A Public Encounter
by Laura Crichton  I
have been a strong believer in breastfeeding wherever and whenever! My
older children were breastfed on hillsides, beaches, trains, planes as
well as the usual shopping center or coffee shop.I breastfeed while alone or with friends or family and in open view of the public. I believe I breastfeed discreetly but proudly. Usually, if I'm alone while breastfeeding in public I will think of comebacks to negative comments that I might be confronted with. Sometimes I come up with witty retorts, and sometimes my mind is just blank and I'm afraid I'd just be completely dumbfounded! However, even though I'm well-prepared most of the time with an answer to someone's negative comments, I have never had to deal with anyone even giving me so much as a dirty look! One day, I thought I was in luck! An elderly man from a nearby table at the food court that we were lunching at approached my table. I furiously tried to come up with one of my comebacks as I felt my face grow a shade of hot pink. How dare he feel he can share his opinions with me! You can imagine how I felt when the dear old man put his hand on my shoulder, looked into my eyes and said "What a wonderful thing it is to see you breastfeed that beautiful baby. There should be more of it!" I was dumbfounded! Laura Crichton South Australia |
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