To have BF rage about friend being asked to cover up by boys..

[Morphene]

I honestly thought I was over the BF rage phase of my life.

My friend was asked to cover up after BFing on the school run, and the reasons given was that some 9/10 year old boys were complaining it made them uncomfortable.

Now I get maybe they were scapegoated...but wtaf is the world coming to when 9/10 year old boys get the last say on how an adult woman feeds her baby while dropping her older child to school?

I have such rage.

BF whilst driving .... now there is a new one

How was she feeding on the school run? I don't understand.

driving?

carrying baby, walking older child into school....feeding baby....

oh dear...does 'school run' only pertain to the driving part? I assumed it meant the whole process of getting the child in the building...

Believe it or not people walk to school. If she is wearing a sling though I don't see how anything would be showing and I highly doubt the boys approached her.

I don't understand the 'rage' though. Just say no - what can they say?

Your friend should ignore them. These are the same women who probably beat their 10 yo daughters for leaving period blood on the seat to protect their much older sons or husbands.

Ridiculous, unfortunately it's probably come from their mothers

I've fed in the school playground, assemblies, sports day. I doubt the kids even noticed.

I doubt the boys said it made them feel uncomfortable. More likely they were being silly about it, and the teacher didn't want to have to have a conversation with them about Alfie's Mum's boobs.

People need to explain to their 9/10 yo boys how immature young of all species are nourished.

I hope she didn't cover up!! Seriously, ignore anyone who tells you to cover up or stop feeding your baby. It doesn't deserve a response.

Who asked her to cover up?

Parents or school staff?

Well that'd be me feeding my kid every single school run morning and afternoon. Those poor little boys clearly need desensitising to the evils of seeing part of a boob

Perhaps the school need to be reminded of the law?

Who told her to cover up - was it the boys parent or the school? I think she should have told them to move along if they didn't like it (I hope she didn't stop feeding). She's allowed to feed her baby where ever she likes.

9/10 years old boys (or anyone else) don't get to tell women when they can feed their baby.

Are you in Scotland/abroad or did this happen a while back? (I only ask because I might get in touch with the school and say I'd been harrassed for BF my baby, but obviously if it happened last term it's a bit late for that)

Hang on, you said "asked to cover up" not stop... was she very exposed?

It doesn't matter how exposed she was! Her nipple was obviously covered anyway.

It's easy to breastfeed without exposing yourself though. Why not just do that?

some 9/10 year old boys were complaining it made them uncomfortable

I call bullshit on that. It may have been the excuse used by the pearl-clutching complainer but I don't believe there is a 10 year old boy on this planet who would complain about the chance of a sneaky peak at a boob a woman BFing.

My DS is very embarassed by anything boob related, and I can imagine him being very uncomfortable at seeing BF School Run Mum.

I can't quite work out how that would translate into a complaint and request to cover up, though - who actually spoke to your friend OP?

It was probably a parent judging and using the boys as an excuse to complain.

If it was school staff asking her to cover up, they acted unlawfully and your friend should enter a formal complaint with the head.

Anyone who is uncomfortable at seeing a woman breast feed has the option of looking away or removing themselves. If you are embarrassed, you need to take action to avoid the sight, because you are the one with the problem.

I would also ignore - get to school early with a camping chair and plonk myself on it feeding every single school run until someone got the message that I wasn't going to stop nourishing my young child on their day so.