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Anyone tried the "hooter hider" or as it is known now the bebe au lait nursing cover?

108 replies

ukemmalewis · 09/05/2006 15:28

Hallo, I am a mum to be (in about 4 weeks!) and have been trying to find some practical and discreet breastfeeding tops but there aren't many around! So i came across this invention that has had rave reviews in the US but I was wondering if anyone has tried it here?
Want to know how useful it is?

\link{http://www.bebeaulait.com
\bebe au lait nursing cover}THanks ladies.

Em x

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starlover · 09/05/2006 15:28

not tried it, but to be totally honest you're better off with a baggy top and a muslin!

much cheaper too i wouldn't wonder!

SoupDragon · 09/05/2006 15:29

Use a pashmina type scarf or a muslin cloth :o

SoupDragon · 09/05/2006 15:30

\link{http://www.babydayz.co.uk/\this site} had some breastfeeding tops that looked nicer than most. Or a cardigan/vest combo works well.

nickiey · 09/05/2006 15:39

have you tried \link{http://www.motherwear.com/cat.cfm/cid/12?gclid=CInM2Yi_64QCFQchNAod52TqlQ\here}

Laura032004 · 09/05/2006 15:54

My bf tops are from \link{http://www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/\JoJo} and they work fine on the whole. I wouldn't want the baby covered up like that personally. In the early days you really need to have everything hanging out so you can see what you are doing, and that the baby is on right, and once you get past that stage (if you're like me!) you won't care / will be able to feed fairly discreetly anyway.

geekgrrl · 09/05/2006 15:57

I'd also suggest waiting to see how you get on - this just seems to be yet another baby thing that we don't actually need.Grin Most women manage to feed discreetly just fine - even with a standard loose top you can pretty much 'hide' what you're doing.

thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 09/05/2006 16:04

sorry but that pic made me laugh. looks like you've got your baby in a shopping bag! (albeit a nicely patterned one). No I think this is really a case of unnecessary baby product marketing. You'd probably attract far more attention becuase people would wonder what on earth it was. I fed in ordinary t-shirts and managed to be wholly discreet. it does, like someone else said, maybe take a couple of days to refine your technique, especially, I found, with breast pads, but after that you'll be fine.

HunKeRMunKeR · 09/05/2006 16:08

\link{http://www.thebellyhugger.com\I've got one of these - much nicer than the draughty feeling round your middle when feeding!}

starlover · 09/05/2006 16:11

pmsl hunker... you are joking.... aren't you?

Original poster
ukemmalewis · 09/05/2006 16:15

thanks ladies, always good to get the voices of experience and reason :-)

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tiktok · 09/05/2006 16:17

Look, why don't all mothers buy a tent they can pitch whenever their baby wants to feed - obviously, it would have to be one you can erect with one hand, but up goes the tent around mother and baby wherever they happen to be!!

Very handy, very discreet, and available in trendy flower designs!

The belly hugger is actually more useful, seeing as in my experience, mothers hate the thought of their rolls of fat being on display....

Em.....don't waste your dosh on hooter hiders (blurgh!). Just wear the right sort of comfy clothing and get on with it!!

Wearing a one sided carrier bag with straps on just looks daft!

tiktok · 09/05/2006 16:20

Look at the pics on that bebe au lait website, by the way - click gallery to have a laugh!

The woman sitting at the restaurant table looks very discreet, doesn't she.....NOT.

Also pmsl at the one with the baby's legs sticking out of one end....can you honestly see a baby over about six weeks putting up with this sort of thing??!

marthamoo · 09/05/2006 16:31

Isn't it a bit dodgy to put your baby in a shopping bag?

That's the most bizarre thing I've seen in a long time Grin

marthamoo · 09/05/2006 16:33

\link{http://www.telecomsupplyline.ltd.uk/catalogue/images/cwt.jpg\Something like this, tiktok?}

MrsBadger · 09/05/2006 16:41

maybe more like \link{http://www.saintbrendan.com/cdnjan03/graphjan03/tent.jpg\this}. Bikini not included!

starlover · 09/05/2006 16:43

oh no! she's forgotten her bellyhugger!

HunKeRMunKeR · 09/05/2006 16:45

Why would I be joking, SL?

motherinferior · 09/05/2006 16:45

I found even with norks the size of a small planet that once I'd got into any sort of situation where I didn't need to position baby and breast carefully and publicly, the child's head had grown to a fairly obscuring size.

tiktok · 09/05/2006 16:48

Good ideas, so far, but actually I prefer \link{http://www.painetworks.com/pages2/fa/fa2864.html\this}

except it would look a bit nicer in a trendy floral with a 70s style riot of purple and orange....

HunKeRMunKeR · 09/05/2006 16:50

Bit revealing for me, that, Tiktok Sad

bundle · 09/05/2006 16:51
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ks · 09/05/2006 16:52

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Twiglett · 09/05/2006 16:53

baby's head in front of your nork is really all you need

hoist up top, position baby .. voila breast completely covered

motherinferior · 09/05/2006 16:53

Yes, I suppose the truth is I quite like getting my norks out Blush.

HunKeRMunKeR · 09/05/2006 16:54

I have no problem showing anyone my norks when feeding, although usually feed discreetly because it's easier! I just loathe having chilly kidneys when I feed!