Breastfeeding in Public!!!

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Permalink Reply by Bale on September 2, 2008 at 12:53pm

A couple years ago this issue appeared on "dear abby". It was about a mother breast feeding her child while sitting on a bench in the park. Abby suggested that she should have gone to the park restroom and feed the child. Needless to say, she was bombarded with letters of disagreement and her office was inundated with phone calls from unhappy people who all told her in no uncertain terms that she was way off the mark on this one. She picked 3 or 4 letters for the public. I still remember in one of the letters someone wrote that breast feeding is one of the most beautiful and noble acts of nature, and no way, shud be relegated to the most unpleasant spot in the public park, the restroom. This same person continued that society as a whole was allowing gays to come out of the proverbial closet, we would all be hypocrites if we wont allow this beautiful act of nursing a baby out in the open.

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Permalink Reply by Reapi Nayacakalou-Kubunavuravura on September 2, 2008 at 1:28pm

Good on Fiji mothers - we do what we gotta do and I agree with Bale that this is one of the most beautiful and noble acts of nature!!!! If there are mothers who are not comfortable a little cape as Ellie has described below would work well...otherwise - go for it!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tupou Baleitavuki on September 2, 2008 at 2:50pm

I would say go for it....I mean the very person who is so against this act probably went throught the very thing while she/he was a baby .....stop this hypocrisy act and let mothers do wat they gotta do!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tinai Hannah on September 2, 2008 at 2:52pm

hahaha you go MOTHERS!!! Thanks Tupou, I had a good laugh when I read your reply...tru mada! Almost everyone of us had to go thru that huh :)

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Permalink Reply by RAM KARAN on February 4, 2010 at 9:21am

Reapi - iko mo lai Baby feed taki Macake tu mada in public goneiii !!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Reapi Nayacakalou-Kubunavuravura on February 4, 2010 at 6:02pm

sa kua sa la gonei @ Ram karan.......o ko qori - e sa vakarisiyate tu mada la na balavu ni savu ni yamena...va evei mo drau lai vei vakasucumi mada yani kina o kemudrau?????????????

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Permalink Reply by y2K on September 3, 2008 at 8:49pm

go get 'em buna's...

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Permalink Reply by Fane Ofahenghaue-Yaca on September 4, 2008 at 11:41am

mothers cannot deny the hunger of a baby...its their own right in their own world to feed them at anytime!!
Thanks to Fiji Mothers.....'breastfeeding is safe & healthy'...promote if for healthy babies and healthy living...adious.

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Permalink Reply by Vatunivuata on September 4, 2008 at 6:09pm

its cheaper available 24/7 right temperature (rather than rancid milk) and the issue is with those who seem to think otherwise!! I still breastfeed my 2 year old son wherever and whenever ... has never been an issue at choir practice restaurants parks etc. gets tiring and adds to weight gain every now and then but a peaceful and healthy baby is what i'd rather have then a sickly one...

Tinaidiaka

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Permalink Reply by Kimuli on September 4, 2008 at 6:26pm

Yes, thank you all for your opinions and advice.....recent studies have been done concerning breastfeeding, the longer a mother breastfeeds her child the higher the IQ. So, food for thought I am definitely going to do it to my child and besides when we think about it we are smarter then we really think we are because we were drinking our mothers milk for quiet a time. So, for this people coming up with this policy I think they didn't have enough breast milk for them to form complete thoughts.

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Permalink Reply by NiteDrox on May 5, 2009 at 4:57pm

The baby doesn't know where the location of the mum is...when they are hungry they have to eat whether in public or private.

Its one of the most loveliest of scene...very natural infact!

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Permalink Reply by Wota on May 5, 2009 at 5:12pm

When a baby is hungry,regardless of the place they are in,the
mother has to feed him.And aso very healthy milk.
Go for it mothers.

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