I saw a mum in ikea last week struggling to breastfeed discreetly using a big cloth to cover herself....

[misdee]

baby was a teeny little newborn, and the lady was struggling in keeping her cloth over her and latch the baby onto the breast. i did consider going over to hold the cloth for her, but thought that would be overstepping the mark. it would wouldnt it?

[beansprout]

I would have appreciated the support/sympathy

[Pixiefish]

I'd hae been mortified that I was making a show of myself to get someone to come over.
Poor woman though and a lovely thought misdee

[misdee]

i would've have well, but am always wary of upsetting people.

i remember when breastfeeding dd3 i na sling, a lady came and tucked her bare feet up with the tail end of the sling, it was the middle of summer, so her feet werent freezing, but was a nice thing to do.

[fuzzywuzzy]

I'd have been relieved of the company and syumpathy.... mind you I'd have not bothered with the cloth and shot milk across the room .....

[cylonbabe]

why was she in ikea with a newborn?

the thought of being in ikea at any time is traumatic, but postnatally?

[ruddynorah]

our ikea has a baby feeding oasis. no need for cover ups if you're shy about feeding, you just go into the oasis and settle yourself in a comfy chair.

[misdee]

it was a fairly quiet time, just after the school run.

[powder28]

I would have welcomed any help offered when mine were newborns. What a kind thought misdee.

[Quootiepie]

I would have welcomed it, but I guess some people might be offended or just generally on edge - you know what it's like hormones all over the place. I remember trying to feed under a poncho thing all the time, getting it all tangled trying to be discrete I know better now though

[powder28]

My ds1 was a month early and quite small and when I went for a check up at the hospital someone said 'oh hes tiny, I want mine to be small' and another woman said 'oh, but not that small'

Hmmmmm...........

[shonaspurtle]

If it had been me I would have appreciated the help I think, but if I'd been you I wouldn't have gone up for the same reasons as you did - would hate to make someone even more self-conscious.

I don't cover up when feeding in public but I'm still insanely self-conscious if I'm out on my own (better if I'm with a friend). Sometimes my mum's voice comes into my head though "nobody's looking at you" which I know is true really...

(that's what she used to say very loudly when I was struggling to get changed behind a towel as a teenager )

[Piffle]

I would have loved that misdee
I am dead discreet but sometimes...

[Aloha]

Oh poor thing. And Ikea is one of the best places in the world to breastfeed!

[Aloha]

Ikea is a fab place to be with a baby IMO!

[misdee]

dd3 loves it in there. they have done one of the kids 'rooms' in fishy layout, 'FIIIIISH' she said, and leaped right in.


have to go back i na few weeks to get mroe boxes.

[Carmenere]

I was in a diner in Bristol today for lunch and it had a 'we support breastfeeding mums' sign in the window I think it is called Rockatillos or something similiar.