecating in public. Breastfeeding is a normal, healthy, natural and perfectly modest way to feed a baby or toddler! When all those people drinking lattes and eating food while shopping are asked to sit in the dressing room or the bathroom, then asking a nursing mother to go there too to meet her child’s needs would be appropriate.
One does not have to expose oneself to breastfeed and infant. Women throughout the centuries and into the present do his discreetly. And if a little flash of skin occurrs, so what? I see more exposure of flesh at the beach or in omnipresent advertising. Breastfeeding mother and child have been the subject of reverent art- Mary nursing Jesus is the topic of countless masterpeices. Breastfeeding is beautiful. Kuddos to the moms at these nurse-ins!

typical pretentious, self entitled women… look ladies (and i use that word loosely) just because you spread your legs and squirted out a snotwad doesn’t make it ok. and just because it is lawful that doesn’t make it acceptable. ie: i can lawfully burn a flag in public… but i don’t… because it’s offensive.

“it’s good for babies and for mom”
again, aren’t you pretentious and self entitled…

Hey Keepemcomming, why don’t you scroll up and read my last argument? I’m still waiting for someone to counter my respecting people’s personal space argument.

Ok this is what we do….REMEMBER BREASTS ARE FOR FEEDING OUR KIDS. If people would get their minds out of the gutter this would be a non issue. This is not about sex and that is where we make the mistake. How can a society as great as ours be so backward? So many times women have had to fight to do right by their children. I fed my baby in public (covered) because he was hungry and it was my job to take care of him. I have always been self conscious, but that did not matter when he needed me.

I’ve had two children, and yes they get hungry. However, I do not want to be standing in a line waiting to pay for merchandise and someone whips out her boob to feed her baby. THENY STILL HAVE BREAST PUMPS so these women can pump the breast milk at home, and then give it to the child when needed. These women think that the world should stop turning because they’ve had a baby……….yea, so have millions of us. So, either use a breast pump or step into a dressing room to feed the baby. Your world won’t end, I promise you!

Justin–And maybe your invading her personal space by walking closely hoping to get a glimpse of her breast. Women breastfeeding tend not to walk close to other people so if your personal space is invaded it must be you provoking it.

Personal space is different for everyone and usually implies the five senses. Like I said before, you’re not going to please everyone; but you could at least make an attempt to care. When I’m talking on the phone and move to a more secluded area, I’m still going to invade other people’s personal spaces, but at least I’m making an effort. I’m acknowledging to them that their personal space matters. I don’t see why mother’s can’t move to a more secluded area of the store and cover up to show respect for other people’s feelings.

Man how ignorant can you people be comparing Breastfeeding to sex, bowel movements etc…If you haven’t noticed those are against the law. And if they weren’t feel free to do it. So, you consider a baby breastfeeding offensive, but do nothing of the magazine covers that display scanlty clad women or on the cover has the words “how to have the perfect organism” that your children see waiting to check out. Shows how backwards some people are in this country.

Man we should start banning clothing that reveals women’s cleavage. Go back to the day when women were not allowed to show any skin at all I bet that would go over great with you women complaining. And you men wouldn’t have a problem with it either. Don’t forget those so ever sexy swimsuits from the 30′s. What a bunch of whinners, mostly from jealous women and men who find themselves aroused by it.

This is a silly story. A woman was asked to leave a sales floor to perform a natural function for her child. i don’t take issue with the woman breastfeeding. I breastfed both of my children. I don’t have an issue with the sales clerk asking her to move to a private area. I would have done the same. My issue is the woman making public how offended she is because someone dared to confront her about her actions. Did no one teach her manners or modesty? Or is she exercising her right to be free to do what she wants? Lets get some perspective. There are worse occurances in the world we iive in today rather than a mother becoming offended simply because she was asked to be modest.

Well let’s see we have from men a bunch of imature comments like WILBY and the women who just plain hate other women that breastfeed. So basically this story is about nothing, because mother’s just don’t whip out their breast, but men get aroused knowing that the breast is exposed under the blanket and some how is aroused by it so that is why they are offended, women who bottled feed their kids are probable the other’s that are offended basically somebody doing something they couldn’t.

@pete
your assumptions are laughable. first i don’t hate women who breastfeed. i hate pretentious self entitled women who think THEIR having a child excuses them from any modicum of decency and civility.

secondly alluding that i become “aroused” is asinine… i wouldn’t piss on the best part of those cows in the picture much less become aroused. *rolls eyes*

your entire “argument” (and i use that word loosely) is a logical fallacy known as false dilemma… try a cogent argument next time… if you know what one is.

@pete1
more logical fallacies? ad hominem this time. you don’t know what a cogent argument is… LOL

mary made a good point just previously about chinese and japanese culture. they respect it. however, american culture does not. when in rome… so deal with it ladies or change the culture. andi’ll offer you a bit of advice. you aren’t going to make it happen with your sit-ins and your occupies. all that will do is polarize feelings on the matter. you need start by losing the self consciousness and teaching your children that it is natural and acceptable.

it’s actually rather amusing to me this puritanical mess our culture is. see what faith in imaginary godfairies and constructs such as sin gets us?

Well now Target will be installing nursing area’s for mothers. See how these sitins work. If you just sit by and do nothing, nothing will ever change. To bad the ignorant can’t see what this is all about, if you don’t like it don’t look.

I’ve breastfed my children, BUT I’m modest by covering them and my breast with a cover and a blanket when I sit. I”m not one of those moms who can walk and have their baby nurse. Normally, I’d feed the baby in the car but sometimes a booth in a restaurant or a fitting room is more convenient with I’m with other children. Bathrooms aren’t suitable, because the only place to sit is on the toilet. Breastmilk isn’t like other body fluids, see CDC info. Breastfeeding only at home isn’t practical because it takes awhile to get to a store, especially in another town with multiple children, even when it’s just two kids. Many moms nurse for at least a year with feeding every few hours during the daytime. Pumping and milk storage is doable sometimes if someone else can watch the kids. But since many moms are the caregivers too, feeding as needed is practical and more convienent than bottles.

AMY–they can’t give a reason why it offends them, that is why we haven’t heard one yet. Not one person has given a just reason how nursing a baby offends them. The only responses have been given is I don’t want to see them ploping it out or seeing a breast. Wow, ever met a mother who just plops it out and have you ever been able to see a breast with a babies mouth over it besides what you usually see with women wearing clothes. Plain and simple jealousy, can’t figure out why but just plain jealous.

I believe that breat feeding is natural and that it is best for the child, but I also feel that it is something that is private. Many things are natural but we do not allow them openly in public. In this case Target provided and even told her about an alternative to her, with nursing in a dressing room. If she choose not to take it then she should face a penalty. It is like wearing a seat belt or smoking or drinking (I am not refering to drinking and driving, I am referring to public intoxication) it is your right to do what you want, but the laws say if it affects anyone else then you can be fined or ticketed or even arrested. Breast feeding in public should be viewed the same way. If an alternate option is available ie.. Dressing room, office area, you vehicle or a more secluded area using a blanket to cover up then the breast feeding mother should be required to use it. If they choose not to then they should face a penalty, like those smoking to close to a door, not wearing their seat belt or drinking to much and being publicly intoxicated. Yes breast feeding is natural, but it does not make it right to force it upon everyone around you because you want to or because it is convient for you. Yourchoose to breast feed, nobody should make it more convient for you, while making things less convient or unconfortable for others. Like smoking and drinking and all those other actions in this world we choose to do, they have concequences when they affect others, so should breast feeding. My wife breast fed three children and never once did she do it openly in public and our one son was next ot immpossible to do it comfortably for anyone, but she managed to stay to do it our car in the back seat, never had issues in the dressing room, or when we were out to dinner asking to sit in the back corner of a resturant so she could comfortably feed our children with a little more privacy. So the short and sweet is there is always a way if you choose to take, and you should not blame others if your choice make you feel uncomfortable.

Can one single person give a valid reason how breastfeeding a child is offensive to them. And a person should never be made ashame of doing something that is completely legal and does not harm anyone.

I live in Panama, Conway is the Panama affiliate. It is not unusual to see several mothers breast feedng their infants while in the store or anywhere else and they do not cover their breast. The citizens of the US have far to many phobias, maybe that is why the US is as screwed up as it is today. Go to europe and visit a swimming pool, most people are bare from the waist up, yes ladies too.

@anna
your analogy is way off base. it would only make sense if they were feeding from a breast in the bathroom, not eating a big mac and starbucks…

So, let’s start taking photos of the breastfeeders and post them around. What it being so natural and unoffensive. Let’s get to it!

charlie–duh..they are right there in the picture, cant you tell. half the mothers are breastfeeding. Can’t believe the ignorance of people that actually think a women breastfeeding shows anything worth seeing in a picture.

So they got what they wanted and it’s legal to breastfeed in the store! So what! People will do anything to be recognized and be on TV or what not. Besides, half the kids didn’t need to be breastfed at the time of the protest. Also, the women are not shoppin but takin up space.

WHAT IDIOTS. Peeing is the same as breastfeeding? And, your boob is NOT exposed in public unless you want it to be. You people are the most idiotic, judgmental I’ve ever seen. Breastfeeding is wonderful. It is beautiful. AND, IT IS NATURAL. A breast is MADE for feeding, NOT OGLING. The public is f’n WARPED with all the Hooters girls and what have you. It is natural to feed a baby from a breast! Get your heads out of the gutters and the sand.

Wow, as I sit here and read these comments I’m utterly appalled. How anyone can compare Breastfeeding to pooping, sex, peeing etc… is so ridiculous. I have nursed 4 children. I feed my children when they are hungry. I do not think about whom I will offend, because the fact of the matter is I’m feeding my babies. I have fed my babies in restaurants, stores, pretty much anywhere you can think of. I have sat on floors of stores, in mall food courts, in fitting rooms. Never did I pump a bottle to take with me. I have breasts to feed my babies, and if people don’t like it then don’t look. The reality is that more breasts are shown in peoples normal clothes than when a mother nurses her child. Our society plasters breasts everywhere how anyone can be offended by a child eating is beside me. Our society needs to change not nursing mothers- breastfeeding needs to be accepted and nurse-ins are one way to keep making others more aware. Shame on you who believe that this mother was wrong.

If you are someone who does not 100% support a woman and baby’s right to nurse in public, then SHAME ON YOU. SHAME ON YOU.

If you don’t like it, put a cover over YOUR head.

If you don’t like, then YOU go to the restroom.

If you don’t like it, educate yourself, pull your head out, and quit acting like it’s gross, perverted, rude, or inappropriate. What is gross, perverted, rude, and inappropriate are your comments about a mother feeding her child in the way it was intended.

I’m so disgusted by some of these comments I could puke. But instead, I’ll continue to nurse MY daughter, uncovered, and in public as often as I possibly can.

So what about the 5 year olds(and older) that are still nursing? Should they just walk up and start nursing if they get hungry while at target? Breast feeding IS natural yes, we know. I breastfed my children privately. I do not want to see you breast feeding your children at Target or any store.

I have, and will continue to, breastfeed my daughter in public. She has the right to nurse wherever I am allowed to be (it IS the law, actually). I also do so discretely. I have nursed at the zoo, at restaurants, in church and in the waiting room at a doctor’s office. I use a cover and do my best to not call attention to myself and my baby.

I will NOT be forced to feed my child in a restroom (and I maintain, do YOU eat in the restroom? Probably not, why should she?) I will NOT be forced to go to a dressing room. I shop at the Target where this incident occurred. I have been in the dressing rooms there. They are small, dirty and, at times, have smelled like urine. Not a place where I want to feed my child.

If more places had nursing rooms, I would be more than happy to use them, because I am sick and tired of everyone poking their noses into business that isn’t theirs. But you know what? Few places have them. Maybe instead of giving breastfeeding moms a hard time, you should focus your energies on helping us have places to do it where you won’t see it. We can only do so much on our own.

But, as per the usual, unless a woman’s breasts are being put on display in a sexual way, they must be deemed disgusting.

Really?! Take your baby out the car and feed him/her. If you have the “right” to breastfeed in public, then I deserve the “right” to try and conceive in public. Both are “natural” right? Give me a break. It’s all about attention. These attentionless women need some way to get noticed in public, their face on tv or their name in a newspaper. You women want to be able to show your breast in public? Then stop filing sexual harassment charges against your boss if he looks at your cleavage. Your breasts are either private or public, you can’t pick and choose when YOU think it’s appropriate for someone too see your rack.

Charles, your comments are utterly ridiculous. Comparing breast feeding to copulating is absurd, to say the least. I highly doubt you have ever seen a woman in public breastfeeding as you seem to think that the breast is exposed to where people can see it. That is not the case. The point you make about sexual harassment just confirms what is at the base of the argument from the opponents – they (and you) are unable to get away from the immature idea that breasts are sexual objects. Grow up people, breast feeding is not offensive.

Would everyone please read the story. She was sitting down, obviously in the aisle, during a major shopping time. She was asked to move to a dressing room for her own safety by Target employees. I can guarantee you from working retail the associates at Target make it their top priority to insure that all shoppers have a safe environment to shop in. Someone sitting in the floor is hazardous for ALL concerned — nursing mother, infant, employees and other shoppers. I have no objection to breastfeeding, but I do have a right to shop without stepping around someone else! It’s bad enough trying to dodge all the kids running loose while you are shopping to make sure they don’t trip you or you don’t harm them — I shouldn’t have to watch out for an adult!

To all the Target nags, you feel your perceived rights come above those of everyone else. A huge percentage of the populace doesn’t care to see it in public. You were offered a fitting room after others complained yet you chose the “up yours” approach instead of being discrete, respecting the feelings of those around you, feeding your child in private and moving on….but it’s only newsworthy after you make a fuss.
While still public, Target is a place of business and they have the right to ask you to leave just like you can choose to shop elsewhere.
Our culture is less receptive than others in the world to public displays like this but breastfeeding isn’t what has everyone’s panties in a bunch. It’s the reactions of those involved that irks people most.

As a new mother I’ve only done what was natural and right for my child. With the support of my community, family, and friends I have raised a very healthy thriving one year old. She is nursing as I’m writing this. In fact she nurses while I do most everything. She nurses in the ocean, on boats, in church, in cars, just about everywhere & anywhere. Most time we are so in sync she can start and finish without stirring or making a sound. She is doing exactly As she should, because when she is hungry she never has to feel her needs are being ignored. She never has to drink from a bottle and she has never had to nurse in a bathroom. I’m so fortunate to have the resources, support, and confidence to offer my daughter this great start in life. I do this only for her and her benefit. I wish each and every nursing mother had the chance to experience mothering in this way, it is the most natural and healthy approach for both mother & child. My daughter is stimulated constantly by her surroundings, comforted by her caregivers, and nourished by her mother every day. I wouldn’t be offering her the same experiences she has each day if we spent all her feedings, which could be as often as once an hour, surrounded by walls to close her off from the world. Please appreciate and understand that as mothers we are only trying to care for our child.

I nursed my daughter for as long as I could before I got sick and it dried up- 4 months… but I never nursed in public. If there were people over I would do it in the living room- if I was comfortable with who was there, but I just wasn’t comfortable putting my goods on display for the whole world to see. If I needed to… I packed up some bottles and we went… if I didn’t have any… we would stop in the nursing room and I would nurse- my sister (who has a daughter the same age as my daughter) would also sit in there and nurse with me… Even so… I ALWAYS used a nursing cover AND a blanket.. I don’t mind that people BF in public, but please make sure your covered up so other people aren’t uncomfortable.

whaat a joke if you don’t want to see it don’t look, don’t know what your seeing execpt for a baby facing it’s mother. Nobody has ever sad which boobs they can see in the pitures they are displaying. And for the idiots that thinks she was sitting in the aisle read the story. and for the DINK plain jeolous of people with kids.

Can’t these women use bottles when out in public?—-no, they can’t, stupid girl. It’s as much about getting the milk OUT as it is about feeding the baby. Stupid girl.

Why don’t you people eat your lunch in a dirty restroom? Sorry but as a mom, sometimes I need to go to the store and take my baby with me. Not going to starve her until I’m done shopping and not going to walk out to my car. Some of the WOMEN posting these comments have either never been a mom or have some serious issues. TRY breastfeeding in a car. Not easy and not going to happen when I can sit on a bench in the store and drop my boob into her mouth. You see more boob on a teenage girl, I promise. THE LAW gives me the right to feed my child wherever I need to and THE LAW gives you the right to walk on by and not look. GET over yourselves and quit picking on these mothers.

What is wrong with a women’s breast that is getting these people bent out of shape. Just like this country to promote being ashamed of our bodies. Naughty breasts, naughty, naughty breasts.

THERE ARE PLACES TO DO IT AND IN FRONT OF MY 10 YR OLD SON AND 5 YR OLD DAUGHTER IS NOT ONE OF THEM. WARNING IF YOU DO IT INFRONT OF MY KIDS I WILL HURT YOUR FEELING AND CALL THE COPS. ITS ILLEGAL!!! DIMISTRATE ALL YOU WANT IT DOESN’T MAKE IT LEGAL READ THE RIGHTS…

Your poor grammar, spelling and syntax combined with constant use of caps lock offends my eyes far more than the sight of a nursing mother. It is enshrined in LAW that women are able to feed their babies in every other developed country in the world.

Please tell me that this poster does not reflect the bigotted mindset and lack of education of every U.S citizen.

If the store doesn’t want you to breastfeed in their store, too bad – it’s their rules. If the woman doesn’t like it, don’t shop there, breastfeed in the car, or leave your kid at home. It’s as simple as that.

Breastfeeding is good. Breastfeeding in public is not. Plan ahead…pump…bottle it. How hard is that? All it takes is planning. Stop being lazy.

Oh, and beans, sorry but you’re incorrect. Forty five states in this country specifically PROTECT a woman’s absolute right to breastfeed in public. In those states, a store cannot set a policy that contradicts that. It may be a private business, but it is still a public place and is very much regulated by the government in it’s practices of what it may or may not forbid, particularly when it comes to laws that protect public rights, and as I said, in most states, nursing moms ARE a part of that protected class.

Here’s my question, people say do not breastfeed in public, take it to a private area and so on which I can agree it would be great to have a wonderful, quiet, comfortable sitting area, room or other to feed my baby in. However what happens when a mother is at a restaurant or church, driving cross country and so on and those accommodations are not provided? What if a woman is shown to a fitting room that has one of those corner seats which is barely big enough for the mother let alone a child in the cross hold, football hold and so on? What if a woman cannot pump enough milk for her babies feedings (some can only pump an ounce at a time and pumping has been proven to lower milk supply because the suction is not the same as a babies) and therefore the breast is the only option?
I say as long as a woman is covered it shouldn’t really matter where she feeds her child. However I also say, middle of an isle not a good idea as my fear would be being stepped on or trying to get back up and hold my child plus cover myself as I am doing it. I personally believe that if people want to complain about mothers who publicly feed their children states should mandate that every public place have a room comfortable and large enough for mom, baby and even other mothers/families as moms cannot leave older siblings with the cart, drag them to the car or taken older children into female fitting rooms/bathrooms as is the case with most boys over the age of 5 in some states.
I get the arguments about it being offensive to some, not wanting their small children to question what is happening, however which would you rather have, a hungry child screaming at the top of their lungs with a mother who is basically ignoring their needs while you try to shop, eat or other; or a woman who gets what needs to be done with as much decency and quickly as possible? I breastfeed my son, I do it in public when needed, I also pump however sometimes he likes more then I can or was able to pump and BFing in public becomes the only option, the only thing I can do is make my son happy while staying as decent as possible and trying to make sure no one catches an eye of anything under the blanket/cover. We all do our best so lets quit with the comments on it being vile, unnatural, gross ect. My husband doesn’t like me BFing in public but he also wants his son to be taken care of so he supports me despite his beliefs on the matter.