Tips for latching baby on in public without flashing the whole world?

[wanderingwillows]

Just that really! Feed

Muslin over shoulder until latched on.
Vest top under other jersey top, unclip nursing bra via next end, lift upper top, no one sees anything and tummy stays warm due to vest top.
Don't do shirts, I found those too exposing.
Waterfall style cardigan works well too.

Most importantly well done on feeding your baby. You actually expose very little, far more on show in a town centre on a summer evening.

When I was breast feeding I bought baggy T-shirts and strappy tops, in the same colour. If you buy them both in the same store, there’s a good chance the same dyes were used for both, and you can get an exact match. I could lift my T-shirt, pull down the strappy vest and latch on without showing anything and it was much, much easier than trying to manage a scarf or cover while baby wrestling. It was also much more affordable than buying special breastfeeding tops.

Do you do the best under top thing? If not, wear a stretchy strappy vest, pull it under your boob and in lip your bra while top is still over you. Then bring baby to you and just lift the top as you bring baby to the nipple. How old is baby? When they are very small it takes a bit longer but as they get older both of you can do this quite seamlessly.

I still wear my maternity jeans to cover my torso. Then just lift my top up. Extra large muslin over my shoulder if it feels particularly awkward for whatever reason (used a lot for my first but given up caring with my third 😂)

Forget about everyone else (that's only going to make you feel flustered), don't involve too many extra pieces of matter (that'll make it all more complicated) and do it as quickly as possible. The main thing that will draw the attention of others is a hungry, crying baby. So I just pull up my top and latch the baby on. Once they are on, just with normal clothes, very little is visible so I have never bothered with muslins, flappy tops etc

I found a nursing vest and then a button up shirt the best combo. Sometimes used a muslin whilst getting baby latched but I also I was very blasé about flashing tbh… no one looks and once baby is on, their head covers most of your boob!

Baggy tshirt was best for me. Breastfeeding tops were a waste of money.

Another vote for baggy t-shirts! Also, practice nursing in different positions at home. I'm large in the chest department, and I have to position baby very differently depending on whether I'm reclined, sat cross-legged or in a dining chair- style chair (this could be true for other body types too, but I'm rolling with only my experience here). Having the positioning nailed means you and baby (remember they have to play their part too, and if they're uncooperative there's only so much you can do) understand what the plan is, to whap them on quickly. E.g. I know if I'm feeding in a dining chair, I have to support my boob/ sandwich it into Baba's mouth in a way I don't have to on the sofa.

However, bottom line is that Baba needs feeding - anyone who feels negatively about a rouge boobie needs to get over themselves. You're doing an amazing thing ❤️ big hugs from one feeding mama to another.

I used the double layer, but reversed it. So a little cropped top under summer dresses worked well, top goes up, dress gets pulled down, baby goes on.took about 2 seconds.

This. I did this.
Though I think I tried using a muslin to cover myself once and then gave up.
My twins like to tandem feed so I quite quickly gave up on maintaining any dignity 😂
Considering I've fed them singly and in tandem in many many places, I've only ever had positive comments or no comments at all. Nothing negative to my face anyway. If someone's bitching behind my back, I don't have time or energy to care anyway.
Good luck. I hope it goes well for you and baby x

Loose top with a breastfeeding vest underneath, pull the vest down and top up.
Also liked the extra large muslin cloths over the shoulder tucked in to a bra strap and draped over the baby

I've similarly never had a bad experience out and about.

No idea how you got them both latched at the same time. Amazing!

I wear nursing tops and bras. I undo the flap of the bra and get the top so that the nipple is need where it opens. I get baby positioned in the feeding position and the slip the nipple out and into babies mouth. My second feeds like a dream and I don't have to worry about being exposed as he is latched on in seconds

My first had feeding aversions and feeding her involved her pulling off and screaming repeatedly. If I was somewhere quiet and not to busy I did roughly as above. If I was somewhere more public I had a large muslin to put over my shoulder and around the baby. I used this all the time when feeding in front of my dad and fil but haven't felt it necessary with my second. There have been times when my dad hasn't even realised that I have started feeding my second even though he's sat 6ft away

When my baby was being a beast about latching, I would sit in the M&S changing rooms to feed. Sensory deprivation helped focus the baby's mind! I also fed places like rhyme time at the library (lots of mums feeding), church pews during playgroups, stay and plays... And I got good at choosing high backed chairs in coffee shops that I could turn away from everyone else. Then I just wore button up shirts or dresses and got on with it. If my partner was with me, he would artfully drape a muslin over my shoulder for the early days of long, reflux-y feeds and babies who can't hold their own heads.