I went to my son's friends football game today and took my baby. She got thirsty in the middle of the game so I got a bottle for her. Well, the Boob Militia's 14th Battalion was out deep. A lady with a pretty young baby was behind me. My husband tapped me on the shoulder and asked me in my ear "do you know that lady? She's looking dead at you kinda funny." I turned and saw her, and figured she was part of the militia because of the large receiving blanket draped across her chest. So, I just played it off and smiled at her, and then I tapped my husband back and said, "Hey, baby. Is this the bottle with the crack in it? Or is this the formula spiked with moonshine? You know how Missy loves her white lightning after her morning nap."
I think the dumb broad beleived me, cause she found another spot. Well, at least my kid wasn't getting a 10,000 calorie sugar jolt and caffeine from a 24 ounce Mountain dew.
2006-09-23 08:22:42 · 15 answers · asked by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Momma...I don't feel guity about $hit okay? I just am tired of being criticized by perfect strangers who don't know me from Eve.
2006-09-23 08:28:39 · update #1
Your question made me laugh!
A mother can't win either way. If she breast feeds in public, she gets natsy glances by people who don't want to see that, and if she bottle feeds, she gets nasty glances too! What's a mother to do?
2006-09-23 08:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sera B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no i don't think so. but if anyone was giveing me dirty looks i didn't notice because i don't really care or pay attention to other people when i am out. i think people need to mind their own business and just be happy to know that their are good parents out there that are just feeding their babies whether it be by breast or bottle. not to mention the fact that people shouldn't just jump to conclusions anyway. i mean some women do put their breast milk in bottles so it is stupid for anyone to judge. how the heck do they know if it's formula or breast milk that the baby is drinking? i just think that it is just sad that there are women out there that think that way. i bottle fed my babies and they are perfectly normal healthy, smart little girls. i am glad that formula was made because there are some babies out there that wouldn't survive if there wasn't formula. not all babies can take breast milk. such as the ones that are born with certain issues or the mother just doesn't produce it. my first daughter was born with a defect and she had to have a tube and she had to have special formula and if that didn't exist she would have died. not to mention the babies that get jaundice, most of those babies need to have formula for a little bit. so people need to stop being so judgemental of mother's who bottle feed their children because they don't know the situation and like i said just be happy the the children are getting fed either way. why do people have to be so negative? don't pay attention to those ignorant people!
2006-09-23 08:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by beautiful 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but I have pumped my breast milk, saved it in the fridge for a couple of days and then gave it to my son in public. Breast milk kind of looks funny after a couple of days. Anyway, I've gotten looks from women like why, are your giving sour milk to your baby?
Hey at least you were feeding your baby. Some Boob Militia moms wip em out and let any man gawk at them. I've seen that in public restaurants. In the future just remember to put the crack/cocaine in the bottle before you leave the house and shake it up real good. : )
2006-09-23 08:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by nyc_villagegirl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's too funny. I nursed my kids, but I never looked down on someone who bottlefed. That's your choice as a parent. I loved your response ! You go mama ! If you think about it, nursing your child is really the lazy way out. I never had to sterilize bottles or warm bottles in the middle of the night. Just pick up the kid, bring 'em into bed with you and go to sleep. Bottle feeding takes too much work. I admire women who do that. I chose the lazy way and I'm happy I did. ;)
2006-09-23 08:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by vik 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I nursed so I got the nasty looks from people who bottle fed. I would never have been brazen enough to feed in front of someone, I just am not that 'brave' about myself. Good for you for giving that lady hell! That is a riot! Any way you feed your child is good, bottle or breast, they just have to be fed. People should grow up and mind their own business! "The boob militia", that's a good one.
2006-09-23 08:34:32 · answer #5 · answered by ginarene71 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never got dirty looks or rude comments from anyone while giving either of my kids bottles of formula in public. Most women are decent enough to notice the baby--not what he's eating.
Have you ever thought about moving somewhere remotely populated so you won't be accosted/beat up/cussed out/spat upon/kicked repeatedly in the kidneys/or anything else you claim that all breastfeeding women do to you? It could be fun--Maybe somewhere in the mountains of Montana or Idaho. Think of it as your very own Swiss Family Robinson!!
This would be nice too, because you wouldn't have internet access. YAY US!!
2006-09-23 14:21:40 · answer #6 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no i do no longer think of it enables them to check to hold a bottle. i think the guy who instructed you this become attempting to justify their very own strikes with a stupid excuse? yet besides its no longer an surprising concept infants love no longer something better than to be cuddled and fed. now and back while you're staring at i do no longer think of will injury yet i think of its extra the emotional facet to your toddler you may hassle approximately. My daughter is 8 months and nonetheless slightly holds her very own bottle. Your toddler is purely 11 weeks - enable him be slightly toddler! X
2016-10-17 12:38:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cant win. If you bottle feed you are n't cool if you breast feed in public you are making people uncomfortable. Be your own self and do what you need and want to do. The h... with strangers
2006-09-23 08:32:06 · answer #8 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
wow that sucks. i both bottlefed and breastfed my boys. if anyone was giving me a dirty look, i was usually to busy trying to get the formula made or my boob out and covered at the same time to notice. and by the time the baby is happily eating, i'm to exhuasted to notice if anyone was still looking.
2006-09-23 09:11:56 · answer #9 · answered by Bella 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ignore dirty looks - she probably was avoiding the sun in her eyes. And your comments were probably taken as a criticism about her breastfeeding in public.
Where do you live that you encounter so many judgemental people? I'm in the northeast where most people don't care too much about how we each feed our babies.
I have to ask - why was your husband watching the breastfeeding mom and not the game? Was he hoping to see something?
2006-09-23 08:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋