Pro-bf comment today

[soccerchic21]

So I was at the foodbank today (damn vet bill ate up our food $ gotta love dogs!) and I had my 3 month old in the sling and we got to the area where they have the baby food and the older woman (grandma age) said "he's probably not old enough to take any of this" and I said that's right no thank you. Then she said "and I hope that you are nursing him" and I said "of course" Then I threw her for a loop and pointed at my two year old and said "actually I am nursing her as well"

Anyway I was thinking later what if I wasn't nursing him? Would her comment have been rude. But then I figured because of her age she can get away with saying stuff like that but it was still nice to hear someone assume I should be nursing instead of formula feeding.

[bobandjess99]

Quote** Anyway I was thinking later what if I wasn't nursing him? Would her comment have been rude. But then I figured because of her age she can get away with saying stuff like that but it was still nice to hear someone assume I should be nursing instead of formula feeding.[/QUOTE]**


Well, rude or not, I ALWAYS act like i assume people are nursing and act wide-eyed shocked if they are not. If they say they aren't, I put on a "caring" face and say something like "OH, I'm so sorry, what happened that you couldn't breastfeed??" That way, for the 1 in a hundred (or thousand?? whatever) moms who truly tried and couldn't, I come off as sympathetic and kind, for the ones who give me a lame-butt excuse, I inform them of what they could have tried, or how they miught deal with said "problem" in the future, and for the ones who admit they simply chose to FF, they get some sort of frosty response, like I'll glare and say "oh", said in a tone like they had just said they deliberately torture puppies, and walk away. I DO NOT believe in catering to people who FF unnecessarily. They *should* be made to feel like they are doing something wrong, because they are. Formula feeding, except in situations where otherwise the child would starve, is child abuse. Period.

[sapphire_chan]

"Hope" is an opinion word not an "assumption" word. Not rude to anyone.

Now, if she'd said "and I *hope* you're nursing" as though she thought it was best but didn't believe you were, that'd be rude regardless of how you feed your baby.