Gloria P wrote:
> Sarah Gray wrote:
>> "Jenny" > fnord :
>>
>>
>>> 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. 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> how does breast feeding hold up the line, exactly? a baby in a sling
>> can nurse itself.
>>
>> sarah
>
>
> And some mothers nurse for 18-24 months. Are they never supposed
> to leave the house for two year? It's a healthy, natural food
> for babies, for heaven's sake, If it bothers you, DON'T LOOK!

I have never, ever seen a nursing mother, be anything other than discreet.
They are usually draped with some kind of cloth and if the baby's head is
visible, not much else is. Having said that, I do think that feeding time
ought to be a quiet time and restful for them both. Heck, a feeding mother
gets little enough resting time as it is. And yes, I breastfed all my
children. Heh, I am not sure I could have done that in a line