To be offended...

[ElizabethPonsonby]

That I didn't manage to offend anyone today? I mean I breastfeed DS (6 weeks) on the tube, in the park, in the National Gallery, in Pizza Hut and on the train, and no-one batted an eyelid

I want to be able to do a sad face picture article for the Wail, what more can I do??

You could light up a cigarette in a perfectly legal place

That outta get the fuckers clutching their pearls

You could go out for lunch with my DM... She finds it very awkward when I bf in restaurants... And us the only person to actually tell me to cover up so far (13w)

Repeat at 6 monthly intervals- you might gradually get more of a response!
Sounds like a busy day!

You need to loud parent.

OHHH LOVELY ICKLE BABY NEEDS SOME BOOBIE WOOBIE MILK! GOD THIS CLASP IS STIFF! BREAST FEEDING IS SUCH HARD WORK! HUBBY DARLING PLEASE BRING ME WATER AS IM BREAST FEEDING OUR DARLING CHILD

Etc etc

Shout 'bittie' at the top of your voice just as you get your boob out.

You need to wop the other one out on the table at the same time

Squirt the milk at your fellow commuters/diners/passers by, they'll all have an opinion then.

You need to go into a cafe and order a pot of tea, then say 'Oh, don't worry about the milk, I'll just squirt some of my own in'.

You need to BF until DS is 2 and a half and regale the tale for years and be bemused in wonderment of the reactions for years

No one cares am bitterly dissapointed I too expected shock and rage, I even bf at my SIL's Muslim wedding near men and noone said boo.

Have you tried nursing husband from the other breast whilst cooing something about rebirth and family bonding?

Have you tried nursing husband from the other breast whilst cooing something about rebirth and family bonding?

Good idea

But make it someone else's husband....

It was a very busy day.

People smiled at me in an 'awww' sort of way! It was so infuriating!!

Brilliant, preferably Samantha Bricks, then you're in the DM for sure

Dd is 5 and was wondering what the milk tasted like...maybe I coud feed them both together...hmm

i bf in mcdonalds 16 years ago and was told to do it in the toilet,,,oh how times have changed...

Try swigging from a can of Special Brew whilst you're feeding.

Or just punch someone in the face?

Or both?

Could you try breast feeding in a P&C parking space...without a car?

Or breast feed in the P&C space whilst simultaneously milking a goat.

If I see a woman breastfeeding in a car park, I write R U D E on her breast with cream.

Bronze, I just actually LOLd at that!

Ah, what you did incorrectly was BF a baby - try sticking a 5yo on your boob and watch the moral outrage.

I breastfed in my MIL's single room in an NHS hospital and was asked to leave - 19 years ago.

Wow InTheName, that is shocking!

I know I felt nervous enough bf DS1 for the first few times in public 3 years ago...

I was so worried about people's reactions, comments, accidently flashing a bit of boob.

I had NO reactions or comments from anyone and stopped worrying about boob flashing pretty quickly too.

But it sounds as if some of you had some terrible experiences in the not so distant past and that is terrible.

I am so grateful for the Equality Act and protection in law that those bf now have.