India Knight: Well, pardon my breasts

The Sunday Times ^ | March 2, 2003 | India Knight

[MadIvan]

For your comment and debate. (ducking)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[DainBramage]

I thought thats what "put it on the Barbie" meant in the first place. <|:)

[Red Dog #1]

Breast feeding certainly is a good think. But also not causing a distraction by bringing a small child to a place of business is a good thing for the child and others.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Breastfeeding is natural, and good for both mother and child,

So is changing dipers. I would rather they didn't do that in public either.

[TADSLOS]

What's another couple of boobs in Parliament? At least they're productive boobs.

[PhilDragoo]

Nothing wrong with breastfeeding one's child in Parliament, nothing wrong at all.

No, my distinguished colleagues, I rise today to protest the puffy pregnant face of Hitlery Rod 'Em--

--at every moment I fear that lumpy mask of hate will explode with a thousand reptilian aliens, screeching and flying about the chamber on leathery bat wings.

[Ditter]

Of course its natural & normal & good for the child, but I think its something that should be done in private, if possible. I don't want to watch & I don't think mothers should want to be watched. Yes, I'm a woman.

[talleyman]

I thought thats what "put it on the Barbie" meant in the first place. <|:)

We have a winner!

[annyokie]

A tasteful shawl would have been nice to cover the child and the (apparently) offending breast.

Women who bare-breasted breastfeed in Western society are exhibitionists, IMHO. There are many discreet clothing items that one can wear and still feed little Junior without puplic display.

[Nobodys_Perfect]

DOUBLE BUMP

[unspun]

Ladies, dress for it, put a little towel over the area and feed that baby in public.

The thing that outrages me is to see parents taking babies and children into LOUD ROCK CONCERTS.

[Tax-chick]

Ladies, dress for it, put a little towel over the area and feed that baby in public

All the time. Excellent clothes available from Motherwear.com, or ElizabethLee Designs, if you can sew.

I personally prefer having a private room available, not because of nursing, but because of all the diaper changes, especially with a newborn.

Now tell all those non-breastfeeding women to put some clothes on already!

[MeekMom]

I don't see why any mother should hide under a blanket or another room. How dumb is that?
There's no shame in doing what God created us to do.
This is just downright silly.
This is natural and people just need to get over it.

[Tax-chick]

I don't see why any mother should hide under a blanket or another room. How dumb is that?

I just feel more comfortable nursing in private, if possible, especially compared to nursing in the House of Commons, which is very crowded. I like to be able to talk to my babies, to check their positioning, etc., without disturbing others.

This is natural and people just need to get over it.

Yes and no. Different things are appropriate in different situations. I think courtesy to others includes making reasonable efforts to nurse discreetly.

Emphasis on "reasonable." I'm not going to stay home for a year because a few people are sex-crazed idiots. Make that "sex-crazed idiots who hate babies," which really just about describes modern Western culture, doesn't it?

[Tax-chick]

Is "India Knight" a woman, a terrorist organization, a KCIE, or what?

[KarlInOhio]

It certainly would make C-SPAN more interesting.

[MadIvan]

India Knight is the lady's name.

Regards, Ivan

[Teacher317]

Why should a nursing mother be penalised for other people’s uncomfortable thoughts?

Same logic for public sexual intercourse...
and guns...
and diaper-changes at the restaurant table...
and watching sausages get made...

If we're not going to let a little discomfort-of-others stop breast-feeding, well then you're going to get a few other unintended consequences, my friend.

[Teacher317]

I don't see why any mother should hide under a blanket or another room. How dumb is that?
There's no shame in doing what God created us to do.
This is just downright silly.
This is natural and people just need to get over it.

So you won't mind if my spouse and I 'go for it' in our front yard? How about in the booth next to you at Red Lobster? God created us to celebrate our union and be fruitful and multiply, after all.