are the places your not allowed to breast feed.

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am i being unreasonable to think i can breast feed anywhere. When i had my last child i breast fed every where in mcdonalds, at the bus stop on the bus. only ever had one problem in mcdonalds. i was asked to stop breast feeding and i erm.... no. and that was end of it. But im wondering by law can i be asked to stop breast feeding in public? family restaurants, buses where ever really? and if i refuse what could happen?

Why of course? They're both just babies eating.

Well, myDCs have been known to dribble a fair bit, Evans

Why is seeing a baby drinking breast milk nauseating but drinking formula not nauseating?

Anyone offended by a child being breastfed needs to cover up. Cover up their eyes that is.

Aduaz have you ever actually seen someone breastfeed a baby?

I can't understand why you think BF is revolting, but bottlefeeding isn't. They are both babies drinking milk!

I really don't understand why the sight of a feeding baby would be nauseating.

I've breastfed both my sons in public, and it never occurred to me that anyone might be offended. I never even needed to cover up, and I was very discrete, even so.

On one occasion, a lady came to look at DS2 and stroked his cheek without realising he was feeding.

People have the strangest of phobias, I know someone with a phobia of buttons for example so I'm accepting of the idea that people may have their stomach turned by things most of us don't think twice about. The important factor is that it is a person's right to remove themselves from a situation in which they feel uncomfortable rather than expecting someone else to change for them.

Okay, you have a weak stomach, mine's not known for being strong to be honest, blood, vomit, etc would make me feel rather green eating or not.

A bfing baby? Well, there's no disgusting liquids, gases, smells, sights. At 'worst,' you'd see a teeny, tiny flash of side-boob flesh. I presume you (like most people) see much more than that the second the UK sees a bit of sunshine!

Would it be unreasonable for a café to ask you to buy something to eat or drink if you go into the café to just to breastfeed?

I ask because this is what I did this morning in tesco café and I did wonder if they could have asked me to buy something. They didn't though!

Can you see that people spitting, bleeding and defecating are being inappropriate or breaking the law in a restaurant? Objectively? That finding bfing nauseating is all about you and nothing to do with the act of bfing?

I think it's okay for you to not like bfing. As long as that's the end of it. It is in no way okay, legal or reasonable to ask a woman to stop bfing UNLESS you're the person being bf.

Of course it wouldn't be unreasonable for the cafe to expect you to buy something

Sorry Boysies. Obviously laws of attraction, the more attracted I was to someone the less I would be put off seeing parts of them uncovered but regardless I'm not totally happy with seeing any exposed body bit when I'm eating.

Blimey, don't eat an ice cream on a beach then...

So, just for future reference, just how 'exposed' are women allowed to be in a restaurant? Do I have to be wearing a polo neck and long trousers or will t-shirt suffice?

What like ankles and arms?

If the sight of me breastfeeding my baby (or come to think of it, my toddler, as I feed him too) made someone uncomfortable in a restaurant I would feel bad.

Not because I would worry I was putting them off their food, but because they obviously have issues about it. Breastfeeding is just feeding a baby in the normal way.

I don't mind how people feed their babies but object to the idea that giving them milk in a bottle is somehow less disgusting than from the beast. All feeding is just feeding.

Medium I don't know the law on this, but I'd say if there are plenty of spare tables and chairs then it's perfectly fine not to buy something, but if they are really busy and there aren't any other spare tables and chairs for people who are spending money there, then it's a bit unreasonable not to buy something. However, if you genuinely can't afford it, then don't worry about it, but maybe not linger for a long time.

I can't believe that out of all of the things you could see in a mcdonalds, it would be a baby being bf that would put you off your food

BoysiesBack I don't care what you want to wear just the usual standards of common sense I'd have thought.

Aduaz - I hope you don't mind me asking and, of course, feel free not to answer, but how old are you and what is your background?

Also, would it bother you if a waitress was topless?

Aduaz, you haven't shown yourself to be a good judge on the usual standards of common sense

From previous threads a swimming pool. :)

aduaz you need to grow up, it's a baby being fed. If it bothers you that much don't go out to eat.

So Aduaz you are on holiday by a swimming pool and two women are sitting near by, one is sunbathing topless the other is bf her baby.

Would the topless woman be more acceptable to you than the bf mother?

This is what I find odd. An awful lot of people who object to bf are perfectly happy with women having their knockers out, they just don't want to be witness to them being used for their intended purpose.