This wonderful story of a lucky mum comes from the Natural Nursery Blog, it has cheered me up for the whole week!
If you have any happy breastfeeding in public stories this is the place to share them, I have never heard of anyone else being given chocolates though! I was often given glasses of water without asking which was brilliant because in almost 2 years of breastfeeding I forgot that it made me really thirsty every single time!
Have you found anywhere with understanding staff? Anywhere that someone has gone out of their way to make you comfortable? Please let us know!
Fay’s breastfeeding story – breastfeeding in public
Fay & Sam on the comfy chair
“Excuse me madam, were you about to breastfeed your baby” the waiter asked.
“Oh no” I thought, “here it comes.”
We were at a family party at a local restaurant with my 2-month old Samuel. I had heard stories of mums breastfeeding in public being asked to leave or cover up and I was expecting just this humiliation. I flushed deep red and nodded…
“Would you like a more comfortable chair” the waiter continued.
“Oh….yes, thank-you”, I was dumbfounded.
After changing my chair, the waiter then proceeded to bring me a complimentary cafetiere of decaffeinated coffee and chocolates. Talk about VIP treatment.
Sam is now 7 months old and I am still partially breastfeeding. I can’t say I’ve had this reception everywhere when I have been breastfeeding in public (more’s the pity) but I can certainly say I’ve never felt uncomfortable. I’ve been so surprised by how positive everyone around me and Sam has been, from the hospital staff, midwife and health visitor, family and friends and even complete strangers. It seems the world has woken up to benefits of breastfeeding and become more supportive of mums and babies. Even my ‘traditional’ father of 70 (who I never thought I could feed in front of) has been really relaxed about it.
My experience of breastfeeding Sam has been overwhelmingly wonderful. With each feed, from the first time I fed him 20 minutes after he was born to 20 minutes ago when he had his evening milk, I get real pleasure in knowing I’m giving him a great start in life and feel so close to him. I would recommend breastfeeding wholeheartedly to any new mum who is able to (and bring on the comfy chairs and chocolate).
That’s an amazing story! wonder if his partner had just had a baby or if this is standard practice in this establishment.
My dream is to open a feeding and child friendly tearoom and nice friendly staff will be a must!
I hope Fay wrote in a lovely letter to the owner praising the staff.
ps where is it? I could do with some chocolates!
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My own story: When my first child was nine months old, my husband and I were out with a friend I hadn’t seen for some time, who doesn’t have children. My baby got hungry, and I latched him on as usual without thinking about it much. My friend said approvingly “That’s just so beautiful and natural, isn’t it?” If she ever has children, I hope seeing me breastfeed will be a positive influence she can remember to help her.
Oh, another one I just remembered, with my 2nd baby: A girl of about eight or nine saw me latching my baby on and asked in surprise “What’s that baby doing?” After all the horror stories I’d heard about mothers complaining that they didn’t want their children seeing anything like THAT (oh, the horror, the horror), I was a bit nervous about explaining that she was having milk – what if her mother didn’t like me discussing it? But the mother smiled warmly and said “That’s right – and it’s the best way to feed babies, isn’t it?”
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