Offensives in Public Places quiz

[andrewducker]

[Poll #160754]

Comments

[nickys.livejournal.com]

I found that very few people noticed when I was breastfeeding my kids, even if we were sat at the same table. The baby pretty much covers all the exposed bits.

[moniqueleigh]

Exactly!! Most women who are "just feeding the kid" don't make a big production of it. As you noted earlier, it may take a few days to get the routine down, and then the baby most certainly does cover everything.

One of my friends spent the first few days at home getting into the routine for just that reason. (Of course, she also enjoyed having a few days of just mom, dad, & baby.) But she was determined not to feed her child in a public toilet (talk about unsanitary)!. She's rather modest herself, and if it had been feasible would have probably never fed the baby in public. But kiddo never took to formula, so there wasn't much choice. :) Can't say I blame him, that stuff smelled nasty!

[nickys.livejournal.com]

I initially thought that a shirt with buttons down the front would be easiest for breastfeeding, but that makes it way too obvious.
A loose t-shirt that can be pushed up and which flops back down to partially cover the baby was much more discrete. And I never bothered with maternity bras either as the fastennings can be terribly fiddly to do up, so people tend to notice more.

[moniqueleigh]

I seem to recall that's what Jen did also - just T-shirts & regular bras. (Kiddo is 8 years old now, so I'm taxing the memory for specifics.) Errr...... Might've been those "sleep bra" thingies. Jen's not very large. ;)