Wayne Boatwright wrote in message ...
>On Wed 26 Jan 2005 05:47:34a, Michael O'Donnell wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> In article Nathalie Chiva savoured the salmon then said
>>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:06 +1100, Michael O'Donnell
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> >My wife made sure she snacked before going out when she was
>>> >breastfeeding. Sometimes the baby would call her away from the table,
>>> >and she didn't want anyone to have to 'wait' for her to 'catch up'. It
>>> >was just how she felt. She also didn't want to 'catch up eat' when
>>> >everyone else was done.
>>>
>>> Well, I became *very* adept at eating with one hand when I had babies
>>> :-) (my SO would cut my meat for me). Never missed a meal!
>>
>> She got me to do that too ( apparently I don't cut pieces dainty enough
>> though ... but preferred not to breastfeed at the table ( with
>> guests, she didn't mind in front of just me )
>>
>>
>> Mick
>
>It's apparently a cultural and social thing. In the US it was practically
>unheard of to breast feed in public during the 1950s-1970s, and probably
>considered out of place. From purely observation, I don't find it all that
>common even now.
>
>
there is a woman who shops where i work who nurses her baby in a sling while
she shops sometimes. one of my coworkers calls her "the crazy breast-feeding
lady". i think its great that she doesnt deprive her child of his meal
because of others hang-ups. (she is as modest as one can be when nursing).
we had a great conversation about making sauerkraut the other week

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