To not wear a mask when breastfeeding my baby

[Catsdogsandfoxes]

Was feeding 3 mo DS on the train through London this afternoon and took my mask off so he could see my face properly and we could interact. I find BF weird with a mask on. AIBU?

YANBU to not wear a mask for any reason at all. Pointless things.

Ignore the Covid Cultists and throw away your pointless mask OP.

yanbu at all. breastfeeding is a bonding experience hindered by wearing a mask

@koalaoncrack

yanbu at all. breastfeeding is a bonding experience hindered by wearing a mask

It never felt like a bonding experience to me. It was just something I did, like bathing DD or changing her nappy. It was just a means of feeding her.

I don't understand women who positively enjoy it or get a thrill out of breastfeeding TBH. I neither liked nor disliked it. I just got on with it.

@RampantIvy that's your experience. it well known as a bonding thing

Good thread. Masks AND breastfeeding.

@RampantIvy
Just because you didn’t use it as a bonding experience doesn’t mean others are the same.

The fact is feeding (breast or bottle) should be used as bonding - eye contact, facial expressions, physical closeness etc. Both bathing and changing should also involve a lot of interaction and be used to bond with baby.

I didn't breastfeed any of my children, and bottle feeding was a bonding experience. I would not have worn a mask while doing it.

@Lavender24

YANBU to not wear a mask for any reason at all. Pointless things.

That's true, too.

Of course YANBU. The thought of a mother wearing a mask breastfeeding her baby is dystopian and likely to have confused your baby. The many mask fanatics on Mumsnet will tell you otherwise but please don’t listen. It’s not normal to wear a mask at any time but especially during breastfeeding.

@Casamadrigal

Of course YANBU. The thought of a mother wearing a mask breastfeeding her baby is dystopian and likely to have confused your baby. The many mask fanatics on Mumsnet will tell you otherwise but please don’t listen. It’s not normal to wear a mask at any time but especially during breastfeeding.

Oh get a grip.

www.smh.com.au/national/farce-mask-its-safe-for-only-20-minutes-20030427-gdgnyo.html

They don't work anyway.

YANBU

I feel claustrophobic breastfeeding with a mask on!

I always pull it down when feeding, kind of like turning the volume down in the car when you're lost!

@Casamadrigal I think you need to get a grip

Could be wrong (don’t live in London) but isn’t it mandatory unless you have a medical exemption?

As long as your baby can see your eyes, it’s fine. A little girl was scootering in the supermarket this morning, made me smile (with my mask in) and she smiled right back at me. Masks really aren’t a big deal communication wise (unless hard of hearing and relying on lip reading, obviously).

Could be wrong (don’t live in London) but isn’t it mandatory unless you have a medical exemption?

Exemption is self-declared.

@MaxNormal

www.smh.com.au/national/farce-mask-its-safe-for-only-20-minutes-20030427-gdgnyo.html

They don't work anyway.

That article is from 2003.

There has been more research done since then, especially during the pandemic.

I’m not saying they’re effective but I wouldn’t rely on an 18 yo article.

Yeah, recent agenda-led research is the way to go
The WHO said as late as 2018 that masks don’t help with public transmission.

There has been more recent research than the WHO research from 4 years ago @7Worfs, and research that is more specific to the current pandemic.

Sure - but if you look closely, ‘research’ has increasingly become funded by interested parties. There are at ways to predetermine the outcome of a research.

LittleBearPad, I assume that you think it’s perfectly normal and acceptable for a mother to wear a (largely pointless) rag over her face when feeding her baby, in which case it is very much you who needs to get a grip and step outside the utter lunacy this pandemic has created.

Same to BillyandMargot. Please try to return to some pattern of normal thinking.

For some it may be a bonding experience however would that bonding experience really be jeopardised by a couple out of many hundreds feeds taking place with the OP wearing a mask??

@Casamadrigal

LittleBearPad, I assume that you think it’s perfectly normal and acceptable for a mother to wear a (largely pointless) rag over her face when feeding her baby, in which case it is very much you who needs to get a grip and step outside the utter lunacy this pandemic has created.

On a train when that is requested by the train company? Yes I do. It is selfish not to.

There seems to be an influx of covid deniers on MN recently - it’s very odd

This is SOOOO about mask wearing and not breast feeding 🙄

If only parents continued to care about the optimal 24/7 development and growth of their children - including on public transport, while eating lunch - beyond the initial fog of baby- and toddlerhood. The world would be a better place.