Do you Cover up when NIP?

[goodearthmama]

Just wondering, because I don't put a blanket or anything over my lo. he's not a big fan of it anyways. I mean I don't sit around with my boob just hanging out (except at home). I know that maybe a whole inch of skin may be showing, but I just don't understand the stares. I am discreet about it, too. I either have on a nursing top or a regular shirt with a belly hugger on under it. I don't nurse in my sling or wrap b/c we just haven't totally figured it out and again he doesn't like being covered up.

So, no- I don't cover up and don't feel like I have to, regardless of the looks I may get...I just would like to know how the mothering population NIPs

[Calidris]

No, I never do.

I have to say, I saw someone covering (with a blanket) while nursing in the mall the other day. She was wearing a strapless top I guess, and baby was entirely covered (small baby, biggish blanket) end result, she looked like she was sitting topless in the middle of the mall with a blanket covering her breasts

[alegna]

nope
no way
never have
why?
never considered it
dd would have never tolerated it
how silly

And fwiw I still NIP my 3 yr old.

-Angela

[phreedom]

I used to, but mainly it was to cover me...not my baby nursing. If I was wearing something that was exposing my belly I would put a blanket in front of me and just maybe hold it up to shield the baby (but not touching her face) or just cover her body when holding it up got to be a PITA. But I have never covered her face.

At one...there is NO WAY she would allow it

[VanessaS]

No way. I find the whole idea silly. If people are bothered you could always bring a blanket and throw it over their heads so that they don't have to see you feeding your child.

[yarngoddess]

I NEVER did.... until I had baby #4! lol I swear the more kids you have, the more eyes you draw. The more people watch us the more we get that attitude of "They must be trashy, or poor" and then we talk and they are noticibly taken aback. So, yes sometimes I try to cover my DS- but he hates it, lets go and SCREAMES for all he's worth.

I think the cover's are more for mom to not feel selfconscious- but they only make us feel more self conscious. I hate those things, just be discrete! (sp I know NAK)

[phatchristy]

Nope, never have. I remember once even nursing my older toddler once at Busch Gardens. I'm really discreet though, and I have to think a lot of people just thought she was sleeping lying down after she got tired.

[Therese's Mommy]

Only one time. DD#2 was a couple of weeks old. We were at a restaurant that was really tight quarters. I had DD in a sling and she wanted to nurse. I loosened the sling and went to put her to the breast and right before I did I put the sling back over my shoulder. I had never thought to do it before. I think that if I hadn't the woman we were with would have been uncomfortable. She is old school and not someone I was anxious to educate. If I hadn't thought about putting the sling over me shoulder, I would have nursed DD anyway, it was just a spur of the moment thing.

I could never do it again though, as DD doesn't like anything touching her head or over her head while she nurses now that she is a bit older (4mos). Even if she is nursing seriously on my lap while I am at the computer I can't have my arm going over her head to type, she pulls right off, and the arm isn't even touching her.

Beth

[Twinklefae]

Nope, and according to DF I DO have my boob hanging out. I tried once, but DS pops off the nipple everytime, which means I expose more trying to re-latch him!

[sunshine's mama]

I carry dd in a stretchy wrap and loosen it to nurse.....usually when we have gone out, she wants to just snack so she pops on and off smiling the entire time...her first game I think....but I do cover a tad to latch her on the first few times and then she finds it on her own...

I just seem to have forgotten how to nurse without pillows on my lap or at my side... so I think that contributes to the on and off....it's been almost 4 years since I NIP...haha

We'll get the hang of it...

Once she's on though, no cover...my shirt comes down a bit to cover and her head is there so..no biggie....

[the_lissa]

No way.

[Llyra]

I don't cover, not like with a blanket or anything, except at the beach when I was completely removing my top to nurse. But I do usually nurse in a sling or carrier, or wear clothes that make me feel a little discreet, like a nursing tank or something. So maybe that does count as covering. It's mostly me covering my awful twin-skin belly, though-- my skin is still all stretched out and hanging in folds, and I hate thinking somebody's looking at it.

[Bkwyrm]

I do. Otherwise, Fish gets distracted and it takes her three times as long to eat. With something blocking her view of the fascinating surroundings, she gets down to business and actually EATS. I use a very light cotton blanket.
I'd figured that as she got older, she'd refuse to eat while covered. But the opposite is true - she won't eat if she's NOT covered.

[becoming]

No, I don't. My baby doesn't like anything remotely near his head/face while he's nursing, so there is no way in heck he'll eat with a blanket over his head. I never get any weird/mean looks, though.

[finn'smama]

Nope. Never...
A

[DisplacedYooper]

Nope!

[Jescafa]

I have a few times, not sure why. Mostly not. I do like to pull my shirt down so that it's almost touching DD's mouth, just because I'm modest, but I don't generally use a blanket or anything. Just too much of a PITA.

At the beach I just put DH's t-shirt on to nurse.

[mamamarley]

I've always had on a nursing top or something similar, but I'm small-framed and large-breasted, so I do hang out a little (they're bigger than my dd's head ).. but I don't cover up ever. While some people do occasionally look at me a little funny, no one has ever complained.

I do live in a pretty liberal town - Athens, OH - which may have something to do with it.

[calidarling]

Nope and I am not discreet either!

[Neth Naneth]

The first time I nursed in public (ds was a couple months old) I did use a blanket to latch on properly (and I thought I suppose to ) but as soon as DS was latched on something seemed off, (mothers intuition) so I pulled it down, just went againse my mothing instincts. After that we were so good at latching on that I didn't ever again.