Snarky Lady

[soccerchic21]

So my mom and I were shopping for a wedding gift at the Bon Marche (macy's) this weekend and Riley was getting seriously tired and fussy. I had to go to the bathroom anyway so while my mom was checking out we headed to the restroom. I had Riley in a sling and went and then sat in the restroom lobby to nurse her.

( I hate nursing in bathrooms even if they have nice lobbys with comfy chairs, which this one did, just the advocate in me I would rather be nursing in the store on a bench silently promoting NIP)

So anyway women would come in I got a few genuine smiles (I should mention that DD is 14 months old and past most people's comfort zone for a nursing baby), most people when they saw what I was doing looked away quickly.

Well this one woman who came in saw me and gave me a really sort of mean snarky look with a weird smirky smile and then when she rounded the corner to the stalls she let out a really annoyed sigh. UGH!

Hello I was in a FREAKING WOMEN'S BATHROOM!!!! What the hell else am I supposed to do?

[Changed]

Maybe she thought it was gross to feed a baby in a public bathroom.

I do!
(not that you don't have every right to but hey, people poop in there)

[Camellia]

I'm sorry you had that experience. I feel very sorry for the person who may give me gruff about feeding my child. She's not even 5 months yet (But some people think 6 months is too old to be nursing )

[Dragonfly]

You could always walk up to her with a big smile, still nursing, and tell her that she seems very frustrated and you thought she might could use a hug.








(Don't mind me... just feeling a little weird today)

[HelloKitty]

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

You could always walk up to her with a big smile, still nursing, and tell her that she seems very frustrated and you thought she might could use a hug.

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Shoes bought at Macy's $43.00
Lunch after shopping $57.00
Telling the lady that gave you a snarky look for breastfeeding that she nees a hug...... PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kitty

[katja]

Hey, this just happened to me too. I hardly ever, ever nurse in a restroom, but this was a hot, crowded county fair. The restroom was very clean (attendants!) and had benches. DD wanted to nurse, so we sat down an nursed. Some lady's kids were walking towards the bench, so she yanked them away as fast as she could and make a really grossed out, ugly face and sound. Honestly, it was one of the ugliest faces I've ever seen. I just had to laugh. One of the only times someone seems upset by my nip, it's in a restroom, where those people always seem to think we should go.

[Dragonfly]

:LOL Kitty

Originally Posted by katja

Some lady's kids were walking towards the bench, so she yanked them away as fast as she could and make a really grossed out, ugly face and sound. Honestly, it was one of the ugliest faces I've ever seen. I just had to laugh.

I can see why. I just snorted reading that!

I don't see why she was so upset. I can't imagine how she would have possibly been able to sit on a bench, anyway, with that humongous bug wedged in her posterior.

[soccerchic21]

Originally Posted by my~hearts~light

Maybe she thought it was gross to feed a baby in a public bathroom.

I do!
(not that you don't have every right to but hey, people poop in there)

Oh believe me it isn't my first choice. I wasn't actually in the "bathroom" where people are pooping. When you first walk in there is a lobby then the sinks and you have to go around a turn to the stalls. The poop was separated.

Either way she shouldn't judge that is rude.

[soccerchic21]

Originally Posted by katja

Hey, this just happened to me too. I hardly ever, ever nurse in a restroom, but this was a hot, crowded county fair. The restroom was very clean (attendants!) and had benches. DD wanted to nurse, so we sat down an nursed. Some lady's kids were walking towards the bench, so she yanked them away as fast as she could and make a really grossed out, ugly face and sound. Honestly, it was one of the ugliest faces I've ever seen. I just had to laugh. One of the only times someone seems upset by my nip, it's in a restroom, where those people always seem to think we should go.

Now THAT is snarky! I would have laughed too.

[Changed]

You're right Sarah. It's not ok to judge either way but we all know that some people just aren't raised with any manners. It's actually sad that a woman would be so uncomfortable with the female form. She must not have been raised around supportive women.

[Meiri]

One of the only times someone seems upset by my nip, it's in a restroom, where those people always seem to think we should go.

"They" want us to nurse there and then get pissed when they encounter us there?

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[Mama Rana]

Originally Posted by Meiri

"They" want us to nurse there and then get pissed when they encounter us there?

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i guess they expect us to go in a stall and sit on the *gross* public toilet to feed our dc. ugh!

[Gidget]

[QUOTE=katja] Some lady's kids were walking towards the bench, so she yanked them away as fast as she could and make a really grossed out, ugly face and sound. Honestly, it was one of the ugliest faces I've ever seen. I just had to laugh. [QUOTE]

I know people here just hate assumptions but I am gonna make one anyway. :P I am gonna go way out on a limb here( ) and assume that this woman did not bf her children.

I had a lady make a comment the other day. I have been waiting for one and happened to be in an argumentative mood. Only I was dissappointed. Some older lady saw me and made a comment that I should find somewhere else to do that(I was nursing on the bench in front of the pharmacy at the store) but she did not say it where I could here it. Apparently she meant for no one to hear it. But Smil did as she was walking past her. She turned around and looked at the woman ugly when she heard her and the woman turned red. Hehe, didn't need any words there.

[Viola]

Originally Posted by Meiri

"They" want us to nurse there and then get pissed when they encounter us there?

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"They" don't think we should still be doing "that" when the child is over, oh I don't know, 8 months or so? I still believe that most people who are opposed to public nursing really have issues with nursing in general. I've also heard the belief that mothers shouldn't go out if they know they will have to nurse their baby.

[soccerchic21]

Originally Posted by Amywillo

I've also heard the belief that mothers shouldn't go out if they know they will have to nurse their baby.

UGH! I hate that! Hey you know what I go out even though I know I might get hungry and what do I do I get something to eat while I am out. I think my baby should have the same right to do that as well.

[DaryLLL]

Originally Posted by Amywillo

"They" don't think we should still be doing "that" when the child is over, oh I don't know, 8 months or so?

No. 3 months. After 3 months breastmilk loses all its nutrition. Plus, a 3 month old should be independent. He should put on a suit and tie and pick up his briefcase and drive himself to work. He should pick up Dunkin Donuts for breakfast and grab a burger for lunch.

Any 3 month old who can't do this is spoiled.

/sarcasm

[Sustainer]

[Raven]

It makes me so friggin angry! Seriously - KUDOS to ALL of us who dare to feed our children in public! Its sad that we even have to make a big deal out of it in the first place!

I really want to know what happened to turn breastfeeding into a sterotypical no-no... I mean, surely there was a time where we are collectively comfortable with the idea, act and sight of breatfeeding! What the heck happened that now its perceived so negatively??

[DaryLLL]

Originally Posted by Raven

I really want to know what happened to turn breastfeeding into a sterotypical no-no... I mean, surely there was a time where we are collectively comfortable with the idea, act and sight of breatfeeding! What the heck happened that now its perceived so negatively??

Have you read Milk, Money and Madness?

[Raven]

No I havent but I wll see if I can get my hands on it - who is the author?