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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

It's No Party for Those Who Breastfeed at iParty

After a very busy day yesterday, I decided to crash on the couch and watch the news. That's when I learned about a new very sanitary place to have a picnic when I run errands with my boys. I have to admit a lot of times when I'm out and about and the kids need a snack, I do worry that perhaps the store we're at or the grocery cart they're sitting in really isn't clean enough for them to be eating. Alright I confess that I really don't worry about that nor do I even normally carry snacks when I run errands with the boys, BUT if I did thanks to the news I know the perfect place for them to eat: in a public bathroom! Pretty amazing, huh? So how did I find out about this brilliant place to eat? In a news segment of course! I know you just can't wait to see the link so here it is: "Mother upset after being kicked out of store for breast-feeding her baby." Got to love the wordy title.

To sum it up, this mom was shopping at iParty with her husband and 8 week baby when the baby got hungry. She sat down in the aisle to breastfeed and was asked to leave. I still can't believe that it's illegal to breastfeed in public in MA. Anyhow, I was already pretty annoyed when I was in the midst of hearing what had happened because I think breastfeeding in public should be legal. However, to top it off, they interviewed 4 random iParty customers who were not even there when this happened, not that it matters but it just shows how insane this was, to show that the opinion on breastfeeding at iParty is split. There's a helpful survey right there! Anyhow, this one woman said that if the mom really needed to breastfeed her baby, she should have gone into the bathroom. She said it like she had come up with a brilliant solution. (I'm disappointed that her comment isn't in the story on-line.) I'm sure that bathroom there is real clean! I immediately had two thoughts when I heard her say that.
  1. When I've had to sit on a floor of a store to bottle feed my babies, I've been pretty desperate and there hasn't been time and/or a better place to go much less a chair. I doubt she was sitting there because she felt like it.
  2. Do you know how much my boys would love to eat in a public bathroom! All the gross disgusting things in there that they could get into and touch? OS has always been very intrigued by the sanitary napkin bins. YS is really into floor drains these days and both of them like to lick floors. I imagined if someone told me I had feed my 10 month old in a public bathroom. It would take 5 times as long and he, OS and I would need to be sterilized afterwards. OS would probably want to start eating all his meals in a bathroom.
  3. Who shops at iParty? I'm sure a good percent of their customers are mothers throwing birthday parties.


A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: It's better to unwind with a book instead of the news.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 5:54 PM   2 comments
2 Comments:

  • At 4/25/2007 10:21 PM, Blogger super des said…

    That's why I don't watch the news.

    Someone else mentioned this topic (were you guys watching the same story?) and I said I'd rather see a flash of tit then hear a hungry baby crying forever. Sometimes a baby's just gotta eat.

     

  • At 4/30/2007 8:09 AM, Blogger Nancy said…

    I will never understand people who are "uncomforable" or even "repulsed" by seeing a mother breastfeed her child. I guess we're all just so hung up about sex that we can't get past what a woman's breasts were really intended for.

     
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