Comments on: Why Do People Make Such a Fuss?

By: Christy

Christy — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:27:14 +0000

I nursed my daughter during take-off on four flights recently. I am a little shy, so I had my husband hold a blanket like a curtain, b/c my daughter will not nurse with a blanket over her. HOWEVER, I am probably on the extreme end with being discreet and I don’t feel that anyone has to be. Is this not a most basic right?

This is so sad, that this flight attendant got away with this and still has a job. Scratch that, I believe they don’t like to be called a stewardess….this stewardess clearly wasn’t breastfed, she’s probably just bitter with her Mommy. Or she’s offended b/c she was sexually abused. Either way, she has the problem here.

Michael, why don’t you learn how to spell (or type) before posting things online…ignorant fool. I guess Mommy didn’t give you the good milk either. Is the stewardess your sister?

By: Blanket of Shame

Blanket of Shame — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:23:55 +0000

As a mom, this really steams me. I walk around the city and see images of breasts every day – on TV, on posters, on the sides of buses – but a real woman using her breast for its intended purpose? Dirty dirty shame!
The issue here is that our society only allows breasts to see the light of day if they’re being sexy AND selling something.

By: Janice (5 Minutes for Mom)

Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:43:50 +0000

I agree with you wholeheartedly!

I simply can not IMAGINE being kicked off a plane because I was breastfeeding!!!!!! I breastfed everywhere! good grief people – it is what the breast was designed for!!!!!!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:27:44 +0000

Michael –

I definitely get the impression you’re looking for an arguement. However, I will note that you have no understanding of breast feeding.

First of all, she was within the law of the state she was in. Secondly, many babies simply do not tolerate being covered up while breastfeeding. Third, she was on an airplane. If someone in her aisle was bothered by it, the stewardess should have looked at moving that person. Remember that most people cannot see you on an airplane as the seat backs are too high.

By: Jessica Duquette

Jessica Duquette — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:17:34 +0000

Oh, my goodness, I think I must have been very lucky, or very unconscious when I was nursing (1991-95)! I nursed my daughter until about two months before her fourth birthday, and I can only remember one time that someone said something rude to me. I was in the bank in Brattleboro, VT and this older woman told me she thought I was being inappropriate because I was nursing on the coach in the bank lobby.

I hope this woman turns her being kicked off the plane into a showcase lawsuit so this ridiculous issue can be finally laid to rest with a LAW that protects the act of nursing.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:19:27 +0000

It was not her breat feeding that caused the trouble but rather the fact that the woman would not cover her exposed breast. This is not unresonable, she was unreasonable, all she had to do was cover up a bit, but noooo, she had to take a stand, a foolish on at that. She got what she deserved.