I remember being a first-time mom lactating in the middle of grocery shopping because my son started making those tiny hungry newborn noises (got those mammaries going every time!). This was long before the time of baby-friendly restrooms, so I left the shopping to my DH and returned to the car park for to hide discreetly in the car and take care of business with my baby.
I can certainly understand this young new mom's frustration. She did try to find a ladies room; but, I think I would have trudged the 12 doors down to get to one, rather than take chances on the merchant's furnishings.
We really are living a double standard in the USA - promoting sex to our adolescents with near pornography on TV, in fashion magazines and billboards and their stage idols' scanty costuming, while attacking breast feeding in public. It doesn't make any sense.
Susan - good grief about the fellow who behaved inappropriately! Thankfully, even though I had to travel quite a bit with my little ones, I never had that creepy experience.
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I remember being a first-time mom lactating in the middle of grocery shopping because my son started making those tiny hungry newborn noises (got those mammaries going every time!). This was long before the time of baby-friendly restrooms, so I left the shopping to my DH and returned to the car park for to hide discreetly in the car and take care of business with my baby.
I can certainly understand this young new mom's frustration. She did try to find a ladies room; but, I think I would have trudged the 12 doors down to get to one, rather than take chances on the merchant's furnishings.
We really are living a double standard in the USA - promoting sex to our adolescents with near pornography on TV, in fashion magazines and billboards and their stage idols' scanty costuming, while attacking breast feeding in public. It doesn't make any sense.
Susan - good grief about the fellow who behaved inappropriately! Thankfully, even though I had to travel quite a bit with my little ones, I never had that creepy experience.
April 24, 2009 - 4:18pmThis Comment
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