Breast-feeding mom takes on Applebee's

Yeah, come to think of it, I'm a lot more likely to see excessive boob flesh on women who are NOT nursing. Women who are deliberately calling attention to their boobs and being quite appreciated for it by most of those same people who are offended by breastfeeding. Personally that offends me but I am pretty sure the offending, scantily-clad women would not be asked to leave if I complained.

Maybe some men are just offended that the breast is being used for what God intended instead of whatever ideas they get when they otherwise see breasts.

These jerks aren't even worth the time I just took to type this.

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I 100% agree with M4Mommy. I breastfed for all 3 of my kids But didn't go to the car or restroom...I used a receiving blanket when it was hot and a heavy blanket when it was cold and I was brought up to be modest and to respect others feelings. I alwasy requested a corner or back booth and sat against the wall if possible...I remember one time a mother and her 2 teenage daughters were watching me despite being 3 tables away. I got terrible dirty looks and I am not the kind to keep quiet about a "wrong". I casually walked past her and said. "You eat in public when you are hungry right? Why do you have more rights than my baby?" What I am saying is people need to mind their own business and be modest and respectful. If you still get in trouble or get dirty looks, ignore them....they will leave.

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If a mom has to cover up when breastfeeding at Applebee's if another customer is offended, then I want to know if we can insist that women with cleavage showing be forced to cover that up as well.

Because that is perversion, in my opinion - breasts are for breastfeeding, and to expose them for any other reason in a public place is just plain indecent! :)

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it is so natral. that is what they are there for or the milk would not come. THINK! most other living feed there young by using there brest. i tryed i just could not produse enuff. i was really sad over it too.

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I am still apalled at this controversy. I am offended by parents who slap/hit/abuse their kids in a restaraunt and no one asks them to leave....how about the kids who are out of control in the booth next to me disrupting my meal....please ask them to control the brats or leave. How about the women who wear skirts that barely cover their ASSets when they sit down? Should they be offered a blanket? I still cannot get over the fact that people are offended by the sight of a FEEDING BABY. It seems to me, those folks have some deep rooted issues about the human body, in general. My son is 13 years old and doesn't give breastfeeding women a second look if he happens to notice it....he's been raised to know that is what we have them for and that is how he was fed for the first year of his life. No matter where I am eating; I would much rather sit next to a family with a breastfeeding mom, than the family who forgot to bring enough bottles out with them and listen to a crying hungry baby. I am so thankful to live in a country where we have freedom of choice; but so sad to live in the country that has such hangups about the human body! Get a grip people.

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Oh yeah......one more thing....when I do notice a mom feeding her baby at the breast, I make a point of making eye contact and smiling at her so she knows THIS woman is not staring in disgust; but admiring and thinking back to my fond memories of my own two kids who were nursed.

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Having been a breastfeeding mom, I do not feel anyone should be forced to cover up. However, I used a cover called Bundle Under (www.bundleunder.com) and it was perfectly discreet and did not make me feel like I was "covering up" an act that I think is natural.

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I am still breastfeeding my nearly 3 year old son, and I don't see why mothers get so upset when someone asks them to cover up while feeding. Don't you realize that obliging others and going somewhere else to nurse or covering up helps the breastfeeding cause better than the fight. I know it's not fair and that we see way more skin just walking around at the mall. However, a gracious gesture on the part of breastfeeding moms may speak volumes that all the yelling and indignation could never communicate.

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the last thing i want to see while i'm eating is a 350 beast of a woman breast feeding this looks like the same type of woman that wears bicycle shorts and a tube top to walmart and thinks she looks sexy and as for the person that says its a natural function but i bet if i pulled my dick out and started beating off some one would be offended by that and breast feeding till 3 years old oh yea that kid is goan be fuck up for life reguardless of what you want to say your rights of liberty only extend till they infringe on another persons right and i would rather not see that or have my kids see that while we are eating, at the mall,ect. cover up put up and shut the hell up.

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Mom's have the right to feed their kids. If someone doesn't want to see a mom breastfeed then that someone need not watch. Something that has been proven again and again to be better for baby, mom and, therefore, society needs to be supported, not discouraged. Shame on anyone who tries to push "baby & mom" into a corner, car, bathroom??? (come on), or other cramped location. It is very possible to discreetly breastfeed anywhere. Let's not pretend that bottle feeding or formula is just as good, because it isn't. It may be acceptable nutrition provided with love, but it isn't as good. If you can't breastfeed, I am sorry for whatever circumstances led to that choice or situation, however, that does not change the fact that it is better to be able to breastfeed. Period. It is a fact. It doesn't mean that non-breastfeeders don't love their kids. It does mean, however, that breastfeeders should be respected and supported, not harassed and persecuted. Again, shame on anyone who doesn't applaud and support a mom willing to commit to breastfeeding her child.

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Hey all of you liberal weirdos...........I nursed our first child and did it discreetly because I respect others and don't want another young child looking at nudity in a restaurant. They aren't old enough to understand.........do you let your 5 year olds watch rated "R" movies also? It is rude and disrespectful and gross to those around you. I don't care if you are offended because I am tired of you all offending others.............

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also..........many of you say why should we cover up such a natural thing? Well sex and going to the bathroom are "natural" things........do you do those things in front of the kids as well? Again, from a mom who nursed.....IN PRIVATE

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I do think that it is okay to brest feed, and I also think it can be done with modesty. If you lived near a beach would it be okay for a young woman to walk into a restaurant wearing a thong bathing suit, without a cover-up, just because she is near the beach, I think you should enjoy your rights and respect others while doing so. I also believe that while this mom may be innocently breastfeeding her child, there are "people" among us who will create a "scene" on purpose to gain attention and thus create a law-suit, so there is the right to do something and also the basic human respect for those around you.

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I wonder at adults who has such delicate sensibilities that they feel their rights are being trodden on if they have to sit within eyeshot of a breastfeeding mother and child. I long to live in a place where breasts and breastfeeding aren't considered obscene, sexual, or a source of shame, and where breastfeeding mothers and their children are not subjected to well-intentioned yet unreasonabe demands to cover themselves (or worse, leave the premises) in the normal course of a day. Eventually, if these types of "innocent" requests happen enough, or if breastfeeding is restricted to the private sphere, a child might just get the message that breastfeeding is wrong or shameful in some way. But then, that's probably exactly what people like that Applebee's manager really want: for you and your children to feel the same shame that they feel at the sight of an exposed female breast.

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I breast fed two babies for a total of 3 years.... What Im wondering is: why is it possible for anyone to see their breasts? While I am PRO nursing your baby.... Im also for privacy of THE BABY. My sons are grown now; I dont think they would appreciate knowing mommy popped her boob out and breast fed them in public.

Thru my 3 yrs.... NEVER did I breast feed in public. I respect my boobs too much, my sons too much, MY GOD too much and you- my fellow citizens whom I know it makes uncomfortable. If my babies needed fed, we went to somewhere private so we could take care of business. Worked great for us.

Ladies: KEEP ON BREASTFEEDING, We know there aint no lead paint in your nipples.

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