Ok, not funny, may not be the right word. So I spend alot of time on the Disney boards.. cant help it Im addicted. I posted on the family board about where the childcare center is. You know the place where you can go and nurse if needed, or change the baby, or buy formula/diapers. Faith is still breastfed. I dont breastfeed in public. Inever have..Imjust too self conscious. ANyways, so I ask on the board where they are located these childcare centers(I know where the one at Magic Kingdom is)and explained that I dont nurse in public etc.. One lady told me to "get over it"...
I dont know, I think thats kind of rude. I know many people breastfeed anywhere they want. Im fine with that. Im not fine with myself doing in front of others(besides my husband and kids). Im big chested, need both hands, and there is nothing discreet about it LOL
So I just find it rude that a person who knows nothing about me says "Get over it"...(we will be there for 2 days in Mid June)

By Ginny~moderator on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 04:14 pm:

Rude is rude and gratuitous rudeness is worse. You didn't ask how you could become less self-conscious or for any counseling. You simply asked a fact question - where are they?

By Bea on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 04:21 pm:

I find this board to be the exception. Rudeness is rampant on the internet. Try to consider the source, and ignore the creep!

By Trina~moderator on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 04:22 pm:

Ditto Ginny! I could never BF in public either. Only if I could find a place like the childcare center. I'm sure we're not the only moms who feel that way!

By Heaventree on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 04:23 pm:

Yes, I agree rude! I cannot breastfeed anywhere either. I felt a lot of pressure from other moms to just whip one out anytime, anywhere. They all nursed in church and thought I should as well.

I gave into the pressure and tried and was totally embarassed when one man kept turning around and looking because Matt was making a fuss.

One thing I did find helpful was buying a poncho. They were so "in" last year and there were many to choose from. I bought 2 and they were great when flying on the airplane.

Have fun!

By Brandy on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 04:31 pm:

could you give me the link to the disney message boards..? please my kids are going in June too = ) also i'm sorry that lady was rude i wouldn't be able to breastfeed in public either i know some people don't mind though there was a lady at Meijer the other day changing her child ON a futon and then she sat there and breastfed the baby lol geesh i can understand the breastfeeding thing but the store does have a thing to change your baby on lol = ) sorry off on my own thoughts there = )

By Emily7 on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 05:06 pm:

I tried to breast feed once in public, I could not relax enough & felt like everyone was looking. From then on out I timed our outings around her feedings or went into our van in the very back with blankets all round me.

By Kaye on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 05:07 pm:

Jackie, I am not sure where they are, but when you go to the magic kingdom if you take a left off main street by the hotdog place, just down on the right is a 1st aid place and I THINK a mom zone. If you have a map check it out.

Funny story about nursing. I also did NOT nurse in public. Same reasons as you. So I took my half frozen milk with me to the zoo (it can bee 100+) degrees here. I figured by time it was ready he would need to eat. Well, no he was hungier earlier, we are deep in the zoo, my baby is hysterical. the bottle is too cold, melted, but cold. He won't take it. So I cave in, I sit cross legged, back to all thing, my other kdi in front. I want to cover more but it is miserably hot and humid, he won't have that. So I have him under my shirt...every 5 seconds he would pull his head out and would unlatch he was about 5 months. He just would NOT nurse under these conditions. I had to give in and leave.

By Karen~moderator on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 06:00 pm:

Ditto Ginny and Bea! I was very self conscious about nursing at first with Jeff, then I got comfortable with nursing in *sort of public* areas, as long as I had a blanket to cover with. If you were a nursing mother, you'd have probably known what I was doing but to most people it looked like I was holding a sleeping baby.

However, if you prefer not to nurse in public, that is a choice that SHOULD be respected. I can't tolerate people who think everyone should give up their modesty or personal feelings about something so intimate and just *get over it*. GRRRRRRR!!!

By My2cuties on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 07:08 pm:

I'm sorry she was so rude. I don't nurse in public either, I go to the van or in the nursery at church. I will not nurse in a bathroom though, so if that was the only option I guess I would have to cover myself up the best I could. I am not really big breasted, but I still wouldn't feel comfortable showing all. Plus Lauren is a loud eater..everytime she eats it sounds like she is a runner that has just finished a race and is downing some water...lol

I hope you find the info you are looking for and have a good time

By Vicki on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 07:24 pm:

To be honest with you, I don't like it when people do nurse right there in public! I know that it is natural and all of that, but you are still exposed and I don't care to see it. Now, some women are very good about using the blanket and keeping things covered, but let me tell you, some are not! I don't care to see anyones breasts nursing or not!! Just because your nursing dosen't make it ok to show your breasts!

By Missmudd on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 07:42 pm:

Yep ruuuuuudddeee... Wasnt a public nurser either. Would go out to the car if little guys were desperate.

By Ginny~moderator on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 08:09 pm:

BTW, I have learned the hard way over the years that when I want a piece of information, I don't have to give a reason. So if you want to know where the childcare center is, that's what you ask - no explanation needed. If you want to see the store manager, that's what you want - no explanation needed to the "helpful" clerk. etc. If you give a reason for why you want the information, lots of people will feel that gives them the right to give you gratuitous advice or comments. Like the one you got - or, oh, if you have a problem with a clerk you don't want the store manager, you go to our website (right, like the website staff are going to give a darn about the rude clerk in the Target store in Jenkintown on May 16th - hypothetical).

By Annie2 on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 08:11 pm:

That was a rude comment! Don't let it bother you; just consider the source.

I nursed, discreetly, in public all the time. I became very comfortable with it. I remember the first time though. I must have had my head, baby etc under my nursing blanket for 30 minutes before I could pop my head out! However, I never felt comfortable nursing in front of my dad.

By Crystal915 on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 08:40 pm:

I was only shy about BFing for a few days, then I figured I'd have to hide my life away if I didn't "get over it", but I think it's no one's business if you choose to nurse in public or not. If you aren't comfortable, that's your choice, and that lady was snotty and miserable to tell you that.

By Dawnk777 on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 08:53 pm:

One of my friends nursed in public, didn't use a blanket, ever, but you never could tell she was nursing. I'm not sure how she did it. I was less comfortable nursing in public, because it seemed like it was more work for me to get my kids latched on and it was hard to do it discreetly. At church, I usually went to the nursery.

By Bobbie~moderatr on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 09:08 pm:

We went to the zoo last summer and there sitting on a bench at the main entrance in all her glory is a mom with her breast out nursing. No modesty... Remember I said at the entrance as in a short walk to her vehicle and privacy. I breast fed in public when I had to. With the girls I hardly ever left the house because their cycle was so that one would feed and then the next so a good while was needed to get them both toped off. Not an option when you are out and about.

By Pamt on Thursday, June 2, 2005 - 10:35 pm:

I certainly think it was rude too! I have always been horribly modest, but for some reason I could easily breastfeed in public, although very discreetly and with a nursing bib carefully in place. The sucking noises did embarrass me though--LOL. My dad, who knows that I am (or rather used to be) modest could not believe that I nursed my 6 week old infant in a plane right next to a man. I mean literally this man's elbow was touching mine on the armrest on the plane...but my baby was hungry so I fed him. My dad still talks about how that astounds him to this day.