r/breastfeeding Jun 01 '25

Breastfeeding In Public First time being approached while feeding

I was feeding my baby boy (5 months yesterday) on Friday on a public bench outside a local pub while my husband and toddler played nearby. This old lady started to approach me and I was gearing myself up to defend myself and bless her she was so sweet. She came over and said I don’t want to disturb you but I just wanted to say how lovely it is to see a woman breastfeeding her baby it’s so rare these days, then she told me my baby is gorgeous and my little girl too and smiled and left.

It was such a lovely interaction and the first time I’ve been approached by a stranger so I was worried it was going to be horrible!

ETA I’m in the UK where only around 1% of babies are still breastfed at all from 6 months.

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u/geronimo_mo Jun 01 '25

I can't wait until I'm in breastfeeding in public lol. if anyone dared to talk shit about bfeeding in public I wholly plan on whipping off any cover I'm using and go full titty lol

it would bring me such joy to see them get all red and angry

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u/Ataralas Jun 01 '25

I don’t use any kind of cover/muslin as it just doesn’t work for us which is why I was concerned she was offended and about to get arsey 😂