I had something odd happen to me earlier this evening, and I'm just not sure how I feel about it. DH said I'm justified at being upset, but my mom says to let it go. My family was at our county fair this evening. We were standing in line to get food before we left and YDD starts crying and gnawing her fist. Obviously hungry. So I began to walk to a bench that was just freed up and ODD starts getting upset b/c I was leaving her. So I get ODD and head to the bench. Well, it's now completely full, and there are no other open benches. Well, "luckily" there was a well-lit tent where the sheriff's department was making IDs for kids. All the deputies were in there and there was a big picnic table in there. No one was sitting there, and nothing was on it. So I politely approach the group of officers to ask if I could sit there to nurse my (crying) baby as I held ODD's hand. One of them immediately says "Okay" but then another speaks up and says I'd be "safer" if I sat outside the tent and pointed to a bench with no room to sit and no lights in the area. Plus, it was where golf carts were going in and out driving really fast. Rather than argue I went off and found an open spot on a ledge to sit and nurse. As I'm nursing in this "safe" area, a fight breaks out right in front of me w/ my 2 small kids.
I feel really slighted and like I was directed away from a perfectly suitable place to feed my baby b/c the cop was uncomfortable and none of his buddies would speak up against him. I really want to write a letter to the sheriff's office expressing my shock and disappointment that my rights as a nursing mother are secondary to their discomfort. I don't know. I mean, am I over reacting or is this something that would bother you?
I feel really slighted and like I was directed away from a perfectly suitable place to feed my baby b/c the cop was uncomfortable and none of his buddies would speak up against him. I really want to write a letter to the sheriff's office expressing my shock and disappointment that my rights as a nursing mother are secondary to their discomfort. I don't know. I mean, am I over reacting or is this something that would bother you?
