Why should a women be allowed to breast feed in public?

Question

personally i am against it they should either feed the baby through a bottle or do it in a bathroom or a special room i dont understand why woman should do it in public is there actully a valid reason for a women to feed her baby in public

Answer 1

This topic is driving me insane today LOL

Do you eat in the bathroom?

And how on earth did babies eat before there were bottles and formula?

Geez! If it bothers you to see it... look in another direction for crying out loud!

Answer 2

The valid reason is the baby needs to eat. Any doctor will tell you that the BEST thing for a baby is to breastfeed for the first year. It is the most nutrious source of food for the baby. As for doing it in public, we as mother's have a right to feed our child what they need when they need it. Babies need to eat every 2-3 hours and if a mother is out with her family and needs to feed her baby, it is not for you to say there is not a valid reason. It is perfectly natural for a baby to breastfeed. Not to mention people did it in public LONG before our times and it was not frowned upon. You don't eat in the bathroom do you? Why should the baby. Not to mention not every place has a spot where a mother can nurse in private and she should not have to leave what she is doing because you may be squeemish about it. It is natural, normal and women have been doing and will keep doing it for years to come.  

Answer 3

Next time you go out to eat, I want you to be served in the bathroom. You are a moron! Babies need to eat too!  

Answer 4

bcause they gotta eat sometime!!!! DUH!!! you eat in public so why cant a baby??

Answer 5

Because there is no valid reason for her not to breastfeed in public.  Having to do it in the bathroom is gross.  Women should be allowed to breastfeed where ever they are whenever they want to.

Answer 6

well its people like you that make it really hard for a woman to do one of the most natural things in the world: feed their beautiful baby with what God intended!!!!!  A woman should be able to feed her baby where ever they need to and people should just not look if they have a problem with it.

For a start, would you like to each your lunch in the toilet?? if shops, resturaunts etc had more feeding rooms then Im sure mums would go and use them, Im a breastfeeding mum and Ive looked for these "feeding rooms" and the only place you seem to find them is supermarkets. and another thing is that not all babies will drink from a bottle, my son refuses point blank.  

If a mum is out in public with her baby and her baby is hungry then let her feed him/her without judging so much, just dont look if you dont like it!

Grrrrrr.......

Answer 7

not all places provide a place for a women to breastfeed. do you eat in the bathroom? why should a baby.  

Answer 8

Eating is a natural part of life... if you wish to tell a baby that they can not eat in public due to the source of their food... then I suppose I should tell you that you can not eat your McDonalds in public because the smell makes me sick... lets give you your own room to eat in shal we?  

Answer 9

There is a valid reason, its called...."the baby is hungry and needs to eat". How would you feel if your baby was screaming and crying and needed to eat and someone made you go sit in a public bathroom stall just to feed the poor kid?? What is so wrong with a women feeding a child? Now I do think that there are ways of making it discreet and it is never necesary to show off any part of the breast. When I had my son, I always tried to plan feedings around going out in public, but there were a couple of times when it was not possible to get around it.

Answer 10

Why are women allowed to wear skimpy tops that bare most of their chest and shorts that ride up their butts?  Nursing a baby shows less skin than that and not all mothers are comfortable feeding their babies from chemical-laden plastic.  I hope you don't have kids.

Answer 11

it is normal and natural!! there is nothing wrong with brestfeeding!

it is just a cultural stigma that is attatched to it to say that is it wrong or bad!

I mean I plan on exclusively brestfeeding, that means NO formula!

am I supposed to lock myself away and not go out in public because I am feeding my child the way that it is meant to be fed? our bodies produce milk for our babies that is what we are supposed to do!

the valid reason is that if my child id hungry I will feed him/her! no matter where I am!

Answer 12

i think it should not only be aloud but encouraged. You eat in public, and i bet you've never gone to a changing room or a bathroom with your hamburger and fries, so why should an infant be denied the best food or made to eat in an unsanitary location because it makes you uncomfortable?

Answer 13

It is biologically appropriate for babies to breastfeed.  It's also biologically appropriate to feed on demand.  There's no reason a nursing mother need sequester herself at home.  If you can eat in public, so can a baby.

Answer 14

Yeah, ignorant people often think this way.

Breastfeeding is feeding a baby. Would you like to eat in a bathroom?

If my baby gets hungry i will feed him, i couldn't care less if you agree or not.

Answer 15

because its the LAW!  if you dont like it... dont watch.  the law was written in 39 states and puerto rico so people with mindsets like yourself can be told to shut up.

ignorance is no excuse for not knowing the law.

Answer 16

So that we don't have to be locked inside or a bathroom all day that is not really an option either.  My baby eats ever 2 to 3 hours from start to start. That only leaves an hour inbetween sometimes. We are just giving our babies the best thing for them. Pumping and feeding through a bottle didn't work for me I don't have much milk left after he is done feeding to store. As long as I cover up I don't see why doing the best thing for my baby while continuing to live some sort of a life is a problem. If you don't like it don't watch and go on with your business.

Answer 17

I'm sure you eat in public, why shouldn't a baby.

Answer 18

Your an idiot, it's natural, beautiful and a woman's motherly duty. You you like to eat on a toilet, that is what you are asking a baby to do.  Bathrooms are diseased filled and disgusting, why would any mother want to feed her child there.  I NIP loud and proud, if you see boob, look the other way, all I care about is feeding by son, not your squeamish hang-ups.  Do the world a favor, don't have children, how will you deal with your wife breastfeeding.

Answer 19

Well, why shouldn't a baby be allowed to nurse in public? In fact, 39 states have laws allowing women to breastfeed in any public or private location.

Answer 20

because thats what b*****s or for not for mens sexual pervertions.And honestly feed a baby in the bathroom?................would you eat your dinner in the bathroom.....no?...........then why should babies?.

Grow up and if you dont like it dont look.

Answer 21

Um...yeah.  If you are hungry you get food don't you?  Why should a baby have to wait or be fed in the bathroom?  If you don't like it then don't look!  What a jerk!

Answer 22

Do you eat in public?  Ok then why can't a baby.

Answer 23

You haven't told us why you think we shouldn't? Surely you're not scared of seeing a boobie? Billboards are far more revealing than the average breastfeeding mother. I've not seen anyone out in public, feeding their baby, dressed only in some lacy underwear.

Answer 24

Ummmmm...the "valid reason" is so a baby can eat?

You go eat in a bathroom if it offends you and let the babies eat where they want.

BTW, I assume its probably the only time youre gonna to see a female's breast w/o having to pay for it...so you might as well enjoy it.

This guys an idiot w/ mommy issues...why are we responding intelligently (ok...mine was sarcastic...not so intelligent...but he deserved it LOL)  

Answer 25

hah. hahaha. its NATURAL. people have been doing it for THOUSANDS of years. do you think bottles and formula have been around since jesus's day? that mary just popped open a bottle of formula, microwaved it and gave it to jesus and said heres your formula pal? no. its not digusting, or vulgar, its NATURAL. and if restaurants let people like YOU eat in public than a baby should be no different. most mothers use a nursing wrap for public feeding but even if they dont, it doesnt gross me out a bit.