would you breast feed on a bus

[ghostspirit]

i was feeding my baby on the bus. some woman said i should not do it. i said he needs feeding its either i feed him or he screams.

[sliceofkate]

I did, also in a car, on a train, on a boat, on a plane.

with different babies at various times obvs

[Orange6358]

Yes I'd feed on a bus

[ghostspirit]

its buses in se london that i use...

for me/friends i have noticed that when something rude about general parenting or your kids is said it always seems to be a woman. a man has never been rude towards me or my children

[buffythemuffinslayer]

Yes.

I've had looks but given the Hard Stare back.

Buses, trains, planes, trams. All with the same baby.

Just Hard Stare and 'did you mean to be rude?'

People would be more irritated if DC was crying for an hour...

[MerynFuckingTrant]

Yes, I have on two occasions breastfed a screaming toddler on a bus. DS2 is prone to having huge meltdowns that would go on for an hour + until he wore himself out, breastfeeding was the only thing that could ever stop the meltdown.
I figured the people on the bus would far rather a quiet breastfeeding child than one screaming at the top of his lungs and attempting to bang his head off any available surface.

Fortunately these meltdowns have greatly reduced as he's got older.

[RiverTam]

I find that once the bus goes south of Elephant or Vauxhall the mood alters noticeably, and not for the better, which is why I'm glad DD never decided it was lunchtime!

[Sidalee7]

YANBU and echo the poster who said there is NO inappropriate place to bf a child.

[Hygellig]

I've finished breastfeeding now and never fed either of mine on the bus, but would have done if I had needed to. (I only go on short local bus journeys). What a rude and inappropriate thing for the woman to say.

[BankWadger]

Bus train plane and boat, I've bf on all of them. The sight of someone else bfing on public transport would raise a smile and an nwah from me.

[mayhew]

Yes, 21 years ago! I am a midwife and one of my clients with a crying baby on a bus was instructed by an elderly Muslim man, with hand signals, to feed it!

[Pumpeedo]

What a rude woman! I used to flop mine out regardless of where I was.

[CalleighDoodle]

I dont get buses so it wouldnt be an issue for me. But If needs be i would have. I breastfed where ever my children needed feeding.

[BrittaTheNeedlesslyDefiant]

Would and did, loads of times!

OP, you encountered an arsehole.

[Lovelydiscusfish]

Yep, another who would have! I'm fond of buses generally, and the ones round here are nice, but for some reason was never on a bus (as I recall) with dd when she was still bf.
Have bf on trains regularly. No negative comments ever - am pretty certain passengers would have been delighted because it made dd shut up!
Hopefully your experience was unusual, OP. Please, though it's horrible to have things like this said, try not to let it put you off bf where and whenever you need to. The overwhelming majority of people are, in my experience, either blind to it/neutral about it, or actively like to see it happening, as it's a sweet moment to witness between baby and mum (as is seeing a baby being fed with a bottle by it's loving carer, too).

[Lovelydiscusfish]

Its, not it's.

[mrstweefromtweesville]

Yes, of course. I can't remember but I must have done that, surely? I definitely fed on planes and ferries. (Nothing glamorous, I lived in the Isle of Man).

[caffiene99]

I often travelled by bus and often fed on the bus too. My reasoning was exactly like yours - either I feed him or he screams. No-one likes having to listen to a screaming baby on public transport.

[hibbledibble]

I have breastfed in a bus, a train, a boat, a plane, and in a car.

Baby gets fed when she is hungry (which is often!)

[ChanandlerBongsNeighbour]

Yes. Have and still do many times!

[TiggerLillies]

I have, and got verbal abuse back from a woman who sat next to me. Have avoided it since as breastfeeding has become better established. Have experienced verbal abuse on account of having a baby /buggy several times and baby is not yet six months old. Strangely these comments always come from women, never men, haven't worked out what I'm doing to deserve it yet.
The remarks about Elephant and Castle are not far from the truth!

[WildebeestH]

I wouldn't plan to but if my baby needed milk I'd feed them anywhere. I once fed my youngest on the tube going through canary wharf at rush hour.

[FlossieTreadlight]

If my baby needed it, yes

[BrandSpankingNewName]

Yes I do as often have no choice but don't like having to feed on a bus at all.

[PotteringAlong]

I've done it.

[pourmeanotherglass]

Not done it myself-I bottle fed after a couple of weeks due to low supply - but if I was sitting on a bus next to a mum with a hungry baby, I would way rather she fed it than let it scream.