Mum asked to stop breastfeeding a TWO YEAR OLD in shoe shop.

I am saddened that this response happened, even though breastfeeding at that age is a minority. Offering a private space (which could be accepted or not) should have been the only comment.

Going backwards? Do you think two year olds were all weaned a hundred years ago? Or that they are now in countries with less prolific marketing of unnecessary products like formula?

Your post is sad. Consumerism has a lot to answer for.

The shop keeper broke the law, absolutely and what he said was disgusting.

but can we not go down the ‘my kid has never taken a bottle’ route as if that’s some source of pride?

I was a passionate breast feeder, I fed all mine until over 2 years of age. But I had my kids in the days of 3 months maternity leave so they had to be able to drink from a bottle to drink expressed milk while at the childminder. That said, they all preferred a cup from about 6 or 7 months onwards! And of course continued to drink directly from the breast any time I wasn’t at work.

Is this where you compare breastfeeding to pissing in the street? Go on, you know you want to.

The law allows her to breastfeed her child in a shop, so she should not have been challenged - it's as simple as that.

I never expected to still be BF and definitely not in public at 15 months now. It's mostly an at home thing. But I recently did BF in public. Why? My toddler was overwhelmed as well as hungry and it was the quickest way to make him happy.

It will never stop amazing me what we will accept over women's bodies in advertising but then completely freak out about a boob and a feeding child.

A two year is eating solid food and likely 3 meals a day. There is absolutely zero reason for them to breastfeed in a shop, and likely it was due to to comfort over a necessity for nutrients. Let's be honest there is a time and a place, and a two year is not going to starve if not immediately breastfed in a shop. They could waited and gone somewhere more private.

Just to state....yes I would say the circumstances and viewpoint would be different if this was a baby who was fully reliant on being breastfed.

Of course it was a performance she was putting on. I am surprised she wasn't in the DM making a sad face 😂

Who wants to breastfeed in the middle of a shoe shop of all places?
It still can't beat the one who decided to breastfeed in a swimming pool 😂

What is wrong with these people?

Yes it's natural, so what? Many things are natural, it doesn't mean you shouldn't have a bit of decency and self respect. Many of us have breastfed, it's not necessary to do that in the middle of a shop, or a supermarket or some ridiculous place.

Then someone will pop up to pretend that toddler and pre-schooler still need to be breastfed. We'are going backwards sometimes.

Why would a bottle be more convenient in a shop than a literal breast?

It comes across like OP wants to sneer at a woman from a newspaper article for her choice on how to feed her kid. (The capital letters etc, incorrectly saying a baby bottle is better, etc.)

But the actual point is the shop owner breaking the law. There's no excuse for this and they should be prosecuted.

Marketing. It’s sad.

I’ve breastfed my just turned 2yo out and about if he needs it. Breastfeeding is not just about nutrition it’s also about comfort and connection. If he is distressed and wants a feed for 30seconds to then be calm and carry on with his day what is the problem other than other people’s judgement?

What is actually so wrong about feeding your child in public? Its just a boob.

I didn't even breastfeed mine and I still think it's insane that boobs aren't allowed to be used for the sole purpose they're created for.

Bloody hell, the amount of judgment in these posts, and I don't mean just the OP's. I think by the age of 2 people don't expect to see a toddler being breastfed like they do a baby, that's why the shock is guess. And just because you breastfeed your baby, doesn't make you a better mother than a bottle feeding mother. Good god like a pp said, women putting women down🙄

I think there was only one attention seeker present in the shop OP. Get a life and stop judging other mums!

Was the mother allowed to be there and was the child allowed to be there. If yes, the Mother is legally and morally allowed to breastfeed.

So you don’t want to publicly shame her because that’s never ok but it’s fine to slag her off on anonymous forum? Cool

How is it attention seeking to breastfeed a 2 year old? Do you really think the mother was only doing it so people thought she was too cool to use formula, like mothers who know their place?

I breast fed till mine turned 3, mainly just a night feed at that stage, but if they were sick or upset it helped to settle them, so there was the odd feed during the day while out and about.

The prissy judgement of the OP is ridicoulas, women putting women down, who needs the patriarchy?

Absolutely!

And bottles are for babies one year and under. If you want to get technical.

Teenagers wouldn’t want to though. All mammals wean naturally. No need for shame

You are grim. My kid has never taken a bottle. Breastmilk is still changing and adapting to suit a child’s needs up to three years. Why are people so scared of breastfeeding?