To be so upset and angry because of complaint about my friend breastfeeding?

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My friend and work colleague had a DD 6 months ago. We both work in a primary school.

Several weeks ago my friend visited her old reception class in school. The class topic has been 'Growing' ang the reception teacher thought it would be nice for my friend to bring her DD in during the lesson where they would be talking about babies.

I've just had a phone call from my friend and I'm really angry at what she told me.

Apparently at the end of the lesson in school my friend needed to feed her DD and so sat quietly in the reading corner away from the children while she BF.

Friend had a call from the head on Friday telling her that a parent has complained about her BF'ing in front of the children

This parent said that her DS had said he had seen Mrs "boobies" and had been a bit giggley about it.

The head is being lovely and only spoke to my friend about purely to let her know what has happen and as far as I know this parent has been put in her place.

I am just so shocked that this parent could do this. I know the parent in question and the more I think about it I#m getting more and more angry!!!!

Excellent post JoPie!!!

Daftpunk, all of the things you described (including BF in public) are perpetrated by misogynists.

Childbirth and BF are a uniquely female experience and have true power behind them. That is why they are feared. They should be celebrated not hidden away.

...Applauds Jopie.

jopie...i think you'll find alot of gay people still hide away....un-married women having babies is not something to be encouraged...and as for protestants marrying catholics...still not advisable in certain areas.

Now I know you aren't a feminist daft-punk, I don't know where to start with that post......

I love these AIBU's where people stick so solidly to their stance they dig themselves deeper with comments like "un-married women having babies is not advisable".

Because, obviously, you're just saying that to be bloody minded DP? The alternative makes me want to cry for you so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Ah well, thats ok then daftpunk

you don't have to be a fucking single parent lesbian to be a feminist

No but being a fundamentalist conservative doesn't usually mix well...

What kind of cack-handed misogynist feminist says "un-married woman havin babies is not something to be encouraged"?

I really struggle to understand how people can think bf is "disgusting", or unnatural, you have a baby and your breasts automatically produce milk which provides exactly the right nutrition for the baby, there's even a little tap on the end which lets out the right amount, and the baby instinctively knows how to use it.

Surely that's one of the the most natural and beautiful things in the world? Not something dirty or obscene that should be hidden.

I would have no problem with someone bf in my daughters classroom (reception)in the context described, she is fully aware that she was bf, and thinks it's hysterical that i made cheese sauce for her from breastmilk when she was weaning.

i'm saying it

children are better off with married parents..one male and one female....fact.

Daftpunk, I'm actually not saying this in a passive aggressive faux friendly way as I actually mean it.

Do you think you ought to take a step back here and maybe switch the PC off til tomorrow? Quite apart from the very many people on here you've probably offended with that statement, imagine if someone from RL sees this, or you meet someone via mumsnet in RL and they aren't married - how are you going to feel if they see this? Seriously?

And you thinking it doesn't make it a fact. But you knew that already...

Not a fact actually, since you can't prove that, and you haven't taken into account a thousand different variables.

Imbecilic in the extreme, now theres a fact for you.

What about the men with beards then, since you agre with my nan on the rest? Wait a minute, nan, is that you? Get off the lappy and take your meds, will you dear, its cocoa time....

Oh, for some reason I'd missed the rampant homophobia in your post

I'm going to report that, just wonder whether MH will actually remove it.

MN

Jeez. How the fuck can that be a fact?

You really need to think longer and harder about what you're saying DP

justcallmedog;

married parents are more committed.....why don't you get married?

Keep on digging there daftpunk.

I think daftpunk must be kidding, because no-ones that naive, right?

If this was what feminism is about, I´d be OUT of it darn fast!

It is such fundamentally warped thinking to have a problem with your young child being in the same room as a bfing mother.

There is no point in engaging with such people who think like this. You can´t argue with prejudice it´s so completely ingrained the "carrier" can not see beyond it.

Thank goodness for the TikToks of the world and the head that put the mother in her place.

Are you actually hearing yourself DP?