Just thought I'd share.
I don't know whether to laugh or be uncomfortable ... well, that's not true, I'm still laughing about it ... LOL ...
OK, so DD wants to nurse every evening when I pick her up at daycare, and lets me know by pulling on my shirt and saying "tsay" or "tsay-tsay" (her attempt at "téter", French for nurse). And so every evening I plop myself down and nurse her before going home, while we're waiting for a staff member to fill me in on her day.
Now, here's the thing, continuing to BF after going back to work is extremely rare here in France (just last night one of the other mothers asked me about it and said that she "hadn't thought it was possible" and that I was the only other mother she had ever seen continue to BF after going back to work--for the record, she was a bit admirative and very supportive).
Anyway, back to the point of the story: DD's nursing is the source of a lot of fascination by the other kids in DD's group, especially amongst the 1-to-2 year olds. There is almost always at least one who crawls or toddles over to watch close up, often pulling up on my knee (the "record" is one day when there were 5 spectators at close range but at varying distances: it looked and felt like they were standing in line for a turn).
One of the older kids (2ish) even asked if he could nurse once (pointed to my boob then pointed to himself with a very "asking" look--the daycare lady even interpreted it to mean "can I try that too")...
And, I'm getting to the point of the story, DD wants to nurse but also wants to look around, point out stuff, and babble to me. So she pops on and off and I spend the time pulling my shirt back down to cover my boob. This is cool with me and doesn't seem to bother anyone at daycare. DD just lifts the shirt back up when she's done pointing at whatever.
BUT when we have a munchkin audience, this is not always what the audience wants. As of last night, TWO--that's right 2--other kids have reached over and lifted my shirt to see while DD is looking elsewhere!
Somehow, I was fully prepared for having DD undress me in public but never ever expected to be undressed by other people's kids!!!
I don't know whether to laugh or be uncomfortable ... well, that's not true, I'm still laughing about it ... LOL ...
OK, so DD wants to nurse every evening when I pick her up at daycare, and lets me know by pulling on my shirt and saying "tsay" or "tsay-tsay" (her attempt at "téter", French for nurse). And so every evening I plop myself down and nurse her before going home, while we're waiting for a staff member to fill me in on her day.
Now, here's the thing, continuing to BF after going back to work is extremely rare here in France (just last night one of the other mothers asked me about it and said that she "hadn't thought it was possible" and that I was the only other mother she had ever seen continue to BF after going back to work--for the record, she was a bit admirative and very supportive).
Anyway, back to the point of the story: DD's nursing is the source of a lot of fascination by the other kids in DD's group, especially amongst the 1-to-2 year olds. There is almost always at least one who crawls or toddles over to watch close up, often pulling up on my knee (the "record" is one day when there were 5 spectators at close range but at varying distances: it looked and felt like they were standing in line for a turn).
One of the older kids (2ish) even asked if he could nurse once (pointed to my boob then pointed to himself with a very "asking" look--the daycare lady even interpreted it to mean "can I try that too")...
And, I'm getting to the point of the story, DD wants to nurse but also wants to look around, point out stuff, and babble to me. So she pops on and off and I spend the time pulling my shirt back down to cover my boob. This is cool with me and doesn't seem to bother anyone at daycare. DD just lifts the shirt back up when she's done pointing at whatever.
BUT when we have a munchkin audience, this is not always what the audience wants. As of last night, TWO--that's right 2--other kids have reached over and lifted my shirt to see while DD is looking elsewhere!
Somehow, I was fully prepared for having DD undress me in public but never ever expected to be undressed by other people's kids!!!
