Sure you can...they aren't sucking your eyeballs!!!!Zilog B wrote:You aren't suggesting that you can breast feed a baby and watch a child in the pool at the same time are you?
Izzo wrote:I have 2 children.
Hell_Yes wrote:Did you wife breastfeed them?
My wife tries her best to be as discrete as possible. Truth to tell, we do not get all that much for it to be as much of an issue. Still, if a mother has her breast covered while the infant is suckling, it should not be a cause for alarm. It is indeed far less of a distraction than twenty year girl wearing revealing swim suit.
That wasn't his breast....YARDofSTUF wrote:No no no! We're talking about breastfeeding kids, not like when you breastfed your 15k cheetah.
To repeat, breastfed babies are on demand for their nursing. They are not made to wait.Izzo wrote:No, she didn't. Just the fact your wife tries to be discrete shows consideration. The way the article reads is that they appear to want to be able to just whip it out 'willy-nipply'....to me it shows a lack of consideration for others. If in fact they were using discretion it wouldn't bother me at all....in fact it doesn't bother me at all. I was bored.
YARDofSTUF wrote:Well I didnt hang around to here the whole story.
You would be surprised what some gentlemen think they can do simultaneously.....Zilog B wrote:You aren't suggesting that you can breast feed a baby and watch a child in the pool at the same time are you?
They're not gonna starve within the ~15ft to the locker room...they might pierce a few ears along the way but I'm sure they'll be fine.Hell_Yes wrote:To repeat, breastfed babies are on demand for their nursing. They are not made to wait.
Are these mothers trying cover themselves at all?
I agree completelyYeOldeStonecat wrote:I don't think there's anything wrong with breast feeding...I don't think anyone is trying to say that.
But doing it in a rather public place (Yes a Y pool is still quite a public hangout)...I don't think that's cool. IMO breast feeding should be done somewhat in privacy....it's somewhat of an intimate thing IMO.
Izzo wrote:They're not gonna starve within the ~15ft to the locker room...they might pierce a few ears along the way but I'm sure they'll be fine.
My children were bottle fed and when they were hungry they cried just like any other baby would. I mean that's all we're talking about is a crying baby right? ... their life isn't going to be in danger by waiting 2 minutes.
Izzo wrote:I don't know.
TonyT wrote:my my, the controversy that a few boobies stir up!
have 'em feed the babies anyway they want in the designated areas for food.
Breast feeding is not all that good for a baby anyway, only in the first few weeks, so the baby can get more of mom's antibodies, and taht's about it.
Breast milk is not all that nutritious. A baby needs high protein,....
TonyT wrote:my my, the controversy that a few boobies stir up!
have 'em feed the babies anyway they want in the designated areas for food.
Breast feeding is not all that good for a baby anyway, only in the first few weeks, so the baby can get more of mom's antibodies, and taht's about it.
Breast milk is not all that nutritious. A baby needs high protein, not the crap sold in supermarkets either, but real healthy formula. Ever see those fat bloated babies? It's all carbs from crappy formula.
Why yes. Just 3 months ago I lost about 20 lbs in a week because the breast milk I was being fed did not have the required nutritional...Hell_Yes wrote:Are you quite certain of that?
I think with a little research you will find your information to be flawed.TonyT wrote:Why yes. Just 3 months ago I lost about 20 lbs in a week because the breast milk I was being fed did not have the required nutritional...
All kidding aside, not all breast milk is deficient in nutrition, vitamins, etc. It depends on whose breast it is. On-the-go mothers, who are busy lugging around other kids, food shopping, housework, rarely have enough nutrition in their bodies to sustain themselves, yet alone an infant via breat milk. Smoking mothers' milk tastes horrible. This I can attest to.
One should consider that breast milk contains traces of all that has been consimed by mom. Preservatives, toxins, drugs, alcohol, food dye, other chemicals, minerals, vitamins, tap water chemicals, etc.
They all add up to a very foul unhealthy concoction for today's infants UNLESS mom eats whole foods, drinks distilled or spring water, takes no drugs, no booze, doesn't ever smoke, doesn't go outside and breath polluted air, gets some exercize, gets sufficient rest & sleep, etc. etc.
As for an infant needing protein, it is harder for the infant to digest, and a high protein diet for infants may result in some constipation, but it is better to feed an infant that than to keep it supressed and subdued with today's sugar filled formulas. And infant does need carbs, corn syrup is a good choice, but in proper quantities.
We made our own formula for our 3 kids, none were ever fat & bloated and all were very healthy throught infancy & early childhood.
However...
My position on what parents with infants should do has always this:
(this is only advice I ever give new parents)
"Everybody & thgeir brother will give you advice, my advice to you is ignore 99% of it and go with your own instincts and own good judgement. Forget the manuals & baby books. If a baby cries, it's OK. If a baby cries for more than 10 minutes, something is wrong, but it's usually something simple like wet nappies, hungry, tired, indigestion or a combo of the above."
lol...I love you.Scott wrote:It always amazes me how many people think that others should always be considerate, yet they have no trouble insulting others beliefs or disturbing others.
WTF do you people really care anyway? You don't have to look, pay attention to your own children and quit worrying so damn much about what others are doing.
The same people that say "live and let live" are always the same that bitch when others try to live as they want.
You people defend gay marriages as their right, a womans right to abortion as her right, yet a mother can't breast feed in a public place. Grow the **** up already.
Have a nice day.
) To be quite honest, a T-back reveals far more "intimate" areas... And look out when they bend over wearing a t-back... 
Nasty bastards!! THAT is a health hazard. Everything that they touch, they contaminate with fecal matter... It doesn't matter whether it doesn't look like you have crap on your finger, you have the bacteria... You don't think that a few layers of toilet paper protect you from the germs, do ya? Same thing with taking a leak...http://www.vancouver.hm/money.htmlKen wrote:Doesn't one of your dollars, maybe $10 or $20, still have a boob showing on it?
Minir probably knows what I am refering to... Maybe it doesn't circulate anymore...
emilyb wrote:I think with a little research you will find your information to be flawed.
twwabw wrote:Ken, Scott, Emily, and Hell-Yes..... straight on. The rest of you need to get a grip on reality, and what is actually important. This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. Nearly bare-as*ed little nubile things running around the pool in bikinis are NOT a distraction, but a mother sitting on the side, breast feeding an infant is a "distraction"?? WTF. Complete crap.
