Tells of public breastfeeding....

Let me be the first to say that I always try to be considerate about where I breastfeed and who I am breastfeeding in front of. I often resort to a bottle in public or in front of company, but that just leaves me feeling guilty for giving her formula. I know that most people feel like even though breastfeeding is a natural wonderful way to nourish your child they still would rather you do it behind closed doors. And God knows that I have always tried to find a place to do that. I have feed Lillian in the back seat of my car in random parking lots, in restaurant bathrooms, and in half of the dressing rooms at the Galleria. But the thing is that when you are out in the world and your child needs to eat you just feed them. Even if that means giving the Boardwalk Fries man and a few other strangers a little peep show because your six month is determined to pull at the blanket that you have oh so conveniently draped across your shoulder. That happened to be the case today anyway while we were downtown at The Market. While my sister managed to not only discreetly but elegantly get her son to latch on and have a quite meal, I fought with Lillian as she tried to expose me to the world. The bigger she gets the harder she is to hide under a blanket when she needs to eat; which brings us to the "Hooter Hider". It is basically exactly what it says that it is, a stylish giant drape that will hide you and your hungry child from the rest of the world. But until I can bring myself to buy one-they are almost $50 bucks- I guess that I will just have to stick to feeding Lillian in back alleys and public bathrooms.