Claridges Breastfeeding Policy

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Aibu in posting this here, in the hopes that the people of mumsnet let Claridges know how unreasonable they are being?

www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11267989/Mother-forced-to-cover-up-with-large-napkin-while-breastfeeding-at-Claridges.html

Just in case we needed evidence that Claridges are BU, Farage backs them. In reality I'm sure he (and many others) would love it if all women had to sit in the corner...

Warning: Nigel Farage's opinion

It's just disgusting. Things like this actually make me feel ashamed that I'm breast feeding, like I'm doing something dirty. It's so, so wrong.

Maybe Nigel Farage could sit in a corner with a napkin over his head to avoid offending people's delicate sensibilities?

This whole discussion about this, and the "sexist" scientist shirt bores the hell out of me.

Why?

Because all it is, is 2 groups of people slinging shit at each other and noone giving any kind of compromise. Today's culture seems to be based on a massive amount of ME entitlement.

"It's MY right to bare my breasts and feed my child WHENEVER and WHEREVER I choose"

"It's MY right to NOT have to see bared breasts and child feeding WHENEVER and WHEREVER I am"

Sling sling sling sling sling

Some of the most reasoned responses I have read on this have been

"It's MY right to bare my breasts and feed my child WHENEVER and WHEREVER I choose - at the same time this doesn't mean it is appropriate everywhere and anywhere and I will try and stay aware of the social situation and react accordingly"

"It's MY right to NOT have to see bared breasts and child feeding WHENEVER and WHEREVER I am - however at the same time, this doesn't mean that it is appropriate for me to be screaming and demanding I be given what I want and I will try and stay aware of the social situation and react accordingly"

Compromise. It's all. Everyone is never going to be 100% happy, so instead of trying to be 100% happy yourself at the expense of others, why not give a little?

I must say, I find just looking at Farage's face extremely offensive. If anything were required to confirm me in my opinion that he is an utterly despicable piece of slime, that report is it. I think he should wear a napkin over his head permanently.

Why do we need to compromise, mypoorbottee? The law is perfectly clear that breastfeeding is indeed appropriate virtually anywhere. I can't see any reason why there should be any rules, social or otherwise, justifying disobeying that law.

People who find it offensive and disgusting to look at need to grow up. It's a baby being fed - there is nothing dirty or sexual about it, and anyone who thinks there is clearly have their own issues that need dealing with.

Just FYI, poorbottee, I have been breastfeeding for several years at this point and don't think I've ever "bared my breasts" to do it. The absolute most someone might see is a quick flash of nipple and even then it'd probably be behind the baby's head. Are people actually stripping to the waist in public?

I wonder is it the thought rather than the actual sight of breastfeeding that upsets a lot of people. "I can't actually see anything, but I know that behind that baby's head, THERE'S A NIPPLE, and if the baby moved a bit, I MIGHT SEE IT, and EWWW NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT A BABY SUCKING ON A NIPPLE and..."

How long will the law remain so if people vote UKIP? That scares me, the amount of people who seem to support Farage.

Any negative comments I've read are based on complete ignorance of breastfeeding and if you defend your right to do it in public you're treated as a militant. No wonder people give it up

I noticed that strange repetition in mypoorbottee's post, too, leedy....

MPB - you keep repeating the words 'bare' and 'bared' - WHY?

I have actually never seen anyone 'baring' their breast when outside their home with their baby.

It would be fine if they did, but mostly they don't.

Yet it seems a scary prospect to you.

Why?

BF saves the NHS millions ££££££££££.
Enough said.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30327780

People who have an issue with bf in public need to set their priorities straight. It's their issue. They need to get over it.

This is about bf as much as it is about women. That so many women fail to see that says it all really.

*isnt whoops

I was glad that by the time I was bfing, I had a legal right to do it wherever I wanted. I respect that if others are offended, they have the right to leave the place.

I was always a little disappointed that I never had any issues when I was bfing in public, as I was always prepared to declare the legislation and my rights, but I never had to...

Ohhhhhhh just read what fuckwitt farage's drivel on this.

Slightly digressing here but I am from another EU country and have lived here for ages. I am planning to do the uk Citizen test and become a British citizen in order to be able to vote at the next election. And of course I wouldn't vote for fuckwitt whops farage.

You can 'vote' against his daft idea in the Telegraph poll (ha!) here:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11274857/Nigel-Farage-Breastfeeding-mothers-should-sit-in-the-corner.html

40% agree with him!

Loud opinionated men often spoil my trips out in public, with their ostentatious need to dominate any conversation.

Can the Telegraph please ask them to sit in a corner, quietly?

tiktok as ridiculous as it is I just voted 'no' to the question "should bf mothers sit in a corner?"

Can I please ask others on here to pleeeease (as ridiculous as it is to vote on such a no issue) to vote no? At the moment there's are 40% in favour of this. It just gives such a skewed idea, so unpleasant.

I wonder if farage was breastfed?

"I wonder if farage was breastfed?"

Only under a bucket in the corner so his mother wouldn't reveal her DIRTY DIRTY SHAMEFUL LACTATING DUGS to any passing gentlefolk.

All this is actually making me want to breastfeed in as exhibitionistic a fashion as possible. Topless! In a tiara! With a spotlight on me! While tap dancing!

(may have to teach the baby some tap steps to truly perfect our routine)

Chunderella, MPB did explain - it involves 'trying to stay aware of the social situation' on both parts ie the breastfeeding mother should 'try to stay aware of the social situation' as should the person who objects to breastfeeding.

Not sure how that works out in practice. What if the 'social situation' is 'my baby needs to be fed and I don't want to go elsewhere and miss out on conversation and cream cakes' ? Or if the 'social situation' is 'my baby needs to be fed and does not like doing so with a tablecloth on her head'?

I think MPB's 'compromise' in both these social situations is for the mother to breastfeed in the toilet or use the table cloth. Possibly both.