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Re: breast feeding in public - April 29th 2010, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlora View Post
If the mother can move discretely to another area then fine, there are baby changing units in most supermarkets, go there. As for in restaurants, I don't really think its the place to take a new-born baby, toddles etc fine as by that age they are normally on solids etc.

If you're going to a restaurant then i think the baby should be with a babysitter or other member of the family. Its not really the place. you could always go out when its not feeding time for the child, as usually people have a routine.
So, you don't think that people with babies under the age of 6 months should be able to go to restaurants with their child? My husband and I couldn't afford a babysitter, and lived in a different city than our families, so we should never have been able to go out to eat? Can you not see how ridiculous this is?

Have you ever gone 6 whole months without eating out once?

Also, women who are exclusively breastfeeding can't just hand the baby off to a babysitter or a family member if they want to go out. They have to stay with the baby so it can be fed when it is hungry.

Most babies eat every 2 hours. That doesn't really give much time to drive the baby to a family member, go to a restaurant to eat, and come back to feed the baby. If a mother with a baby wants to go out to eat or spend the day out on the town, why can't she?