Jenny wrote:


> I was only commenting on the "it is a natural thing and it really does not
> bother me" portion of the statement. I never, ever said to take the baby to
> the restroom to feed it.
> Discretion should be used, and a little proper planning in the timing of
> things.

True. Discretion is a good idea. For me, that means sitting down in a
quiet area.


> It really is NOT a good idea for a mother who is nursing her baby to make an
> all-day adventure away from home or facilities conducive for breast feeding.

All day adventures are difficult when you have to worry about warming up
a bottle. I would think that breast feeding would make such ventures a
little more manageable for mother and child.


> Standing in a checkout line (as in the original example, not yours) breast
> feeding surely slows down the line as much as a customer on a cell phone, or
> digging to find which credit card still has enough left on it for the
> purchase. Everybody always bitches about these things holding up the line
> as being very rude and being inappropriate, so why wouldn't breast feeding
> and holding up the line?

I have to admit that breast feeding might hold up a check out line. I
have never seen it. I must have missed a post where someone reported
seeing it.