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post #1 of 11
8/30/07 at 10:31am
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Mom pushes Applebee's on breast-feeding
WANTS CHANGE IN POLICY AFTER BEING TOLD TO COVER HERSELF

"Her lawyer wrote a letter to Thomas & King, the company that operates Applebee's in Central Kentucky. They got no response. After a second letter, a Thomas & King lawyer said the restaurant chain would consider keeping blankets in the restaurant so that breast-feeding women could cover themselves."

http://kentucky.com/454/story/161993.html
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post #2 of 11
8/30/07 at 10:46am
The location in question noted that they would keep blankets on had to offer bf'ing mothers. Since when is it right for *anyone* to eat under a blanket.

This seriously irritates me, especially considering there are laws protecting the right to bf, and the stores are infringing on those rights.
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post #3 of 11
8/30/07 at 11:20am
Why can't people just get over themselves????

Let Mom's Breastfeed!!! There's NOTHING wrong with it. If they need to BF their babies in public, so be it. God bless 'em.

Perhaps Applebee's "Authorities" (hack - cough - CHOKE!) should look at themselves and see who has the *REAL* problem.
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post #4 of 11
8/30/07 at 11:28am
I have two thoughts on this

I am ALL for breastfeeding and the right to breastfeed in public. However I think it should be done modestly... some people are honestly offended by nudity and having their family exposed to nudity. Regardless of how she was nursing her child though under the law, she really should not have even been confronted about it and I won't even go in to being asked to cover the baby in a blanket.

My other thought on this is, Why did she have a handbook stating the laws on her in the first place if she didn't have an agenda? She claims huniliation and tears over the incident yet her actions in carrying the law with her makes you think that it has happened before and she expects (hopes for?) the confrontations.
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My goal is to teach, not to be provacative
They are making this sound like a new mission for her but my feelings are that it already was before this incident.
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post #5 of 11
8/30/07 at 1:01pm
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You can get these cards that state the laws, I think that's what she had on hand Elaine. I would LOVE to get my hands on some of those cards, just in case.

I don't get why anyone should be asked to use a blanket in the first place, I mean as long as your boob isn't just hanging out there for the whole world to ogle. And something else.. IF I don't have a blanket on hand, why the He** would I want to use one from a restaurant? How clean is that blanket? How many moms have used it? teenage waitresses have touched it? Cooks? dishwashers? customers just to touch it? NOT sanitary. I wouldn't use a blanket from a place like that anymore than I would use their bathrooms to feed my kid in.

I've walked through walmart with Teagan attached to my boob. And I would do it again. Not like I am wearing something that shows my boobs, abs and a** to the world. OH by no means should we ask those certain larger size women in size 4 clothing to cover their parts, but a mother who is feeding her child?


OK.. I think I'm done..
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post #6 of 11
8/30/07 at 1:54pm
I understand her point and her right to breastfeed, but when she compared it to Rosa Parks, I laughed out loud.
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post #7 of 11
8/30/07 at 4:15pm
I think Elaine has a point about the lady's agenda. I never even thought about it until she pointed it out.

Listen, I breastfed EVERYWHERE. I never cared what anyone thought if my babies were hungry. However, I did carry a lightweight blanket and would throw it over my shoulder or put it around the baby. I by no means covered up totally. If you are breastfeeding properly, the child is so close to you that no one would be able to see anything even if they tried--without a blanket. I would not use a blanket provided me by a restaurant. That's like saying it's wrong to feed your child and you should be hiding it. But this lady does sound like she may be trying to stir somehting up--lawsuit maybe. Quite a few times people came up to me to look at the baby while I was nursing because they didn't realize that's what I was doing.

Shona, If I had known about those cards I would have carried one as well, just in case. It seems like people are getting carried away as of late with breastfeeding moms and telling them to cover up. Maybe you can download a copy somewhere...LLL maybe?
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post #8 of 11
8/30/07 at 4:21pm
Also, why would she want a picture of a nursing mom at "restaurants that support breastfeeding"? That would be counter-productive. ALL restaurants are required to support breastfeeding adn to not interfere with the practice. Also the law doesn't say breastfeeding should be done discreetly, does it?

I'm happy CT has a similar law an breastfeeding rights are protected here as well. I made myself familiar with the law when Zachariah was born.
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post #9 of 11
8/30/07 at 4:38pm
I agree with several of you on different points. I think breastfeeding should and can be done anywhere, private or public, modestly. I also think it's a gift to be able to nurse your child and no one should be made to feel embarassed or wrong by doing so.

Here is a link to all state laws on breastfeeding: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/breast50.htm
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post #10 of 11
8/30/07 at 7:45pm
The Rosa Parks thing got me too... It made no sense at all. Wouldn't a better comparison have been to say "You can sit in the front of the bus but you have to wear this blanket over your head so people don't know you ethnicity"?
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post #11 of 11
8/31/07 at 12:39am
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I agree the Rosa Parks comparison was out of line.
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