Idle curiosity: how would you react if someone bought you a hooter hider?

[StealthPolarBear]

a) Your well-meaning but clueless best friend
b) Your interfering MIL/insert interfering person here if like me you have a mostly lovely MIL
c) Your DH/DP
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that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen.
and I can't believe it's called the hooter hider, for real.

if someone bought me that I would just throw it out. I certainly wouldn't try to sell it anywhere because I wouldn't want anyone to give any more money to that thing.

You could turn it into a baby carrier though couldn't you?

You were given TWO of them purplemonkey. What a crying shame, think of how much booze and chocolate they could have got you for that money instead

Don;t be silly tiktok, a man would look absolutely ridiculous wearing one of those. Whereas women look fresh and earth motherly

So true, SPB

Actually in the early days I did used to spill food all over DD while I was feeding her and clumsily eating my dinner at the same time. So it would have been quite handy to prevent her pristine white babygrows getting covered in bolognese sauce, curry etc - obviously with those patterns you wouldn't see the splatters of food

As to wearing it in public though

Not only did I own one of these, I bought it myself and

A picture of my shawl with my three week old baby DD Isn't she sooo cute

I've had one of these too. I bought it for myself and have bought them for friends who have been anxious about feeding in public.

For me it helped to keep my dinner off the baby, and helped baby to concentrate (by cutting out his view of the shiny interesting outside world).

And for my friends it just helped to give them a bit of confidence while they got used to the idea of spending half their lives with their boobs out. Like most bfing props, these things are always abandoned after a few weeks but, like babieseverywhere, I think they're great for building confidence so what's the harm?

I think I'd give it to my DCs to dress up in.

No-one whose ever met me would be stpid enough to give me something like that, at least I think not ... If they did it might make for an interesting little chat .

GinaTonic
Do you need one for each hooter??

Babies everywhere
I find a Pashmina invaluable for moments of self-consciousness, personally speaking. I am glad you have cast off your vestments, so to speak.

In the name of gender equality, a 'Nad Neutraliser' could be worn from the waist down by blokes so they could rearrange their gentleman vegetables in private at any time.

I live in New York City and sadly see these everywhere. However when I was breastfeeding ds here, I used to feed him everywhere, including on the subway (and he wasn't a little baby, he was over 12 months) and nobody even glanced at me.

I can only imagine the stares you'd get using that hat.

BofftheToff,
"I am glad you have cast off your vestments, so to speak."

LOL, yes I did years ago. In fact a few weeks ago I was tandem nursing my 2.9 years old DD and 9 month old DS in public !!! I can safely say I have got over concerns about nursing in public

LOL @ BofftheToff

Most blokes already have a Nad Neutraliser, though.

It is called 'a pair of trousers'.

They are, admittedly, not very efficient at hiding anything....

Just like the hooter hider, in fact TikTok.

PS and quick hijack to TikTok - I am really BoffinMum having a temporary name change, and wanted to tell you about how bf is going 6 weeks in. A LLL advisor reckoned DC4 had a high palate which was causing the 'lazy latching' problems you advised me on (forgive me for using the word lazy again!), and I think she was probably right. It is still not what I would call easy, but we have struggled on, and he is growing fine, plus I can manage to feed him more efficiently now so I am not so sore. He latches on reasonably well even in public, so no hooter hider required,

Back to the matter of biological prudery ...

That's good news, Boff

I forgive you for using the word 'lazy' but I still don't like l'il babies (or their suck or latch) being labelled like this (also dislike 'stubborn', 'little madam', 'spoilt', and so on!!)

I'm embarrassed to say that I used one of these in the early weeks. I lived in Singapore and Chinese culture means public nudity is forbidden, and Malay Islamic culture dictates that women if they do breastfeed do it in women-only settings behind closed doors. I only ever have seen 4 women breastfeed (white and Japanese women, never seen a Chinese woman) and they all used bibs.

There are also no laws safeguarding your right to feed and there are regular stories about women being asked to move on.

I'm the least shy person I know and couldn't care less who saw me, but in the vulnerable first weeks I was out and about alot (fed in public on average twice a day) and just didn't want any aggravation. It's not the idea of feeding that antagonises some people there (they are enormously child friendly), it's the nudity. It's a mix of fifties Britain, evangelical Christian, and Chinese culture there. Not public breastfeeding friendly.

But I hated my self for using one and feel PASSIONATELY that feeding should not be something hidden away. So I stopped using it, and you know what, it was fine. No one asked me to move on (mind you, I have that look) and let me get on with things. Partly, I think they let crazy Ang Moh (white) woman do what she likes.

My breastfeeding experience in Singapore ended up being fine. I was only asked to move once, by a security guard, and I ignored him. The only tutting I ever got was from a fellow patient in the children's centre in the hospital!

I'm still a bit funny about feeding in front of my 98 year old grandfather though.

babieseverywhere "
" I only had/have had comments from people I knew. Sadly even using a hooter hider with my first DC was not good enough for my family/inlaws, who left the room when I nursed."

I'm so sorry, that's nasty and happened to me when the I went to the IL (I was banished upstairs...) upon arriving back in the UK. Heap up cute daughter you have!

Thank Doris I am lucky to have such a lovely DD

Oh god this is hilarious, I have been snorting with laughter If DH gives me one of these I know exactly what he'd be wanting to use it for! Ah dear, best laugh in ages, snigger

I'd make sure they gave me the receipt as well so I could get a refund.