[chantald]

Hi
Our local paper has a scathing editorial about breastfeeding in public... It made my blood boil. I am a discreete nurser.. I make sure I try to cover up and meet my children's needs.. But I refuse to take it to the bathroom..

If you are interested in voicing your thoughts to the author..

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here is the url
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/a...=2005506190310

 

[Plummeting]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chantald If breast-feeding contributes to that bond, why would a mother want to detract from the experience by doing it while walking the dog or having her hair done? Just because the law allows you to, bonding with baby is not something that should be multitasked.

So I guess that bottlefeeding shouldn't be done in public either? I mean, since bottlefeeding is also part of a bonding experience - especially for dads, right? - then perhaps babies shouldn't eat in public EVER? What a moron!

 

[chewymama]

 

[mthomas]

I am just so frickin sick and tired of the driving reason behind not NIP is they don't want to see breast. LIARS. How often do you even see a breast while a mother is bfing?

 

[chantald]

I am hoping the paper gets a lot of letters....

Chantal

 

[medaroge]

Here is what I wrote back:

This letter is in refrence to your article about nursing in public. I am OUTRAGED that you woruld print such trash. I am a nursing mother and nurse my son wherever, whenever he needs to be fed. I am just at a loss for words, except to please invite you to eat your lunch by yourself in the downstairs bathroom stall, so the rest of us will not have to be disturbed by YOUR disgusting eating habits.

 

[chantald]

YAY!!!

I want to write a letter but am bad at getting things into words... A friend of mine is planning a nurse in....

Chantal

 

[Metasequoia]

: Here's my letter, man, wouldn't I love to follow that woman around with my toddler attached to my breast - we could do that.....

"The letter in your paper written by Jonna Spilbor was appalling. To deny a child the right to eat because a grown woman has a problem differentiating between toplessness and a mother nourishing her child is idiotic at best. Have you any idea how many new mother's may have made a decision to formula feed their babies because they read this article & were made to feel embarrassed to breastfeed their babies in any public place. Breast milk is the single best food for an infant & a mother should never feel ashamed to give her baby the best.
People like Ms. Spilbor shouldn't have a job in a public paper, period."

 

[HelloKitty]

Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

Ya know....

Just because someone gave that burrito eating boob a job, doesn't mean the rest of us should have to read her crap.

 

[Ilaria]

: Done!

 

[HelloKitty]

I've noticed a loop hole in her way of thinking... so we shouldn't be subjected to eating children until they can chew.... which means she conceptually should have no problem with nursing toddlers then

Any Pougkeepies Mammas wanna stage a toddler nurse-in???? :LOL

 

[chantald]

hehe.. My friend is organizing a nurse in, for in front of the paper's offices in Poughkeepsie. She is getting the permint request forms submitted today. It takes 15 business days to get approval.. I'll let you know

Chantal

 

[slinginhipmama]

I can't believe that someone so educated would make such negative, nasty comments about breastfeeding in public!! I wrote her an email and gave her my 2 cents.

 

[Tupelo Honey]

Sent an email. Freakin idiots.

 

[Moon Faerie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by HelloKitty I've noticed a loop hole in her way of thinking... so we shouldn't be subjected to eating children until they can chew.... which means she conceptually should have no problem with nursing toddlers then Any Pougkeepies Mammas wanna stage a toddler nurse-in???? :LOL

:LOL

If babies should eat in private until they are chewing, then doesn't that mean babies shouldn't be bottle-fed in public either.

 

[HelloKitty]

Very good point Nicole!!!

Ya know the way my babies chow down, you can't tell me they aren't chewing on my nipple from the start so... I guess she is actually pro-breastfeeding!!

 

[ared1]

I don't get this

Quote:

Forcing me into becoming an audience to a public showing for which I didn't buy tickets, is an invasion of my rights - is it not?

Who is forcing? YOu don't have to look. Read something, look away, move if you need to. For gosh sakes. I don't stand up and say, wether you like it or not-you will watch me nurse. What a dumb-sucker (PC)

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[eleven]

Blech! Just another reason not to read the Poughkeepsie Journal.

Thanks for sharing this and please keep us updated on nurse-in plans.

 

[underthebluerug]

Here's mine:

"Whiney silliness like what Jonna Spilbor has written makes the US a laughingstock among parents and medical experts around the world where breastfeeding is normal and healthy and goes by largely unnoticed. Sometimes up here it's hard to believe people like you are for real. Alas, you're a product of your twisted culture, so you'll likely never evolve enough to educate yourself on the benefits to society of breastfeeding and to applaud those who who have the courage to do it DESPITE the sick small-mindedness around them."

(Signed by both dh and me)

 

[SingingMama]

Here's the letter that I wrote:

"This letter is in regards to the article on nursing in public written by Jonna Spilbor. As a proud nursing mother of a one year-old, I am utterly appalled by her words. Breast milk is the single best food for a baby, and babies eat frequently. Does she mean to suggest that breastfeeding mothers shouldn't leave the house with their children until they are weaned? The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests nursing your child for at least one year, and the World Health Organization recommends nursing for two years or more. Is she really suggesting that her "embarrassment" about seeing a mother lovingly nourishing her baby in public is more important than the baby getting to eat? How dare she be so self-absorbed. Her words infuriate me, and I am shocked that your paper would print such an ignorant article."