I thought you may appreciate this
Since we are childless (by choice. It’s okay. Honestly. I’m a better aunt than anything. Trust me.) I don’t usually have too much to say about kids or babies or anything along those lines. But I did get to see the response after a department store worker asked someone on the weekend to stop breastfeeding her child in the store, and suggested she use the private room somewhere ELSE in the shop. Whoa Nelly. I just have to wonder what on earth that employee was thinking? What would have compelled her to start that conversation?
I guess there was some discussion about being offended by nudity or something or other (again, why? Why would a store worker feel the need to drop those words to a customer?) Please, please just stop talking already! Why would you care if a baby is eating in the store where you work? WHY?
Anyway, I’m not sure how someone could be offended by this:
But whatever. The turn out was good…there were many hungry babies inside and out of the mall:
And hopefully this employee has learned his/her lesson in this process. Or will learn some type of lesson, because it’s going to the Human Rights Tribunal next.
Tags: babies, breastfeeding, protest, Vancouver
8.8.08 at 9:39 am
crunchy carpets comments:
Thanks for posting this!!!
I KNOW..I do not get the ‘offense’ thing at all..and I was a bottle feeder!
But I love seeing mommies feed their babies…
My only thing is…if you were shopping there great..but I would not just plunk myself down in a store because they had room..if at the mall I would probably hit a bench at the mall instead..but whateve
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8.8.08 at 5:39 pm
Barbara Doduk comments:
Ok I get babies need food, and moms apparently need to go clothing shopping or furniture shopping… moms must shop… and still be able to stick the kid on a feedbag I guess… and thus the public breastfeeding debate.
Breastfeeding is natural… but so is sex, so is menstruation, and pissing and a whole slew of other bloodily functions that we have deemed as things we do or deal with in private. I don’t see why moms need to be able to do it in public.
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8.9.08 at 8:30 pm
scatteredmom comments:
I really have no problem with women breastfeeding in public, if they’re a bit discreet about it. Once I worked in a restaurant and went to serve a couple their food and as I leaned over with the plate, there’s the baby on the table and mom hanging over, both bare boobs dangling away.
It was…a bit…awkward.
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