Wordless Wednesday: A baby’s right to eat

by phdinparenting on April 28, 2009

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Image credit: Ontario Human Rights Commission

Tagged as: breastfeeding in public, nursing in public, ontario human rights commission, wordless wednesday

{ 15 comments… read them below or add one }

1 phdinparenting April 28, 2009 at 11:45 pm

Just noticed they forgot the “T” in breastfeed. Not good. But a great poster anyways.

2 desiree fawn April 28, 2009 at 11:46 pm

fabulous! missing t or not!

3 Noble Savage April 29, 2009 at 8:45 am

Beautiful.

4 MommyNamedApril April 29, 2009 at 9:17 am

very nice

5 jane April 29, 2009 at 10:05 am

Yes!

(but how strange there’s that typo.)

6 milkmama April 29, 2009 at 11:13 am

I like!

7 Brenda April 29, 2009 at 11:36 am

Absolutely Beautiful.

8 Angela England April 29, 2009 at 11:47 am

I have ALWAYS said that. A grown adult does not get to trump the rights of a helpless newborn simply because he can’t get over himself long enough for my child to finish eating. An adult can choose to leave, walk away, LOOK away. A baby cannot choose to not be hungry. Grow up and be a man and defend the basic needs of a baby who cannot fend for himself.

Well done.

Angela <

9 Loukia April 29, 2009 at 3:58 pm

Beautiful.

10 Leigh September 15, 2009 at 7:15 pm

There’s no missing T! Did they fix it or what?

11 phdinparenting September 15, 2009 at 9:19 pm: I guess they did! That’s great.

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12 Trish November 28, 2009 at 6:42 pm

I totally agree with the poster.

My husband was horrified at the thought of me nursing in the grocery store when our son got hungry during shopping trips (he was embarassed to be in the room when his younger sister nursed her children). I showed him that I could do it discreetly, without a lot of offense to strangers, and he’s better now. I’ve even had ladies come up to me in the store and ask if I’m nursing, and tell me all about how they nursed all their children and they think it’s wonderful, and they’re glad I thought enough of others to cover my breast so as to not embarass anyone or make them uncomfortable.

I have yet to have a stranger tell me that I shouldn’t be feeding my child in public. I imagine that it will happen one day. There’s no telling what my reply will be if/when that happens. Let’s all hope I can maintain civility. I’m not sure that will be the case if I’m ever told that I should be in the restroom feeding my child, like the horror stories I’ve heard from some women on the internet.

I think it’s sad that so many people care what a woman does with her breasts, or how she feeds her child, as long as the child is being fed like it should be (as opposed to being started on solids too early, or given inappropriate things, like candy or caffiene as infants, etc.).

13 kblogger February 2, 2010 at 12:35 pm