The expression 'breastfeeding nazi'...

[emkana]

... is offensive and meaningless, just plain horrible. I really wish it wouldn't be used on Mumsnet anymore - I find it very upsetting that people do.

I've written this on another thread today, but I feel so strongly about it that I decided to start another thread.

How about 'breastfeeding fanatic', if you need to describe a certain type of breastfeeding supporter?

I'm all in favour of women getting info, JJ - the formulas for allergies have at least some evidence to back up their use, so....

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Very good point secur. I have to confess to never having thought of that. I will avoid them in future then - makes sense.

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Dont worry, I rarely use these rooms anyway as I usually combine my own lunch with dds and feed her in a cafe. Sometimes though I do feel like a bit of privacy.

Just thought that I am very pro feeding where you wish so why then do I think I should avoid parent rooms incase a man feels uncomfortable?
I guess it's because if I'm feeling that I want privacy ie going to use a room then I would rather do so without worrying about someone else worrying iswim.

What was intersting with my dd is that she was dx'd failure to thrive very early on, and I was asked to consider giving up b/f and move her on to formula, I resisted, knowing that I had already fed one gigantic earthling child. Had she been my 1st I would have quit, as it turned out later on at about 5 mths she was dx'd as having Noonan Syndrome one of the "symptoms" is the malabsorption of fats and sugars, so neither would have benefitted her, but BM was better as she assimilated the other elements more easily and remained light but healthy, formula we were told under 7 mths (? why 7 ??) would have put a train on her heart apparently as it requires more to digest it.
This said she now thrives as being over 1 she gets a super supplement, tell you what I never even glanced at the label tbh, it works, she's almost chubby, could me made from pickled onions, after this long I am just glad it works.
Totally off topic huh!

Very true dinosaur.

Bloody male wimps

I always found it quite irritating that the feeding rooms had pictures of bottles on them. Why not pictures of breasts?

Wonder if that would have got more embarrassed men in?

Hmm, should stop now...

Pretty sure about the rooms. The horrible room had a piccie of a bottle and had bottle warmers in. The nice comfy room had nursing room written on the door and had no bottle warmers and a basket of goodies and samples etc. like breast pads etc.

Will check on Saturday but pretty sure about this....

I think that if anyone wants to feed their child in a public room then they have to take into account that other people may want to feed their children there also. So if you don't like breastfeeding with other people watching, or you don't like watching people breastfeeding, maybe best to avoid these room altogether.

IMHO

BR

BR

That's quite sad br. Several mumsnetters have posted in the past to say they hated bf in public and it can put people off bf if they feel there is no where they can go to bf in public without men being there. I do think there should be a place that is not the toilet that women can go to breastfeed in the knowledge that they will not have to do so in front of a man. There are also cultural reaons why some women cant breastfeed where a man might be present so seems very harsh to say they then shouldnt go out!

you didnt say not to go out sorry but to avoid these rooms. So where doyou suggest women who dont want to be seen by men breastfeeding should go?

Good point Hercules, but I think maybe you answered your own question here. If there is a need for somewhere for mums who wish to breastfeed without a man observing (which there most certainly is) then there should be a place they can do so. In fact there is another Mothercare near me which has curtained off cubicles which I assume is for this exact purpose.

My point is, I feel very stongly that men do not get equal rights when it comes to baby rooms etc. Many times the changing station etc. is in the ladies toilets. This means a dad cannot change there own baby if they want to. Likewise for the feeding. It's assumed that mummies feed babies not dadies.

Is it fair that a man should not be able to go into a public feeding room and feed his child because someone else doesn't want him there because he's a man? Is this sexual descimination?

Discuss.....

Actually, I should start another thread on this as I appear to have hi-jacked emkana's.. see new thread.....

BR

I thought the ladies who couldn't show other body bits for cultural reasons were fine to breastfeed in front of men, and it was their faces that they would rush to cover if one came into the room. Can't remember where I read that though.

Most parents rooms I have used have had little cubicles with curtains that can be pulled across. Then other parents can change nappies etc. without nosy babies tearing off my nipples to have a look.

Mothercare in Bradford had a totally private breastfeeding room, and then a bench which appeared to be for bottle feeding and another nappy room. I wasn't sure if my dh was allowed in the inner sanctum, so I just fed ds walking around the shop, as there was no room on the bench.

see new threadhere