Before my wife had our baby, I never knew that there was such a controversy over breast feeding in public. However, all of this changed when ever my daughter was born and my wife started to breastfeed while we were in restaurants or at the mall. At first we got some odd and disparaging looks from people, and a few people even made some comments to us as well. This despite the fact that my wife was using a cover-up, to help hide the fact that she was feeding our baby. This of course got me pretty hot under the collar, and I have to admit that I took a great interest in why so many people felt that breast-feeding was so inappropriate out in public.

This prompted me to do a lot of research on the subject and I found that there are some extremely adamant viewpoints on both sides, but while my opinion is biased, I have to say that I feel that people who are against breast-feeding in public, really have a weak argument. First of all, this isn’t an issue like secondhand smoke that can affect others, and whenever a woman is breast-feeding, this is not actually harming anyone’s health. In fact, it is quite the opposite and is a big part of helping to nurture a new life. Most of the arguments against breast-feeding in public truly have no merit or actual facts behind them. The people who feel this way honestly lack common sense, and feel that they have the right to tell others what they should and should not be doing.

If you have faced the same issues as my wife and I when it comes to breast-feeding in public, I simply can’t stress enough that you continue to do what you feel is right for you and your baby. Don’t feel like you have to take along a bottle of breast milk for her, simply because you are too embarrassed or worried about the scorn of others if you feed in public. This is your decision and yours alone. Allowing others to tell you that it is a disgusting act, or one that is offensive, is inherently wrong. As you will quickly learn whenever you have a baby, you will constantly be having others tell you what to do, and giving you advice. In the end, you have to have the strength and backbone to do what you feel is right, and not to allow others opinions to affect what you do for your baby.