I nurse in public all the time :) And I be as conspicuous as possible about it too. Making breastfeeding the norm again is important to me. The benefits are so numerous. And when my 8 month old becomes a toddler and still wants to nurse, we'll be a nursing-in-public mommy-toddler pair. It's good for her, it's good for me, and it's good for everyone else to see that it is normal and healthy and not scary. I show no more skin than I show in a tank top while nursing.

Another important point to make is that nursing is a great way to soothe a fussy baby. Would you rather hear my child screaming insessantly or see her nurse for a few minutes? Honestly, which is more annoying? You can at least look away from the nursing scene... you can hear a screaming child from clear across Wal-Mart ;)

Everyone who says that breast feeding is gross or sexual or indecent should probably consider their reasons for feeling that way.

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Have you ever seen a commercial for a child's product (say a drink or vitamin) that says this product contains 'x ingredient', and ingredient found in mother's milk? *GASP*, mother's milk? Why would they give my 4, 5, 6, 7 etc. year-old a pill, drink, food with something found in breastmilk? BECAUSE they're meant to have it at that age so that the brain and body can develop properly.

Think before you speak because the only thing you're proving is how
completely idiotic and ignorant you can be.

Okay ... so most of you are idiots. I don't even know where to begin.

Let's start with breastfeeding in public. So, you think it's 'wrong' to nurse in public, but not for little teenage girls to jump around half naked with their thongs, bras, and part of a nipple hanging out? Well, of course it's not wrong. They're using their breasts to turn you on and flaunt about, but if a breast is used for it's REAL intention (nursing), then it's disgusting and the same as urinating.

Breastmilk is very sterile, very. If you washed a table with a disinfecting cleaner, then washed another table with breastmilk, the table with breastmilk would be cleaner than the one with a disinfectant. Breastmilk is actually used to clean organs before a transplant in some countries where they cannot afford the proper cleaners. Yes urine may be sterile, but only when it is coming out of you and only if you don't have an underlying medical issue. Once the urine touches other germs it then becomes a nasty mess. We don't even have to talk about deficating because we know it's nasty and not sterile.

Breastmilk is not a bodily fluid. It does come out of your breast, but if soda came out of my breast would that be a bodily fluid? No, it would be a drink, a way to nourish (even though it's not that great of a way to nourish). The milk that comes from my breast is the same as the one you drink out of a gallon jug, the only difference is that it's HEALTHIER, tastier, and not intended for a baby cow.

I breastfed all 3 of my children, ages 4, 2 and 1. I would never use formula. My youngest was born with a cleft and still I have never used formula. I also do not use bottles. I breastfeed in public but I do cover. I am tall, thin and blond so old perverted men creep me out so I cover for that reason. When around women though, I do not cover. I do nurse in restaurants.

Some of the comments here are incredible. Really makes a statement about our society. Is it getting dumber and dumber? Some of you may want to go back and ask your moms for some breastmilk to increase your IQ's. Please don't make your own babies.

I breast fed all my babies to 9 mo, to 16 mo. and 4mo.Sometimes in our lives we have less than ideal circumstances, you can't breast feed to the exclusion of caring for the other children. Sometimes bottle feeding is neccessary. I have huge children who breastfed 12- 13 times a day and I alwys have a heavy milk supply. You can't sit on a caoch all day and breastfeed. You have to suppervise the other children, clean you house and make time for your husband. Not to mention cooking meals, appointments and school activities for the older children. I have breastfed in public, but I kept in mind modesty and covered up with a baby blanket. Ther is nothing wrong with breastfeeding in public. Just be modest about it. I get uncomfortable in crowdwed places and for those situations I woul provide expressed milk or formula in a bottle. La Leche League is extremist, they encourge HIV positve mothers in the third world to breastfeed their babies and there is a 47% chance of spreading it that way. Breast feeding is beautiful, but look at the painting of Mary and Jesus, she covered herself, you didn't see any\thing hanging out. I was bottle fed and I'm very healthy and intelligent. The differenc e in IQ is about 8 points which psychologists will tell is insignificant, genes and enrironment play much more of a role.Why did brestfeeding extremist have to make me feel guilty that on average I stopped nursing at around 1 year and with the younger bottle feeding bacame necesary as adrenaline and sleep deprivation as my husband works away a lot, the milk litterally stopped. I did both and in public places a breastfed in a modest way. You do what is best for your family. How many of these experts have children of there own or lived an unpampered life so that all you need to do is breastfeed?

the ladies are just likin the t*tty action they get from baby's tongue and lips caressing their nipples. It's like foreplay at any time day or night. Just look how the mommas gaze down at their little sex minion as they lap away at their nipple.Who needs daddys mouth on there anyway?This way they can have it all the time for years on end and with every kid. We know your secret, ladies.

My cousin admits that she nurses indiscreetly just daring someone to say something to her. But she's all talk and I hope to witness her eventual smackdown. I feel sorry for her poor kid, her prop, though.

And if you think the saggy, veiny titties are a horror to look at, watch out for the exposed stomaches. Ugh. Eye bleach please.

When your kid is old enough to eat food,ie/ they have teeth,GIVE THEM FOOD!Stop sticking your titty in their mouth saying that THEY want it when you know that YOU want it,not for sexual reasons but so that you can keep them a baby for as long as possible. It's called not being able to let go,but kids do grow up,so let them.Otherwise you'll have your 40-year-old kid living at home with you someday because you couldn't let them grow up normally.

Nothing will ever change how GROSS it is to openly breastfeed in public. I have nothing against breastfeeding perse, but doing it where people are eating is just rude and disgusting. It's fine to say your child is "eating", but in reality it's no different than performing fellatio or cunnilingus in a restaurant. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT NASTY STUFF WHEN THEY'RE EATING!!! Do it at home please and pack bottles of breastmilk for outings. It's that easy!!! Unless you're frigging stupid and can't handle a complicated concept such as preparing a bottle.... In which case you should have kept your knees together and not brought children into this world.

Oh. My. God. I've never heard such absurdity.

Go Maggie!! I nurse in public all the time, and most of you never noticed, even if you looked.

FTR, you probably DO want to see my boobs.

Breastfeeding is gross, whether it's done in public or not. Sucking liquid out of someone's body, especially out of their genitals, is disgusting. No different than sucking jiz out of someone's peen or that two girls one cup video. Yuck.

OBVIOUSLY written by a boobfeeding BUSHPIG who is hurt by the negative comments on this thread. And PLEASE learn to spell "worth". And if you're not bothered by all the nasty comments, then why did you take the time to comment... TWICE??? Go force your poor kid to suck your boobs. He/she is destined to grow up a lonely, pathetic loser anyway.

You guess wrong being the fact I am a MALE! My wife does breastfeed but not in public. She will pump and take the bottles with us. So next time you decide to make a comment learn who your speaking to.

I think its funny reading some of your comments. Why do you take the time to be ignorant on the computer? Do you think your going to change females who Nurse in public, nope. I think its great and if that is what they want to do all for it. Not wroth my time to fuss over something I wont change.

If you see a woman breastfeeding an older child in public and by older i mean 2 and up, DO dump a pail of ice water over them.That will get rid of them in a hurry.Or you could try spraying them with residual bug spray.Spray them right in the face.They won't breastfeed in public again.

Why is it that only the fat, ugly gits want to display their norks in public?

And they seem to have a big chip about nice hoots selling beer and cars. Jealous much?