GREAT article on NIP by Elizabeth Pantley

[annettemarie]

http://pregnancyandbaby.com/read/articles/5590.htm

In many parts of the world, the sight of a nursing mother is an ordinary aspect of daily life. In our society, however, some people are still uncomfortable seeing a mother breastfeed in public. Slowly but surely, though, people are coming to see breastfeeding as the natural, normal way of feeding a baby that it is. And thanks to public education campaigns, people are becoming more knowledgeable about the many benefits of breastfeeding.

[MamaTT]

She is great. Thanks for posting!

[soccerchic21]

I listened to her speak at an LLL conference last year she is great!

[AngelBee]

I her!!!

[ZeldasMom]

Thanks for sharing! I will add this to my links of bf info.

A great thing about Elizabeth Pantley is she has mainstream credibility. Her books are in the corner Barnes and Noble/Borders. So the Barbra Walters types of the world can't easily dismiss/marginalize her as an extremist who is out of touch with the real world.

[annettemarie]

Originally Posted by ZeldasMom

Thanks for sharing! I will add this to my links of bf info.

A great thing about Elizabeth Pantley is she has mainstream credibility. Her books are in the corner Barnes and Noble/Borders. So the Barbra Walters types of the world can't easily dismiss/marginalize her as an extremist who is out of touch with the real world.

Yep.

[eminer]

It bothers me that she seems to imply that mothers *should* want to be discreet.

And "feed your baby" always rubs me a little wrong, too. Like if you were dry nursing, that might not be justifiable.

Maybe I'm overanalyzing.

[ZeldasMom]

Originally Posted by eminer

It bothers me that she seems to imply that mothers *should* want to be discreet.

And "feed your baby" always rubs me a little wrong, too. Like if you were dry nursing, that might not be justifiable.

Maybe I'm overanalyzing.

I know what you mean--when I first read the part about the nursing cover-ups my reaction was ugh I hate those! I got the impression that her target audience is people who are just starting out with getting comfortable with NIP at all though. I remember when DS was a newborn it was a big deal to leave the house and NIP seemed like more than I could handle. I think I would have found it reassuring that this didn't mean I necessarily had some weird pathology. It was quite awhile before I developed the philosophy that if someone saw my nipple that didn't mean their brain was going to explode so I wasn't going to sweat it so much. But I think in the beginning I wasn't ready for that, even if I had been exposed to that philosophy (though it was enormously helpful to be around women who were more laid back about exposing some flesh).

I actually like the language "feeding your baby" because it normalizes and desexualizes the behavior for people who are worried exposing your breast in public automatically connotes some kinky sex thing. There have been situations where I was unsure if it was kosher to bf when I answered the question by making the analogy of whether it would be okay to feed with a bottle (and then proceeding to bf). ITA with you that bf is about more than nutrition though.