To breastfeed in front of my sisters niece?

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My sister brought her 5 year old niece (no blood relation to me) over to stay a few weeks ago and I explained that my LO was breastfed and that means that Auntie uses her boobies to make milk for the baby.

My sister was great and helped explain what I was doing and why I was doing it. Also explained that "that's why women have boobies" and that they were to feed baby

She seemed fine with it but when she got home she mentioned it to her dad and he hit the roof! Said it's not right and that i shouldn't be doing it in front of a child
And that we aren't related so it was wrong!

Now I don't want to open up a debate about breastfeeding in public - this isn't something I've done yet as I haven't built up the nerve (but I think those that do are amazing)

I was doing this in my own home, which in my head was fine and was able to explain fully... how would you /your OH feel if someone not related to you breastfeed in front of your child?

How utterly odd!!! I remember breast feeding in front of my niece, she then duly picked up her doll and breast fed that.

Or are we to teach our children that they can bottle feed their "babies".

Obviously, your nieces DF was brought up in a very very weirdly conservative way! Or he thinks that boobs were meant for sexual gratification only!?!

Teals..."Boobies" has a distinctly Benny Hill feel to it. It's a ridiculous word for breasts.

MrsOver what you choose to call your breasts is entirely up to you but it seems a bit off to make the OP feel rubbish and that she's partly to blame for this idiots reaction because she used a commonly used term. Every kid I know refers to breasts as boobies - maybe it's just where I live though.

Don't spend another second thinking about that idiot, you did nothing wrong

I don't care what you call them - I tend to boobs as breasts, though technically correct (and I do use breasts at work) feels a bit 'right on' in most social settings.
Regardless of what you call them, breastfeeding is something to be proud of, something to pass on as a human process to the next generation. It is fascinating for children- and some adults who have never really seen it- let them stare away. The man was clearly being unreasonable and failed to understand that feeding a baby is the ultimate act of womanhood.

He's a plonker.
The next time he is eating his lunch please scream at him to not do it in front of the child.

What an idiot. What message does he want to teach his daughter exactly? My friend used to breast feed in front of my daughter, my daughter was like a little helper, bringing her drinks or muslin cloths. It's very natural until you teach your daughter that it's not.

YANBU breast feeding is a perfectly normal part normal part of life and motherhood.

is he in the DUP?

is he in the DUP?

is he in the DUP?

is he in the DUP?

Teals- thank you for the support. I do appreciate what Mrs Is saying. "Boobies" is the term I used as a kid and the term my sisters niece uses but it may just be the area we live in that it seems more normal a term to me that others?

Branleuse - he is from Northern Ireland actually so you might be on to something there!

In all seriousness, it's been good to get other people's views (from both sides) on this. I think I had completely normalised it in my head to the point where (rightly or wrongly) I didn't consider it at the time... thanks all