Raging topic at Chow dot com. The etiquette advisor pretty much got it right, but the comments are getting ... well, predictable, this being the World Wide Web and all.
Here's an excerpt from the column:
Here's an excerpt from the column:
Quote:
| Breast-feeding does make some people uncomfortable, especially when the woman doesn’t huddle in a booth or cover herself with a shawl. When Maggie Gyllenhaal was snapped breast-feeding last year, she caused a media stir, in part because she was doing it so unabashedly. [...] Pumping milk into a bottle in advance is not a great option either. If the mother has just fed the baby, she might not have enough milk to express before she leaves the house. In any case, there are drawbacks to feeding a baby from a bottle. (For instance, because it’s easier to get milk from a bottle, some babies become more reluctant to suck from the breast.) [...] Personally, I’m all for a woman’s right to breast-feed in public—be it with naked breast exposed, Gyllenhaal-style, or in a more subtle fashion. [...] And it’s a lot better than listening to the baby cry. |
I know the one table that could see me was making a comment to each other but I have no idea what it was. I figure they had their own hands full with their gang of 4 kids - or was it 5?
