tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064021843006104287.post996346199880804354..comments2024-03-21T00:36:25.893-07:00Comments on Breastfeeding Without BS: When breastfeeding arguments aren't actually about breastfeeding (Part 2: "No babies" is not anti-breastfeeding discrimination)BFwithoutBShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311113448295882286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064021843006104287.post-82346435966068441512016-05-01T14:00:13.297-07:002016-05-01T14:00:13.297-07:00Women are tired of not being able to nourish their...Women are tired of not being able to nourish their babies while out in a packed shopping mall without getting scoffs and disgusted stares. <a href="http://mommystap.com/" rel="nofollow">breastfeeding guide</a><br />jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835847777966515522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064021843006104287.post-23510708222138335092014-08-23T13:19:36.056-07:002014-08-23T13:19:36.056-07:00Thank you for another spot-on post. I agree with ...Thank you for another spot-on post. I agree with you in so many ways. There really is an issue here about crying wolf. As with so many other emotive causes, claiming discrimination in cases where it isn't really true just detracts from the real cause. You're so right that there is a difference between 'you can't breastfeed here' and 'you can't bring your infant here'. There's also, I think, a difference between 'it's illegal' and 'it's just kind of unwise'. Sure, plenty of places may have laws saying you _can_ bring and/or breastfeed your infant anywhere that you're legally allowed to be, but we don't need to let laws override our common sense. <br /><br />I know it can be really tough to resign ourselves to the fact that sometimes we just can't participate in the things we used to like doing if we're breastfeeding young babies, but we have to face the fact that we chose to have a baby and we chose to breastfeed. The limitations it puts on us can be significant in the early weeks and months, but they don't last forever, we knew what we were signing up for and, as you say, they aren't necessarily all that bad for everyone. I guess I'm talking from the point of view of someone who has never had a problem with pumping and bottle-refusal only lasted a few weeks, so maybe it's easy for me to say - but I reckon if those things had been issues then I'd have just figured tough luck, I won't go anywhere that requires me to be apart from my baby for more than a few hours for the first few months of her life. That's motherhood. There are going to be plenty more times in our lives as parents where we can't do exactly what we'd have liked to do because we have kids' needs to think about. Feefielouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367638482064687725noreply@blogger.com