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nursing in public

// June 15th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Motherhood, The Grays, Travel

last month i posted about breastaurants and how i was learning to love them since nursing in public was scary to me. now after traveling half way around the world and taking long day trips in europe, i am happy to announce i no longer have a fear of nursing in public!  i was forced to learn the skill during our travels, and now i’m a pro. i can nurse anywhere.

while i was gone, i kept a mental list of all the bizzare places i nursed and thought it would be fun to share.

top 10 places i have nursed:

10. on an airplane next to the window.  we were all alone in the isle and nick had to help do all the covering and holding the blanket.  i was so nervous. i was just a rookie then.

9. on an airplane next to an unknown man.  at least he was a father. again nick helped cover me. perhaps this is when i started to be more comfortable.

8. in an airport with strangers sitting straight across from me.

7. back seat of a mini-van at a rest stop while nick’s brother and grandparents waited outside. at this point i still hadn’t mastered the cover up bit, so i had to ask them to leave.  besides, i couldn’t nurse while in a moving vehicle, right? (more…)

breastaurants

// May 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Motherhood, Rachel

i love all of the benefits of breastfeeding, and hope to do it for a year, but when people say it’s convenient i’m not too sure i agree with them.  over the past seven weeks, i’ve had several options when it comes to being gone from the house:

  • time the feeding and outing just right. feed her before heading out the door then return within three hours of the time the feeding began.  which usually gives me around 2 1/2 hours.
  • bring a bottle of expressed milk with me.  this usually works when going to someones house where i can go pump right after i feed her.  but i might as well have just gone to that room to feed her in the first place.  when out elsewhere it’s hard to find a way to heat the bottle and waiting to pump when we return home sometimes interferes with the next feeding.
  • nurse in public.  i haven’t tried this one yet still working on the skills it takes to juggle a baby, remove/pull up clothing all while hiding under a blanket.  no, i’m not comfortable enough to fore-go the covering. maybe i need to get one of those sweet covers that ties around your neck.
  • find a breastaurant.  this is my preferred choice and the main focus of this blog given my recent experience.

first let me say, the term breastaurant came from none other than my church bulletin!  it’s simply a more exciting name for a nursing lounge. (more…)