Negative reaction to feeding in public

[raisonsplitz]

This left a bitter taste in my mouth -

I was feeding DD in public yesterday but in my eyes discreetly when a woman walking by told me I was disgusting and should be ashamed of myself. When I asked my husband if he had heard what she'd just said she came back over to repeat aggressively what she'd said.

She told me I should use a toilet to which I replied would she eat in a toilet? She said no would you? Um no so why should my baby. She then referenced her 7 kids (not sure why!) and how her son who was with her (and looking any way but at us) didn't need to see it.

She moved away carrying on her mutterings of disgusting etc. Have other people had negative comments and if so what were your responses? Wish I'd of had a smart reply for her but was reeling from her audacity to comment in the first place!

i can only assume that you met somebody in the middle of some sort of some sort of psychotic episode. I have never, ever come across this happening in real life- and I have lived a lot of years. Such bad luck that you met this woman- let's hope that when she recovers her attitudes will be different. Her opinions are not worthy of even considering. Ignore and move on.

Some people are twats.

Fwiw, I have had comments on formula feeding in public, and also when breastfeeding in public. Parents can't do any right,

Lagoon thanks for the tip.

You could feed in public a million more times before anything like that will ever happen to you again, thank god.

Tell her to drag herself out of the 1950s the old trout! I don't see why women should feel the need to bf discreetly either. It is impossible for me to do as ds is so difficult to get on anyway. If people don't like it they can sodding well look at something else.

What I find weird is that I can imagine feeling embarrassed if you've never BF yourself but surely the normal reaction would be to avert your eyes. Not to APPROACH the person who you're feeling embarrassed by and engage them in conversation! Clearly a massive weirdo.

I'm sorry you had this experience, as others have said negative reactions are, thankfully rare.

I BF DD1 in public until she was 18 months plus and in *private for many many years after that. No one ever said anything.

• in private not because I was embarrassed, but because she got too tall to feed without a sofa or lying in bed.

Also she sadly did picked up that older DCs don't BF and much preferred morning and evenings at home.

Thanks for your supportive comments.
Im hoping I won't have to experience such aggression and negativity towards one of the most natural things a mother can do however if I do at least I have some smart replies! :)