Would you NIP under a cover at a family meal

[pugz]

do it, if they give you flack throw rolls at them

[MamaMaui24]

Absolutely. I have. Baby's gotta eat too!

[CloudBee]

Do it. We have had friends nurse at the table in restaurants before, and I expect to do the same.

[Brie]

Dec 18, 2012 10:56:28 GMT -5 pugz said:

do it, if they give you flack throw rolls at them

Yup.

[justjen]

I NIP under a cover all the damn time. I don't even worry about it. Kid's gotta eat. And poo on them if they judge.

[Brie]

Dec 18, 2012 11:00:20 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

The main thing I am worried about is my husband's cousin had a baby 2 weeks before me and she apparently has a lot of milk and always uses pumped bottles when out and about. So I don't know if people will judge me for not being able to do the same.

I honestly don't think anyone sane would think twice about this. You're projecting your own insecurities, I think.

[ssmjlm]

No, I would go out to the car, but then I would get some time away from the IL's, lol!!

But otherwise, I wouldn't give a crap.

[fbf2006]

I would nurse in the company of family and friends. I'm used to people doing it though.

[rosetyler]

I would absolutely do it. Everyone else is eating, baby should be able to, too!

[doctorsbaby]

I NIP anywhere we took DD, especially when she was that little. She went from zero to omfg, you never feed me in about 30 seconds flat. The only way to calm her down was to nurse her.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't care if you did at my family dinner. When I was bf'ing DD, my MIL would bolt from any room (including the back yard) she walked in to and I was doing it under a cover. That was super awkward.

[MamaMaui24]

My advice is to start feeding her before she starts to get too hungry and fussy. Once there is a crying baby, everyone is looking, everyone is trying to help, you are flustered, etc.

[knitty]

No, I wouldn't. Covers are stupid. If you're shy and want to be discreet it makes more sense to just nurse the damn baby rather than throw a huge flag over yourself to advertise the fact that you're feeding the baby.

[Deleted]

I nursed at our church's fall supper with people I barely knew without a cover. The cover hasn't worked since baby got bossy. So with a cover and with family? Without a second thought.

[Becca]

Of course I would.

[karinothing]

Yes, heck I would do it without a cover! The first couple months we went out ot eat I always nursed DS while eating. It was the only way any of us could eat. At a lot of places no one could even tell since I am shorty and the table comes up pretty high when sitting in a booth.

[zeewifeandmama]

I would and have done it with no hesitation. The one time my BIL asked why I didn't go to the bathroom I was fully covered by the way...I told him he was welcome to eat in the bathroom.

[speckledfrog]

I've nursed in front of both of our families, including at a restaurant. As long as your boob isn't out you should be good to go.

[bunch]

I would not hesitate.

[drloretta]

As a FFee, I just want to say I have zero problem with NIO and would mentally throat punch someone who had an issue with ir

[dcn]

Yes, I totally would! Baby's gotta eat, and who wants to eat in the bathroom? Gross.

[Deleted]

Yes, I NIP at restaurants many times & in front of family. If I'm at home I usually went to my bedroom to nurse but that's mostly because it gave me a chance to get away from the family.

[statlerwaldorf]

I would. There really aren't many other options. If I was at a family member's house, I could easily find a seat somewhere other than the table. But at restaurants usually all of the seats are taken by the doors and I wouldn't nurse in a normal bathroom.

[cinco]

Dec 18, 2012 12:49:42 GMT -5 L said:

Yes, I NIP at restaurants many times & in front of family. If I'm at home I usually went to my bedroom to nurse but that's mostly because it gave me a chance to get away from the family.

+1

[geneg]

I would and have NIP (without a cover) at a restaurant. No biggie.

[gibbinator]

I have. I typically wear a long fashion scarf and use that as a cover. It was less obvious I was nursing since I'd been wearing the scarf the whole time.

[SusanBAnthony]

I would and I wouldn't use a cover either. I am a dirty hippie like that. My family can shove it.

When I first went to a restaurant with DS, he was maybe two weeks old, and he needed to nurse. My sister and mom held up blankets all adoring me so I could get him latched on. I am sure every single person in that restaurant saw it and said WTF. I can look back and laugh now, but at the time I was mortified.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2012 11:13:26 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

My advice is to start feeding her before she starts to get too hungry and fussy. Once there is a crying baby, everyone is looking, everyone is trying to help, you are flustered, etc.

YES THIS, great great advice! Absolutely nurse, but do it a little early so she's calm. If you wait until she's hungry she'll be crying and you'll be flustered. If you can nurse when she's calm, I bet no one will even notice. If it's at a restaurant, I would nurse right between when you order and when the food comes. If the nursing session goes a little long and your food gets cold no biggie. But you don't want to have to be talking to the waitress while nursing KWIM?

[Deleted]

Do it. People might get weirded out but screw 'em! No way would I nurse in a bathroom unless it was for MY own comfort.

[sewpinkgal]

I think that is perfectly acceptable.

H's cousin that insisted on sitting at the "adult" table (the 45 and older crowd) to chat with people and then unzipping and peeling off the entire top of her dress to nurse her baby sans cover - that was a wee bit inappropriate. :/