tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post4106310708072185151..comments2024-03-24T12:47:49.253-04:00Comments on Dou-la-la: What Would You Do, Breastfeeding EditionAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019907275666753543noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-65559140630144946082010-05-16T20:36:47.775-04:002010-05-16T20:36:47.775-04:00i am nursing and drinking a delicious beer right n...i am nursing and drinking a delicious beer right now :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-31430982260168489132010-05-16T09:56:46.077-04:002010-05-16T09:56:46.077-04:00I didn't watch the show and hadn't realize...I didn't watch the show and hadn't realized they'd done that. How stupid. WTG ABC for making our lives more difficult. I occasionally have a drink and nurse my child. And it's absolutely fine to do so. I tell my nursing friends the same, and point them to the information in Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding or to his website with the same information. Having a drink or two does not mean you have to pump and dump, feed your baby previously pumped milk, or substitute formula for a feeding or two (which I find pretty sad, actually!).Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502841060861789460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-63793014110302838422010-05-16T07:55:35.208-04:002010-05-16T07:55:35.208-04:00I never watched this before and tuned in for the b...I never watched this before and tuned in for the breastfeeding segment, but the woman getting abused by her boyfriend was what bothered me most. I was pleased overall with the breastfeeding part. You're right about the beer--I hadn't thought of it that way. I wonder why they didn't have the actresses ready to quote facts. Come to think of it, I noticed that the acting may have slipped at that point. It was like she didn't believe what she was saying, and thought it was funny. A good example of how women are seen as public property when they are pregnant/nursing.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154415218933660079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-91775555811191413712010-05-16T01:42:40.873-04:002010-05-16T01:42:40.873-04:00While I sent out the message for folks to watch th...While I sent out the message for folks to watch this on my FB page I ended up forgetting to watch it myself (too busy bark mulching!) so I am thankful to you for sharing what happened. :)Melodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859568015767404451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-62362844588480066842010-05-16T01:33:15.898-04:002010-05-16T01:33:15.898-04:00That's a really good distinction to be aware o...That's a really good distinction to be aware of, Gina, thank you! I'll try to make sure I'm reflecting that language as well, whenever it comes up.<br /><br />I was thinking about watching some of the other segments, like an overweight woman being insulted by slim young hotties, or a lecherous man luring a plastered woman out of a bar, but I'm already feeling ill. Think I'll go to bed instead.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019907275666753543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-9834858193749229752010-05-16T01:22:03.842-04:002010-05-16T01:22:03.842-04:00I was really disappointed by this segment. I had b...I was really disappointed by this segment. I had been excited for it all week and was really let down. I felt like they should have spoken more about the actual rights of breastfeeding mothers (and of course, babies) as well as what you've said about the last portion of the segment. Absolutely ridiculous.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378921984835830938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-61813216882263299162010-05-16T01:16:11.766-04:002010-05-16T01:16:11.766-04:00I just finished watching my DVR'd version of t...I just finished watching my DVR'd version of this about ten minutes ago. I was SOOOOO annoyed by the beer part. WHY did that have anything to do with nursing in public? The two aren't even related. It seems to me they just wanted to end the segment with a mother doing something "wrong", or something that most people would find wrong, and somehow wrap up the Nursing In Public issue that way. WTF ABC??<br /><br />Also, the "breastfeeding is legal" language always PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF. The fact is there are a lot of things that are "legal" but not protected by law. It's "legal" to pick your nose in public, but does that means it's PROTECTED BY LAW? Uh, NO. Breastfeeding in my state is so protected that a mother can sue any establishment that tries to tell her not to. You can't sue someone for asking you not to pick your nose in their restaurant. There is a DIFFERENCE between "legal" and "protected."<br /><br />Everytime I see one of those dipshits on Twitter harassing nursing mothers I make sure I use the "protected" language, instead of just saying NIP is legal.TheFeministBreederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870473200937110378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-34990909053133925882010-05-16T00:12:45.592-04:002010-05-16T00:12:45.592-04:00I thought the beer thing was totally unnecessary -...I thought the beer thing was totally unnecessary - but I was most amazed at the physical reaction I had to the moms being singled out and how awful I felt, even to the point of tears, when they were being mistreated by the manager.<br /><br />I was so upset just watching it, I can't imagine how it would have been to be a person confronted like that. After breastfeeding my two kiddos many, many, many times over a three year period, I not once EVER had someone say something to me... I feel awful for those that have.Marketing Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092466674384204546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-80285804988291851672010-05-16T00:07:21.479-04:002010-05-16T00:07:21.479-04:00Oh yeah, I remember that case. Major ARGH.
And y...Oh yeah, I remember that case. Major ARGH. <br /><br />And you're absolutely right about the way they treated him. The whole Everyday Hero Post-Event Interview treatment was exactly how they framed it, including the line "Oh, I only did what anyone would do,' like he had just rescued a barrelful of drowning kittens from a burning building or something.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019907275666753543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-32971376910211565362010-05-15T23:59:55.528-04:002010-05-15T23:59:55.528-04:00I finally caught the episode and no longer feel t...I finally caught the episode and no longer feel the need to blog about it because you've basically said everything that I would have. Totally irresponsible to act like drinking a beer while breastfeeding is some heinous act. I HATED the way they lauded the guy who gave the mom a tongue lashing over ordering a beer. They acted like it was a GOOD THING that this guy intervened and asked the mom to please not breastfeed her baby while having the beer. This kind of thing worries me, not only for the reasons you've listed, but what would happen if someone called the cops? I have nursed my baby while drinking a beer at my favorite sports bar. No one seemed to even notice, but what if they had? I think we all remember that case a few months ago where the woman accused of breastfeeding her baby while drunk lost custody of her child (the one who called 911 because her boyfriend was beating her and then SHE ended up getting arrested). SIGH.Elitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294923997458681675noreply@blogger.com