What type of 'feeder' are you?

[Inkah]

Are you very cautious, do you seek out the darkest corner of the room to feed?

Or..

Do you just whip it out when baby is hungry?

I guess this question is rather vague..I have my boundaries just as I am sure you guys do too. The most 'ballsy' feeding I have ever done was at Walmart. She was hungry and I couldn't bring myself to feed her in the bathroom (where there was NO chair). I cover myself with a blanket so there is no skin showing. I have actually done this several times. I have walked around Walmart feeding her before and nobody knew what was going on. :) Or I guess if they did, they didn't make a deal of it.

At home, I just whip it out for her. It seems I have one tit just hanging out from 8pm until morning. :lol

[Busty McBust]

I am very modest when NIP, too modest, because there really is no reason to be so shy about it. At home I just whip it out.

[mum]

i guess i am a 'whipper out-er' but i am a modest one in that i never just hang a breast out in public. i don't really try to be modest i just wear tops that are convenient for modest nursing. i have nursed the kids while they rode in a cart at the mall! :lol

i nurse everywhere and i never really worry about what people think. i always make sure that i have a hand ready to cover the nipple though just in case dd whips off to check out a sound. i hate it when she does that! :lmao


for some reason it just seems that if my nipple isn't showing then noone will be offended! :rofl

[jo477]

I've never been comfortable nursing in public. at home if we don't have people over I just let it all hang out. If there are others around I just go to our nursing chair in my bedroom . I have often said my ds and dh would be happy if I were topless all the time. ;)

[Dea]

It used to scare the crap out of me, but I got over it. I will nurse anywhere, at any time and Dog help the person who has a problem with it.

[cidole2]

I was modest at first when NIP, mainly due to my lack of skill in coordinating everything so I wouldn't be flashing the crowds. Never had to worry about being overly modest at home or around close friends or family. Once I felt confident I nursed anywhere, anytime and we were out most of the time.

[Clutterbug]

When we're out in public, I will look for a quiet, out of the way spot. Not really because I'm incredibly modest, but because DS is so easily distracted that if I tried to nurse him "out in the open" he wouldn't end up eating much anyway.

At home I pretty much just whip it out. I have to remember to check myself before I go out to make sure that my bra flaps are both up ;)

[Babyface]

In the beginning, I was very shy about the whole thing. When ds was about 8 or 9 months, I got better about NIP. Now that he is a toddler, I only nurse him in a changing room or a separate room, unless I can distract him enough 'til we get home.

[kwl718]

I really don't give it much thought. I try not to flash everyone but I don't bother with dark corners or blankets. I've found that, with a shirt that is slightly too loose and big, pulled up from the bottom, I can be pretty discrete. People know what I'm doing, but they can't actually see much of anything.

Before he became too nosy to nurse in public (at 10 months he MUST know what's going on everywhere and has to be nursed in a dark, quiet room), I nursed DS#2 pretty much everywhere, even at office parties. No one ever said a thing.

The worst was probably at Walmart. He was fussing to be fed, so I looked all around for a place to sit down and nurse him. The only chair I could find was a folding camp chair in the hunting department, where they keep all the guns and ammo and stuff. So, I sat down there. It was pretty funny to see all the tough guys, including the guy who worked there, peeking out from behind displays to see if I was done and and if it was safe to come out. I felt kind of sorry for them, but not sorry enough to leave the store or walk endlessly looking for a chair.

[BlueEeyore]

My dad lives with us. When he's around, I nurse whenever and wherever I want, but I try to keep covered with a big T shirt. When at a mall, I nurse in a fitting room. When outside in public (like the zoo), I nurse out in the open - but I try to find a secluded bench (more for my dd's sake than others'). And other times I'm out an about, I nurse in my car. I will also nurse in a restaurant - but I prefer to do it at a booth. At all times, in public, I am careful to keep my breast covered - but I don't cover dd's head with a blanket anymore.

[flosswrangler]

When ds was a newborn I wouldn't, I would find a bathroom or somewhere to feed him, mostly because dh encouraged me to do so. Around 3 months old I got the hang of covering myself and ds and I were fine with it. I always did make sure I had a receiving blanket over him I don't care to embaress anyone. Before I bf, I was a little embarassed about seeing others, but now I am not.
This summer we were at a softball tourney and ds needed to eat and dh actually asked me to go back to the car, I was outraged so when he went and played milk bottles I sat on a picnic table by myself and bf him with just the receiving blanket on and when dh came back ds was in a good mood and asked him if was going to feed him and I explained to him I already did, he was quite impressed.
Dh never did come around to accepting nip, but am sure for the next one he will.

[stink wERINkle]

With my first baby, I was so scared to NIP that I didn't do it. At all. For the entire year I nursed him.
But now with baby #2, it has become so easy. I don't even use a blanket, I just pull my shirt down so it covers everything. I find that blankets are just too hot.

[Emilly]

I nurse where ever when ever. No I don't just wip it out, but I'm not going to nurse in a bathroom either. When DD #1 was first starting out, I would go out to the car or something like that, but now I have nursed in the middle of a crouded mall. If she's hungry she's gonna eat. ANd most of the tiem noe one really knows what I'm doing anyways ;)

[divy]

When ds is hungry and I'm out, I'm ususally too concerned with feeding him before he starts screaming, than I am with being discreet. And I find if I just look at him while I feed him, I avoid any nasty glares coming my way ;)

[Turtle Monkey]

I'm a whipper-outer. I don't know how it happened, but I feed him whereever in front of whomever. :lol

[snarky]

I'm fairly casual about it - with three older children plus a baby I used to NIP all the time. Between my slings and my nursing dresses most people couldn't even tell that she was nursing!

Now that my baby is three I find myself NIP a lot less often because she is so busy with other stuff. If she does ask to nurse, it is usually because she's feeling overwhelmed and wants to go home.

[Dogzilla]

I was very unsure of myself at first, but after all of the travelling we have done and the amount of time spent on planes, in airports and eating in restaurants, I got over my NIP phobia. Now I whip out whenever and wherever.

[beachbum]

Are you very cautious, do you seek out the darkest corner of the room to feed?
With my first child I did. But after four bf babies you kind of lose that modesty that you once had. Plus now I see it has I am doing a beautiful thing for my child. It is not like I am showing my whole breast to the world. And if I am feeding my dd and you are that close to me that you can see skin then I would like to ask why are you looking that close to my breast. Are you a prevert?

Do you just whip it out when baby is hungry? Well it depends on the situation. If I can find a nice cozy place that is out of the way I will secretly nurse but I have ran into one situation where that didn't happen and I got so angry that I just pulled the breast out and feed my dc. My fil decided that he had to go into every room no matter what I was doing. So I just finally sat on the couch in the living room and pull it out. Oh the comment I got.

Out of his mouth he said that I reminded him of a old lady that they show on geographic in Africa feeding her child. I almost fell to the ground. First what was he doing looking at my breast that close. Sick! I wasn't showing much of it. At least that is what my dh said. And second how could he be so narrow minded in his views.

[momma2kai]

Up until ds was about 3 mos. old I had to have the Boppy to nurse him. He was so big that it made it very difficult to hold him and my boob at the same time. During that time I would generally nurse him in the car if we were out somewhere. I was afraid to NIP.

Now he's almost 11 mos. old and I just whip it out now. He nurses in the sitting position so usually I'll just take a blanket and cover him, or if I have a big shirt on, he'll just stick his head up under the shirt!

At home I just whip it out. Dh has never said anything about NIP. He figures if I don't care if other people see, than neither does he.

[midwifemom]

I have always thought using a blanket to cover my nursing baby was like putting up a huge flag that reads "IM NURSING MY BABY"

I lift my shirt, and am careful not to expose myself to the world, but if a split second of nip shows, I'm not freaking out. I've been nursing too long for that.

[mouthySCUM]

I whip it out :lol If I am tired I will go get the keys for the nursing room at the mall and relax in their kick ass rocking chair though. Other then that DD has been nursed while walking about the mall, walking about Walmart, grocery shopping. If she needs to eat then she does. I always make sure I am wearing a shirt that makes NIP less obvious but I don't obsess over whether a bit of titty flesh is showing. In Walmart alone I hardly think a quick peek of my breast is going to be the worst thing a kid could see. The kids are the only people I worry about too, adults who have issues with NIP can feel free to share their concerns with me ;)

[Russian Doll]

I'm pretty much a whipper outer too. I could care less if someone saw my boob. I've got pretty nice boobs :liteboobs (at least until I stop nursing and then they become this :saggy )

My big thing is that no one sees my side flab. Now that's just not something people should see!

[saffronne]

I think half the city has seen my boobahs by now :lol I try to be discreet, but I nursed when and where I pleased. I figure that there are lingerie ads in newspapers that show as much or more skin than I was likely to show, so who cares?

[Christina]

Well, I've had to get accustomed to hangin it all out there, cause Gen is 9 mos, and likes to look aroudn when nursing, taking my boob with her. :lol It is rather embarrassing to me, so I try not to do it unless I have to. I have big hooters too, so it is hard to nurse discreetly in the first place.

[Maximus]

I try to be discreet about it, but I don't run for the car or anything. I have found tucking a blanket around the baby works better than draping. No one can see unless they look over my shoulderm and then, well I guees they deserve it.;)

[AJBE]

At home, I pretty much whip it out, but in public or in someone else's house I am much more discreet - I don't go skulking in dark corners, but do try to find some place quiet.

[Pseudonymph]

for some reason it just seems that if my nipple isn't showing then noone will be offended!

I agree. Boob flesh is OK, and I'll show the world that all day long, but I try not to show anything else. Rosie is sometimes slow to latch, though, so my nipple is often hanging out there longer than I'd like. At home or around family member's houses, I just discreetly whip it out and hope she gets right to work.

I find that I am most uncomfortable when other people are near me, such as sharing the same couch. The mall is so wide open it doesn't bother me. I usually go to the family restroom to nurse in the nursing room though, just because I have to keep Ian contained.

[Nova]

I nurse anywhere, anytime in front of anyone. I have from day one.

[DEE]

im modest while nip, I dont always use a blanket but i try to not let it all hang out kwim?
It gets harder the older they get cause they just flip your shirt up lol...

[Pinkle]

At home, I just whip it out. I have a fear of NIP, but it's getting much better lately. I just pick a quiet corner and feed my dd.

[Ferrety]

Jacob has always been a very active nurser, so I've had to cope with the fact that he will flash a room at least once or twice in a feeding if I'm in public. Oh well. If someone gets offended, they don't have to look. Since coming to terms with this, I've been pretty much the "whip it out" type. What's odd though, is that I'm still very modest about much of the rest of my body. I've NEVER worn shorts, even in the summer, even in high school when I was a size 3, because I don't want to show off my legs. Since having a baby, I won't show anyone my belly button because it's so ugly now. But the boob? Here, have a look, LOL!

[Hermsbiggestfan]

I used to be very concerned about nursing in public, but after 10 months of nursing I can do it most anywhere and at anytime. I feel proud to be nursing and I think it shows support to other mothers who are doing so or considering doing so. I wouldn't take my daughter into a bathroom to do it. I used to just wait for someone to come up and tell me I could not do it in public. I had a mouthful ready for them, but the world has been oddly accepting, wich is a good thing, considering my daughter wants to eat every 5 minutes and often stares longingly at my breasts with the dedication and fervor my boyfriend once had.

[Maevele]

When HQ was smaller, I whipped it out almost anywhere. I never used a blanket, but I wear big shirts most of the time, and just refused to let people make me feel weird about it. Now that he's almost 2, we try not to nurse in public so much, partially because he has to either climb into my shirt, or haul it up off the other boobie whenever possible, and because I just don't want to get into it with every uninformed jackass on the planet about nursing such a "big kid"

[The Ladybug's Mom]

I never went anywhere, because I didn't want to be confronted with having to do it while in public. Yep, I was a hermit for the first 7 months, and it was okay. At home it's a different story, I just whip the suckers out:liteboobs

[Jane]

I am discreet.

[Lasagna]

I nurse her whenever she needs it, regardless of where we are.

I don't use any blankets, yet nothing shows.

Very few people have ever even realized that I was nursing, unless they had reason to know (like dh saying to someone looking for me, "oh, she's over there nursing the baby").

When she was distractible, I sought out quieter places though.