NIP...boardwalk in OC,MD and in church!!!

[leosmommy]

Okay...so these are my 2 stories of NIP in the past week. I just want to share.

We were at the beach in OC, MD and were on the boardwalk with DS in the wrap (but it made into a sling). He got hungry so I sat down on a bench and started to feed him (you couldn't see a thing, I had on a loose tshirt and a skirt pulled up high over my belly and hip. AND SOME DUMB KID WHISTLED AT US!!! DH was M-A-D. He said, "oooh, honey, rip your shirt off and show them boobs...then they'll actually have a reason to whistle!"

And in church this Sunday (back home from the beach) DS conveniently wanted to nurse right as the communion song began...so I latched him on and slinged him up real quick before we all got up to go get communion...and I then nursed my son in front of everyone while I walked up and around and back to our pew. All you could see was a little side boob (same thing as before with a skirt pulled up high). And the dad next to us with four kids gave me a big smile of support after Mass...

Hopefully other moms in our church will feel more comfortable with nursing during Mass...many of them run to the bathroom where there's a rocking chair even though our priest has never said anything anti-BF and is very open and liberal about many issues...and of course you always see people giving bottles of formula during church.

Sorry that's so long I'm just proud of myself for trying to pave a new road in my own little way!

And we freaked out the lady at the picture studio today in JCPenney's. We got DS's pictures done in just a diaper (we CD) and she said, "Oh, that's cute, a cloth diaper for the picture. It'll look retro." And DH said, "No, we use those all the time...every day. Very modern and eco-friendly."

LOVE my DH!!! :

[ramama]

Yay for NIP! :

We were just in Ocean City, MD in June! No one said anything or whistled when I nursed there but it was before the busy season. People can be bone-headed. I guess no one noticed me on the beach after getting out of the ocean, trying to nurse DD2 and finding that my boobs are covered in sand and taste salty. Discreetness went right out the window as I try to brush the sand off and DD2 is royally miffed and throwing a fit.

The cloth diaper thing is funny too. I once took DD to her check-up in one and the doctor opened it to check her and was like "whaaaaaaaat?" when he saw the cloth diaper. He didn't know how to put it back on. Geez, it's a prefold not rocket science!

[rmayherbs]

When ds was 3 wks old and not yet 5 lbs, we went to an o's game with my dh and ds. We took the light rail from timonium and Garrett decided he was hungry just before the train came. My first time NIP with him. So I get him latched, with a blanket over us and the train rolls up. I carried him, still nursing under the blanket, a backpack and his carseat onto the train and took a seat. I surprised my husband (and myself) with my multitasking abilities. DH said I cant believe you can do all that at once and then made a smart a** comment about me being a pack mule to get me to laugh and loosen up about nursing on the train. it worked.
The train was very crowded and there were some hs age kids in the front of our car. One of them said something to the effect of "what are you trying to hide under there *snicker* *snicker*" not mean or nasty, just kind of joking I guess. He did not say it right to me, but to one of the others, then his whole group turned to look at me. I just smiled real big and kept on nursing him till we arrived at the stadium.
I continued nursing him for the whole game and felt great about it. a bit hot and sticky under the blanket, but good nonetheless.

As for the CD, my ped saw his and loved the snappi. she also said she had never seen diapers in "that color" - unbleached. she actually did a good job of closing him back up again on her own even though she had never seen a snappi before.