Why Do Some Of The Mothers Of Today Find It Necessary To Feed Their Babies Indiscreetly?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2857391/Claridge-s-staff-order-mother-cover-huge-napkin-started-breastfeeding-12-week-old-baby.html

Yes it is a natural function, but there are also many other natural functions that we possess but still don't find the need to display them openly in public.

[anotheoldgit]

Sorry wrong thread, should have gone in ChatterBank Ed.

[Daffy6543]

She wasn't being indiscreet, can you see any part of her actual breast there? I certainly can't.

[B00]

You can open a newspaper and see boobs- what's wrong with them being used for what they're designed for and not for titillation (pun intended) purposes? And I agree with Daffy you can't see nowt anyway.

[Elina]

I'm sure Claridges must have a designated area for breastfeeding.

[pixie373]

I agree with daffy and boo. If it's fine in a paper... Anyway, other "natural functions" take 30 seconds. Small babies feed more or less constantly. What would you suggest?

[B00]

Like the ladies toilets Elina?

[Elina]

By the way, I have breast fed just that way, but it was in a mothers & toddlers group, not in a public eating area.

[Elina]

Wherever is designated for that purpose Boo. I wouldn't feed in such a public area.

[vulcan42]

A 12 week old baby requires feeding when it's hungry not when it suits Claridges. A child being fed is just that, it doesn't need to be hidden away.

[EcclesCake]

Elijah, was your irony intended?

[2sp_]

I just don't understand how a mother feeding her baby is offensive. It's not like she is dancing topless on the table.

[EcclesCake]

Flippin' spell check, Elina not Elijah?

I wouldn't want to have lunch in a loo, why should anyone have to feed a baby in one?

[Elina]

Me Ecclescake? I would say a mothers & toddlers group is a natural area to breastfeed ... all mums together

[Elina]

I wouldn't want to bare my breasts in such a public way, regardless how much I show.

[Caribeing]

Claridges have other customers to consider as well I'm sure they have luxury restrooms where the mother and baby can go it is a bit off putting I wouldn't want to be eating in a restaurant when a woman starts breastfeeding I know it is natural and baby does get hungry but do it discreetly, she said she was upset but doesn't look so in the photo!

[jackthehat]

I find anyone giving a feeding mother & child more than a cursory glance, certainly long enough for them to become outraged/offended, probably has a) too much time on their hands, or b) a peculiar attitude to mothers/women/babies in general......and possibly even both.

[Sqad]

I can never understand why a baby needs feeding in a restaurant or indeed ANY public space.

Demand feeding?.............yeah! right.

Surely one can organise one's "social calendar" around the feeding of the baby.

It is just exhibitionism,,," look at me I am a woman, a mother and i have just had a baby and am feeding him/her."

[Baldric]

Bit of a Bust up over nothing, it's a perfectly natural function, and nowhere does it say she was acting indiscreetly.

[Daffy6543]

That is exactly how I feel too JTH, just a glance and you would have no idea she is feeding the baby, you would have to look/stare for several seconds to realise she is feeding and not just cuddling her.