To bf in front of other people's DC?

[GeorgieJo]

BIL and SIL have dropped off their DD and DS at ours for the weekend. They are 6 and 5. I have an 8 month old DS. My niece asked me what DS ate, and I mentioned bf. She asked what that was and I explained (although possibly was a mistake to talk about suckling puppies...)

Anyway sent SIL a what I thought was a funny text about it, and she has texted back asking me not to bf in front of them.

I think that is outrageous - it is my house, and bf is totally normal. I don't want to offend but I don't think bf is offensive.

AIBU to go ahead as usual?

I bf in front of my 5 and 7 year old. It's what boobs were intended for! My 4yo is still v interested and wishes she would breastfeed and my 2.5 yo is the lucky recipient. I'm glad we've normalised it as a family,

Recently, 7y came back from school saying that the teacher has put up an illustration of a penis, vagina, testicles and an assortment of other private parts. I took it as a lead to discuss this with her and my 5yo in a bit more depth. I know we need to explain sex soon, so I'm slowly talking about it.

For kids that age, it seems such a great opportunity to explain really important things.

I was always by shy about this sort of stuff in puberty. I hope we an encourage our dcs to be a lot more relaxed and less afraid of puberty...

I think I'd just ignore the text for now and keep on feeding as and when needed, audience or none.

My in laws had a bit of an issue with me bf'ing, nothing explicit but a bit squemish and a general sense it was icky despite them being dairy farmers. The first time they met DD she was a week old so I was only beginning to get the hang of it, but FIL came over to hug me goodbye (I was sitting down holding DD) and he never noticed she was feeding!

I wouldn't even discuss- just carry on as normal. I bf in front of anyone- if they didn't like it then it was their problem but I can't remember anyone removing themselves.
Just say, mildly and matter of factly, my son needs feeding'- and repeat as necessary.

DS age 3 has been around breastfeeding women his whole life. With DS2 due any day he said he wants to be the one to give him his bottle. I said I'll be feeding him a different way, explained and he looked at me like I'm crazy and said I'm silly! So he can't have been too traumatised/bothered by the whole thing as he never noticed.

I think it's a good thing if breastfeeding can be normalised for children. My DD1 and DD2, aged 14 and 10 were initially quite embarassed at the thought of me breastfeeding DD3 (now 2 months!)in public or especially in front of their friends ,which surprised me, I didn't think it would be an issue for them at all. Now however they are quite happy with it and they accept it as completely normal. I've breastfed in restaurants, at the cinema,at a school assembly (sat discreetly at the back, no one noticed!) and at home when their friends have come round and they're no longer fazed by it.

Tell sil to f off I f f mine but breast feeding is Perfectly natural and small children will not be traumatised by it ffs