Normally I'm cool with it. On occasion I've seen breastfeeding mothers make something resembling a production of it, as if they want everyone to see it.

That I have a problem with. Fine, do it where you are, but at least make a *reasonable* effort to be discreet. Fortunately, most do.

Tim: Yes! Turning it into a production is what's a little ridiculous.

Like the Great Boobiethon we had at the Galleria a while back.

Great mothers, dragging their infants to a crowded, germy mall at lunch when it's at its busiest, just so they could show some nipple to KTRK's Deborah Wrigley and feel good about themselves and their social activism.

I don't especially care about this issue, but it IS courteous to be discrete, and it is kind of silly to turn it into a civil rights crusade and use an infant as a cheap prop! Some mothers need to do some growing up.

Oh, indeed. Why, there are already a pair of boobs visible on this very thread. That's OK, of course, but it would be nice if they were more discreet about it. :)

I just found this little site and I must say that to hear a man, Kev - that's you right? talk about moms growing up and using infants as cheap props makes me want to go topless for the rest of the afternoon! It IS a civil rights crusade my friend and it is for the benefit of those infants we are crusading. Breastfeeding is mis-understood, under-valued and under-used. To bring it in to a public domain is very very important. And every woman I know tries to be discreet. If you see a woman making a big production of it (what a laugh!) she is probably doing her best. Infants don't always cooperate. And finally, a germy mall is not a bad place for an infant. Children need to be exposed to life in public, that's how they develop resistance to germs. I do try to keep mine out of the trash can however. (My children, not my breasts.)