can/should/would you breastfeed an upset 1 yr old in a public swimming pool?

[preggerspoppet]

By popping your boob out right there and then?

I'd say a resounding yes...

Yes absolutely

Whyever not?!

Yep..

yes definately !

yes, why ever not?

Yes - it's no different from feeding anywhere else.

quite, Berolina, the wine you know!

sorry, meant the italics as emphasis, not pedantry, honest!

yes - would bf anywhere

didn't someone else post about swimming pools and bf an older baby last week? is it all the rage this month? should or shouldn't - entirely up to the mum. would I? almost certainly not, I'd probably get out and wrap a towel round me first. I've bf at the side of the pool before but I feel to 'exposed', too much flesh on display as it is with my swimsuit on. but that's just me, about the only time I feel self consious about bf these days

yes I would but then I would bf anywhere

I wouldn't do it in the water, I'd worry about baby/ me getting cold, but yes, at the side of the pool, I would.

Nothing wrong with a little pendantry - DEFINITELY nothing wrong!

really? are you sure sure?

like, in the pool with baby on one hip and toddler on the other? (-baby on boob)

i did.

why not?

I got a few looks when bfing DS in hospital (he's 18mo), but a) he was ill and b) it was the only way to keep him attached to his drip so I ignored them .

even if you had an older child you were also keeping half an eye on who was playing on the inflatebles?

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actually in the pool

no

No different to holding a baby while keeping an eye on the older one, surely?

also have slight problems with the concept of breastfeeding to be the only way to comfort an upset 1 year old .. because it isn't and really shouldn't be

Surely if you had other dc's in the pool then yes rather than hall everyone out to do it in changing rooms etc.

Yep - I'll say it again - how is it different from feeding one child while watching another anywhere?