to be angry & disappointed?

[kobaybasher]

Was bf my 13mo dd in a bf room at a shopping centre at the weekend. There were 2 other mums in there when a 3rd walked in with a tiny baby. She sat down opposite me & started feeding. She
looked at my dd & said "oh" in a strange tone, then asked how old she was. I told her & she said "well, I certainly
won't be abusing my son like you are - he won't be feeding off me after 6 weeks".

I was genuinely shocked & didn't know how to respond. We had already finished feeding so I just smiled, said "thanks for your opinion" and walked out.

AIBU to feel angry & disappointed at the word abusing? I am not a massive bf supporter - I do it, but I understand others can't/don't want to/have moved on. I am still aghast that she said it in a designated bf room

Sadly I can believe it. Just think of the amount of unwarranted and unsolicited advice all of us have had since we had babies, from friends, family and complete strangers.

And also, I can remember thinking 'What an ugly baby' once when I was very very sleep deprived, when the twins were only weeks old, and then realising to my horror that I'd actually said it out loud! Thankfully the baby's mother didn't actually hear me, but my friend who was with me did and sort of hustled me away.

I think you must have misheard.

Where are all these people who comment on how you feed your baby/how your kids behave???
I've been a mum forvover 9 years and I have never experienced anything like this!
Have I been lucky or do I look too scary to insult??

She's a loon. Forget about it.

Loopy unsuccessful Bfer with issues. YANBU.

Particularly ironic as you seem to understand that not every brilliant mummy manages to Bf.

So another breast feeding mum, whose baby was less than six weeks old, was confident enough with her feeding to be out and about and still notice and comment on what strangers were doing with their babies? Wow! She got her shit together quickly.........

I'm not lying, have no reason to.

I'm not trying to start bf/ff stuff, again, no reason to, each to their own.

I've only ever had positive remarks before Saturday, in fact a few months ago I was feeding dd at the same shopping centre but sat in the food hall whilst DH & dsd went to get food, and a lady at the next table said how jealous she was as her boys were too old for cuddles & she missed bf them.

Hmmm I am doubtful someone who felt that way would be breastfeeding in the first place.

So I am just going to say I think you must have misheard or misunderstood.

DS is 2.4 and was only BF for a couple of weeks for various reasons. The other day someone I've never met before told me that BF is weird and unnatural while discussing my plans for my current pregnancy so I can well believe someone would say this!

Maybe she meant/said 'abuse myself like that' what with it being difficult and all ?

If she really said that, why didnt you or 1 of the other mums speak up?

That posted before I finished. She accused you of abuse, even the meekest person in the world would surely say something about being accused of abuse.

People do say really shocking things so i'm not sure why that part is so hard to fathom saying that I have to agree with Katie