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Ann Landers advice for NIP
I was reading Ann Landers yesterday and they had a lady write in because NIP
upset her. Here is the column.... Dear Annie: I recently attended a baby shower for my niece, who had a baby last month. There were 25 women in attendance, ranging in age from 6 to 89. While my niece was in Lamaze classes, she met several ladies, five of whom attended the shower with their newborns. During the shower, these women all exposed their breasts and nursed their babies. They didn't bother to use anything to cover themselves up. When my niece's new baby began to cry, she, too, nursed him in front of everyone. Am I being too old-fashioned to think these ladies should cover themselves? For some of us, it was quite uncomfortable to watch. -- Denver Aunt Dear Aunt: We're all for nursing babies, but it is rude to make one's guests uncomfortable. These new mothers probably assumed it was OK to be uncovered since all the guests were female. Nonetheless, babies generally don't mind a light blanket while nursing, and it would have been considerate for these women to acknowledge that not all the party guests were keen on observing the process. OK so her advice has me steaming. I will calm down a bit and then write her or whoever took her place a letter. Just curious to what you guys think of this advice? The bright spot for me is all these new mothers are Bfing! |
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Ann Landers advice for NIP
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writes I was reading Ann Landers yesterday and they had a lady write in because NIP upset her. Here is the column.... Dear Annie: I recently attended a baby shower for my niece, who had a baby last month. There were 25 women in attendance, ranging in age from 6 to 89. While my niece was in Lamaze classes, she met several ladies, five of whom attended the shower with their newborns. During the shower, these women all exposed their breasts and nursed their babies. They didn't bother to use anything to cover themselves up. When my niece's new baby began to cry, she, too, nursed him in front of everyone. Am I being too old-fashioned to think these ladies should cover themselves? For some of us, it was quite uncomfortable to watch. -- Denver Aunt Dear Aunt: We're all for nursing babies, but it is rude to make one's guests uncomfortable. These new mothers probably assumed it was OK to be uncovered since all the guests were female. Nonetheless, babies generally don't mind a light blanket while nursing, and it would have been considerate for these women to acknowledge that not all the party guests were keen on observing the process. OK so her advice has me steaming. I will calm down a bit and then write her or whoever took her place a letter. Just curious to what you guys think of this advice? The bright spot for me is all these new mothers are Bfing! Basically I'd now say, in my home I have the right to be comfortable and leaving the room to nurse is a PITA. In someone else's home, the host's comfort is paramount, but in my own home me and a new-born come first. -- Jenn UK |
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Ann Landers advice for NIP
Dear Aunt: We're all for nursing babies, but it is rude to make one's guests
uncomfortable. These new mothers probably assumed it was OK to be uncovered since all the guests were female. Nonetheless, babies generally don't mind a light blanket while nursing, and it would have been considerate for these women to acknowledge that not all the party guests were keen on observing the process. OK so her advice has me steaming. I will calm down a bit and then write her or whoever took her place a letter. Just curious to what you guys think of this advice? The bright spot for me is all these new mothers are Bfing! I NEVER use anything to cover up, what would it cover up? I might expose a bit of nipple whilst getting him on, but I wouldn't have enough hands to make sure the blanket didn't fall off and show even more, better to be discrete with items I can control, i.e. me, my clothes and the baby. Once he's on, why on earth would you need a blanket to cover up, baby and clothes cover everything except occasionally a bit of belly. We just had a really hot summer, it was hot enough wearing a skimpy top and baby just wore a body suit, a blanket would have been stupidity. Perhaps I just live in a very permissive place, there is nowhere I wouldn't breastfeed, I try not to sit too near the front in church but that's about the only consession I make. This reply makes me mad too, particularly when you think how little use a blanket would be anyway, with most styles of clothes. Perhaps you could send pictures of you getting latched on and then feeding illustrating that you don't show anything. |
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Ann Landers advice for NIP
I thought Ann Landers retired? I pretty sure she did here in Michigan
because they don't run her column anymore. So the article is probably pretty old. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Mvbff778 wrote in message ... I was reading Ann Landers yesterday and they had a lady write in because NIP upset her. Here is the column.... Dear Annie: I recently attended a baby shower for my niece, who had a baby last month. There were 25 women in attendance, ranging in age from 6 to 89. While my niece was in Lamaze classes, she met several ladies, five of whom attended the shower with their newborns. During the shower, these women all exposed their breasts and nursed their babies. They didn't bother to use anything to cover themselves up. When my niece's new baby began to cry, she, too, nursed him in front of everyone. Am I being too old-fashioned to think these ladies should cover themselves? For some of us, it was quite uncomfortable to watch. -- Denver Aunt Dear Aunt: We're all for nursing babies, but it is rude to make one's guests uncomfortable. These new mothers probably assumed it was OK to be uncovered since all the guests were female. Nonetheless, babies generally don't mind a light blanket while nursing, and it would have been considerate for these women to acknowledge that not all the party guests were keen on observing the process. OK so her advice has me steaming. I will calm down a bit and then write her or whoever took her place a letter. Just curious to what you guys think of this advice? The bright spot for me is all these new mothers are Bfing! |
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Ann Landers advice for NIP
She didn't retire, she died in 2002.
-- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Mvbff778 wrote in message ... I was reading Ann Landers yesterday and they had a lady write in because NIP upset her. Here is the column.... Dear Annie: I recently attended a baby shower for my niece, who had a baby last month. There were 25 women in attendance, ranging in age from 6 to 89. While my niece was in Lamaze classes, she met several ladies, five of whom attended the shower with their newborns. During the shower, these women all exposed their breasts and nursed their babies. They didn't bother to use anything to cover themselves up. When my niece's new baby began to cry, she, too, nursed him in front of everyone. Am I being too old-fashioned to think these ladies should cover themselves? For some of us, it was quite uncomfortable to watch. -- Denver Aunt Dear Aunt: We're all for nursing babies, but it is rude to make one's guests uncomfortable. These new mothers probably assumed it was OK to be uncovered since all the guests were female. Nonetheless, babies generally don't mind a light blanket while nursing, and it would have been considerate for these women to acknowledge that not all the party guests were keen on observing the process. OK so her advice has me steaming. I will calm down a bit and then write her or whoever took her place a letter. Just curious to what you guys think of this advice? The bright spot for me is all these new mothers are Bfing! |
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Ann Landers advice for NIP
"Sue" wrote:
She didn't retire, she died in 2002. However, her column is still produced - I believe the advice columnists are led by her daughter - and the new name is "Annie's Mailbox". That letter was addressed to "Dear Annie", so I believe it is a new one. -- -- Vicki Married DH May 21, 1995 Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD, born 5/19/02. "Stay-at-home" Ima since October 2002. An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb I may not currently be pregnant, but I look pregnant, does that count? |
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Ann Landers advice for NIP
Ah okay. I didn't know that. I miss her column.
-- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Vicki S wrote in message ... "Sue" wrote: She didn't retire, she died in 2002. However, her column is still produced - I believe the advice columnists are led by her daughter - and the new name is "Annie's Mailbox". That letter was addressed to "Dear Annie", so I believe it is a new one. -- -- Vicki Married DH May 21, 1995 Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD, born 5/19/02. "Stay-at-home" Ima since October 2002. An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb I may not currently be pregnant, but I look pregnant, does that count? |
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