Odd places to nurse a toddler!

(HollyLewis) wrote in message ...
So what are the wierdest places you've nursed your toddler (or
infant)?

Hm. Neither the beach nor a museum strike me as particularly weird places to
nurse. :-)

It's not that it's a museum, it's that it was the _Dali_ museum. ;-)

Beach was only wierd because I was actually in a swimsuit, and in the
past, due to the type of swimsuit, my breasts were inaccessible
without getting _Very_ bare. So the beach isn't a strange place per
se, but strange for _me_.

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01

I have done but I feel very exposed if I'm tandem nursing the two of them.
I guess it depends on how public you call public, in front of friends and
family, yes, more times than I can count and if they don't like it they can
always not look! Wish I could get the hang of nursing with a sling - just
cant't get it to work (just for one at a time I mean).

Ellie

"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
...
I haven't nursed anywhere odd yet .... but I've just volunteered to
demonstrate nursing twins at the twin parentcraft classes at the
hospital
where I delivered! That's gonna seem weird, I've no idea how many are
in
the class! Guess I'll find out on the 26th .... ;-)

good for you!

do you NIP with your twins?

Cathy Weeks wrote:

So what are the wierdest places you've nursed your toddler (or
infant)?

Nowhere too weird -- a museum, the zoo, etc.

When I was a baby, however, my mom nursed me in front of groups of
five- and six-year olds as part of their classes on human sexuality.
She would be invited to their parents' houses for tea, and casually
told "oh, bring the baby, will you?" so their kids could see how this
all worked. We were new in town and she hadn't made any friends yet,
so she went along with it.

--
Sara, accompanied by the baby barnacle

I have done but I feel very exposed if I'm tandem nursing the two of them.
I guess it depends on how public you call public, in front of friends and
family, yes, more times than I can count and if they don't like it they can
always not look! Wish I could get the hang of nursing with a sling - just
cant't get it to work (just for one at a time I mean).

I found that tricky until ds had some head support. I can't remember
exactly when we figured it out, but I know I was happy nursing in the
sling when we were on our holidays, ds was 3.5 months then.

I don't really consider friends and family public, particularly not if
they have come to my house. I was wondering about if you had done in a
cafe or anywhere. I frequently nurse in church. When he was feeding often
any trip out anywhere meant I had to sit down to NIP.

Cathy Weeks wrote:

Hi all,
We just got back from a vacation in Florida, and I ended up nursing
Kivi (two years old in December) in two kind of unusual places.

1. The beach. I never thought I'd nurse on the beach - because I wear
one-piece swim suits that are just NOT accessible for nursing. But I
forgot my swimsuit, and bought a cheap tankini, and I just pulled it
up on one side, and let my t-shirt drape around my daughter, allowing
enough discretion for my comfort.

2. The Salvadore Dali Museum. Kivi was really tired of being cooped
up and asked to nurse. So I found an empty corner (kind of difficult
considering there weren't many corners that were far away from any
paintings), and she nursed happily. I got a few glances, and a few
smiles. No biggie.

So what are the wierdest places you've nursed your toddler (or
infant)?


I never thought any place was too weird. But the most noticeable was at
my workplace's children's Winter Party (they hold a party for employees'
children) during the magic show. We were sitting (on the floor) in the
front row. I don't think the magician even had a clue.

Jeanne

Anne Rogers writes:
: In the office of the Customer Service Manager at the Greyhound bus terminal
: in Washington, DC. I'd bought a discounted ticket at a ticket kiosk, and
: somehow got the origin and destination mixed up, and at first they wouldn't
: change the ticket without charging me full price. I was really infuriated
: with them, because the driver could have accepted the original ticket in the
: first place (according to another driver)...I dropped all my luggage on the
: floor in this woman's office, and took Sprogly, who'd been fussing, out of
: his sling...I plunked myself down on a chair and started nursing him (as I
: was on the verge of tears, saying, oh, great, I'm going to be *stuck* here
: now! [My blood sugar was low]). For some reason, the manager changed her
: mind and decided to reissue a ticket without charging me more.

: along the same lines I seriously considered nursing ds in the queue at the
: supermarket before christmas in the hope that people would let me queue
: jump!

Excuse me. Monika used to nurse in the supermarket check-out line all the
time. People never noticed much less let her jump line!

Larry

Anne Rogers writes:
: Hehe. On camera while being taped in an interview for a diaper study that
: we had just completed. The tape was going to be reviewed by the entire
: diaper marketing department and I was being interviewed by 3 women about my
: experiences with these new diapers. My DD, about 18 mths at the time was
: crying to nurse and they couldn't hear my answers so I said "Either we stop
: the interview or I can nurse here". They all said nurse here! Haha, so I
: did and it felt VERY odd being taped, especially since I had no idea who
: would be watching it. I'll probably end up on some TV show in the future!!!
: I WAS discreet though!

: yikes, I almost got caught on film when I was nursing whilst acting Mary
: in a nativity scene (ds was jesus and dh was joseph!), streams of toddlers
: came to have a look and their parents took pictures, I'd stopped by the
: time and Iranian man came to film the event!

Now this is classic. I can only say that this is the RIGHT way to do a
nativity scene!!!

Larry

: along the same lines I seriously considered nursing ds in the queue at the
: supermarket before christmas in the hope that people would let me queue
: jump!

Excuse me. Monika used to nurse in the supermarket check-out line all the
time. People never noticed much less let her jump line!

bother, so that tactic won't work, anyway, depsite much stress on my part
about how busy it would be for christmas shopping I found the queue was no
longer than average, so I barely had to wait at all.

"Sandra" wrote in message ...
I have to stick in my two-cents worth...

As a current resident of Tampa and a former resident of St Pete, your
comment about the location of the Dali made me smile.

There's A LOT of territorialism here in the Bay Area. The Dali museum is in
St Petersburg, not Tampa. However, I can understand your confusion. After
all, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are in St Pete - and the St Pete Times Forum
(a sports and concert arena) is in Tampa.

Oh yes, I was confused the WHOLE time I was there. I thought we were
staying in Clearwater, but really, we were in Indian Rocks Beach. I
never did figure out where the major cities were in relation to one
another (Tampa and St. Pete). And the airport in all the search
engines is called "Tampa/St. Petersburg".

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01

After four babies I can hardly think of anywhere I haven't nursed. I've nursed
in many museums, at several funerals, at political events, while chairing
meetings, at my kids' school, at football games, at concerts and plays, at
banquets surrounded by strangers, just about anywhere I've happened to be,
basically.

Leslie