Taking the Scenic Route

I am a bit late chiming in here, but the subject has been on my mind since the show aired. 

I am astonished that people think a bottle of formula is an appropriate substitute for nursing.  Why is an artificial breast fine, but the real one disgusting in some way?  It makes no sense at all.  Plus, there are a lot of babies who do not cope well with formula.  I really don’t think it is fair for my child to be miserable and constipated for a week or two because some narrow minded fool can’t act like a human being.   

I also laughed myself silly when I hear people talking about breastfeeding ‘discreetly’.  Have you ever been a parent?  Granted, some children will tolerate being under a blanket, but certainly not mine.  I did try for a while and realized how foolish it was.  In the first place, if I used a blanket it caused a huge amount of attention to what I was doing.  If I just nursed him, people would stand there and talk to me and my child, even touching his check and hair without realizing that I was nursing at all.  I find it terribly amusing that it is very likely a anti-NIP person probably oooh-ed and awe-ed over my child, not realizeing I was nursing at the time.  So, which sounds more discreet to you? 

Second, who wants to eat under a blanket?  (or in a bathroom)  Babies are people and have as much right to common decency as everybody else.  If we suggested that elderly people need to eat in the bathroom or under a blanket because they drool, people would be outraged.  How is a baby an less of a person? 

 I am ready to have my second child in January.  This time around, I will keep a blanket in my diaper bag.  If somebody asks me to cover up, I will happily place a blanket on their head so nobody has to look at their attitude.