Breast Feeding in shops

Ann, you could always express enough to feed him for a day or give him forumla for a day while the alcohol gets out of your breast milk but keep expressing and just ditch the alcohol-contaminated milk. That's what I did for Mercedes when I wanted to get her dairy free asap.

Since having Ella, I've been soooo pro a woman's right to breastfeed wherever she may be when her baby needs a feed.  Not saying that women should feel they have to, but seriously, we shouldn't have to remove ourselves from every public or social situation each time bubs needs a feed.  I use a cloth to cover me if I'm somewhere public, or if there's a man in the room who isn't my hubby (mostly because I'm still getting the hang of being discreet enough not to show anything when I'm latching her on).  And I've fed baby in a restaurant, at the Doc's waiting room, and in friend's homes.  Personally wouldn't feed while shopping, but that's just me.  I was really suprised when I saw a lady doing that (just thinking here - wouldn't we all feel STINK if said lady was reading this and had a little something to say - you just never know!), but the lady I saw was still being discreet, and frankly, I'm just not co-ordinated enough to manage feeding while standing and shopping at the same time! 

Now I'm going to start fully supporting any woman's right to go COMPLETELY POSTAL at people who criticize her for where she feeds or doesn't wish to feed, and how she feeds (breast or bottle, expressed or formula)... I think we've all got a right to give anyone who is really rude to us over this a huge piece of our minds!  (Though amidst the baby fog, I'm not sure I want to give up any more of my mind! ).    Wee rant over. 

andie, my midwife told me that it's one hour per standard drink so if you have 1 beer then you can feed ella an hour after that, 2 beers, 2 hours etc.

Andie by then Ella will hopefully be sleeping better at nights... we had our 1st anniversary when Hannah was about 7 weeks old and I just put her to bed for the "night" (4-6 hours or whatever it was then) before bringing out the bottle and nibbles. Hey I went without it for the full 9 months prior, I go a bit easier on it after bub is born cause I figure I'll see if there's any reaction

Just in my defence, because some people seem to have taken real exception to my comment "I was told that there was no nutritional benefit for baby after 9 months."- it was just something I was told. Someone asked when was it time to give up and that was the only information I knew so I just said it. In hindsight I should have added 'but I think you should continue for as long as you're comfortable with' because thats how I feel.

My Mum used to volunteer for Plunket- this was a long time ago, but she was taught this at the time and told me. Like Emma, I may have just been told this to make me feel less bad as my milk supply ran out at 6 months and I had to give up. Wasn't trying to imply that anyone should give up before they're ready or being unsupportive just passing on the only piece of relevant information, that wasn't pure opinion, that I knew.

Edited to add- Found this on a health and nutrition website "Ideally, it is desirable to carry on breast feeding until the age of one, or even later. Certainly, you should keep up either breast or formula milk until that age. If I had it my way, from a nutritional standpoint, we would probably carry on breast feeding until nearer the age of two, but I realise that, for many mothers, this is not a realistic option. I believe it is around this time that nature intended us to wean our children, as many will start to reduce the amount of lactase, or milk sugar digesting enzymes, that they produce."



Edited by Jennz

Hehe thanks Couple of people just seemed to really fire up so thought I should clarify. Its the same problem with texting isn't it! No one ever gets my sarcastic text jokes

Hehe thats ok! Just wanted to make sure people didn't think I was saying that you are supposed to give up at 9 months.

Probably just another one of those things that changes with each generation I guess- kind of like how they used to say to only sleep baby on it tummy, then its side, now its back...