05/13/2008 15:48:35

a wonderful tip for feeding in public is to buy a hand full of spagetti strap tank tops (mine are white) and instead of adjusting the strap leave it loose so that the neck line of the tank top can be pulled down below your bra. then just wear your normal shirts over the top. that ways when you pull the top shirt up and the undershirt down the only area exposed will be where baby nurses. practice at home and if front of mirrors until you are comfortable. in restaurants alway ask for a booth, scoot to the far inside and if you're more comfortable ask you husband or who ever is eating with you if they would sit next to you while you nurse (they will naturaly be a shield)I have many more ideas. let me know if you want more

05/13/2008 08:19:17

     I WAS PRETTY SCARED AT FIRST 2...NOW I NURSE EVERYWERE, I WEAR NURSING BRAWS, BLOUSES THAT CAN B PULLED TO THE SIDE, AND A NURSING COVER, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WILL GO 4 ME ONCE HE BECOMES MORE ACTIVE....I CAN TELL SOME LADIES KNOW WHAT I'M DOING N' SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T LIKE IT {THEY MIGHT B JEALOUS AT THE FACT THAT I CAN ..AND THEY CAN'T OR NEVER GOT 2, NOT MY PROBLEMO}

     I BF IN A RESATURANT LAST WKND 4 MOTHER'S DAY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALLY NOTICED, I KNOW THE WAITOR DID...LOL { BUT COULDN'T C ANYTHING}...I WAS SORT OF MENTALLY PREPARING MYSELF 2 TELL THEM SOMETHING JUST IN CASE. {I WAS GOING 2 SAY...ARE U AWARE THAT THE LAW IN FLORIDA STATES.. I CAN BF ANYWERE A MOTHER CAN B WITH A CHILD... PUBLIC OR **PRIVATE**???? IF I HV 2 WALK OUT OF THIS RESTAURANT BC I'M BFing...WE WILL MEET AGAIN...IN COURT.  NICE HUH??  THAT'S WHAT I WAS PLANING 2 SAY...NOT SURE IF I WOULD HAD SAID IT, LOL...}  BUT... ON THE CONTRARY, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY RELAXED .

05/12/2008 13:51:02

I have nursed all three of my babies, and each one it gets a little easier to nurse in public. So, I think it just takes time.  With my oldest I would sit in the car, restrooms, dressingrooms, but now I'll nurse in a quite area, if it available, but sometimes, you just have to sit in the middle of the mall and do it. Public restrooms are often times dirty, so I avoid those now. I tell my husband I wouldn't take my steak dinner in there, why should he(son)? It isn't much fun to sit alone, though. Learn to be discreet at home, and it isn't as uncomfortable in public. There are still times, like yesterday, when we were eating with my pastor, his wife, daughter, and 12 yr. old son, that I just waited the few minutes, to go home. You might find that your little one won't take a bottle from you or when you are around, so you might have to go with someone else if you plan on using the bottle. My little boy won't take a bottle if he knows that I am around. Good luck! Be confident, you are doing the best and natural thing for you little one!