Mothers march over breastfeeding discrimination

03 Aug 2009 09:17p.m.

Jackie wrote:

Woohooo go Alys and Amy!! You gals rock! :D good on all you Mamas getting out there. My family and I moved to Gisborne last year and I'm also a new mum who breastfeeds. Gisborne always seemed like a REAL baby friendly place to me. It is very unfortunate and sad that the breastfeeding mum had to experience that! It’s hard enough getting up the courage to do it in the first place and for someone to approach you while your feeding your baby is a horrible thing to do. How stuck up do you have to be to pick on a mother and a baby going about their business! Would they walk up to a Tiger while she is feeding her young? I don’t think so! I would’ve ripped in to the snooty snob!! Yeap name and shame them. I would REALLY like to know which shop it was??! Boycott the suckers! And PHIL is your name short for Phillipa cause if you’re a dude why are you even putting your 2cents in and trying to stir things up in here?! This subject is always going to be around so long as there are losers who have a problem with mammary glands and the whole reason why we have them in the first place. They need to get a life like you obviously do. :D This was sparked by a mother feeding her ‘baby’. Wake up. Anyway too much Wahine ma!

03 Aug 2009 02:41p.m.

Chrissie wrote:

Congratulations to the organisers of the march and the Mayor for being so supportive of their cause. The sooner everyone accepts it as the most normal, natural and HEALTHY way for a woman to feed her baby - the better off we all will be. Ahakoa ahea, Ahakoa Ki hea. Whangai u to peepi
(whenever and wherever you may be - breastfeed your baby

03 Aug 2009 02:29p.m.

Phil wrote:

Regarding your post Linda you are dead wrong with your facts, and I don't need to check with my local anthropologist. There is documented evidence of children beyond the ages of 12 breast-feeding. I agree it would not be common but it does happen. I merely make the point in my initial post to beware of what you wish for. Public breast-feeding is not always the gorgeous thing people make it out be.

03 Aug 2009 10:56a.m.

linda wrote:

Phil, it may interest you to know that children lose the ability to suckle by 8 at the latest! Its simply not possible to breastfeed until 12 - check with your local anthropologist! So while children may want to feed for longer than their mothers would like, and certainly longer than society likes, Mother Nature does have it under control, and you can relax.

03 Aug 2009 10:07a.m.

Phil wrote:

In reply to Tim. Firstly I never stated I had anything against breast-feeding. It is seemingly you that has the problem - you did say you were shocked at the sight. And in addition you are actually saying that you want to apply a qualification to the act of public breast-feeding by some vague code that you hold is the correct way. And you reckon I need to get a life. You need to examine your own beliefs. You actually qualify as a bigot.

02 Aug 2009 11:08a.m.

tai wrote:

Breast feeding is nothing to be ashamed of, it's healthy for all our whanau, I breastfed all my whanau who are men now 'til 3 yrs and 1 of them I didn't stop until he was nearly 4yrs old. Also, my mokopuna who's just turn 2 is still brestfeeding and she's loving it still anyway, what's the big fuss is all about? Mothers were made to bleed,breed,and feed, that's why the Lord create a woman.. and that's what the breasts were there for,, And I can honestly swear they had never ever had any health problems at all, if you keep their baby books up to date with what's required with your plunket nurse and your GP, It's was a bonus, so there, mothers should enjoy being mothers and nurturer and watching him/her enjoying her/his food is enjoyable..that bond between a mother and child, nobody knows until you become a mother, turn the clock back the old fashion way was the best in all..

02 Aug 2009 09:21a.m.

Tim wrote:

About a year ago, I saw a woman walking down the street in Nelson breastfeeding. I was initially shocked but thought good on her. Phil - If people complain about that situation it should be becuase of the age of the 'baby', not the act of breastfeeding. Get a life!

02 Aug 2009 12:38a.m.

Ina wrote:

I totally support any mother who feels that her child needs food or drink at any time anywhere!!! And if breast feeding is the solution then so be it!!! And at the end of the day, it legal and is a human right.(for any mother to breast feed)

01 Aug 2009 10:49p.m.

Trevor Robertson wrote:

99% of us started life feeding at our mothers breast. It is a time of joy, happiness and pride between a mother, child and their family. It should engender paternal and maternal feelings from outside the family circle also. It is an essential part of normal natural life. This so called debate(?!)has the ugly stain of stupidity. What would be the consequences be if the mother was accused of NOT feeding her child? What a waste of time and of usefulness. Cultivate maturity and find a job! Get a life!

01 Aug 2009 07:46p.m.

Barbara wrote:

Wow. 100 people marching in Gisborne to protect the right of mothers and babies to breastfeed whereever they happen to be. You people rock! How sad that there are people who believe (wrongly!) that it is illegal to breastfeed in public, and even sadder that they would take it upon themselves to challenge a mother just going about the normal, natural and hugely healthy business of tending to her baby by breastfeeding.