Quote Originally Posted by shais_mom
I've one better for you Donna. A couple years ago I was walking out of a shoe store and met a woman holding a toddler's hand and an infant in one of those slings across her body, breast feeding the infant, while walking into the store....
I realize that breast feeding is one of the most natural things in the world but I also think some discretion should be used. There was none in that case. When my sister breast fed my nephews it was a huge production, she had to prop him up with pillows- she had pillows all around him and herself and covered up with a blanket. That is what I was used to - so to see someone walking into a store doing was a bit of a surprise!
I also don't think that its appropriate to do it at restaurant tables in front of other diners. One of my co-workers went to a wedding reception shortly after she had her baby and she went to the bathroom and met a woman from their table - breast feeding in this tiny bathroom which was fine but spent the whole time my co-worker was in there complaining b/c the bathroom was so small and she really wanted to feed the baby where there was more room like at the dinner table. This was apparently a very elegant black tie - no kids allowed reception.
For me, this is also a skin issue. If I don't see parts that are usually covered up, then feed your baby wherever you please. I was out with a woman just last week that fed her baby at the table, and I never saw so much as a flash of anything.

Having a breast exposed in public would be a completely different thing.