On Oct 10, 8:30*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> 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.

I've worked in a grocery store for 20 years. I've never seen or heard
of a case where somebody was breastfeeding in the store. We did have
one employee would use a private room in the back to pump during her
lunch time.

Out in public, I have only seen a few examples of anybody
breastfeeding anywhere. And they all seemed to be discreet. I did
think it was nice that the local fair had a place set aside that was
quiet and private so that mothers could breastfeed while out for a day
at the fair.