I heard they were going to arrest the dog??? So what would they do if it was a bear? It would be like "where do you put an 800 lbs bear?",

"A-N-Y-W-H-E-R-E H-E W-A-N-T-S-!"

Who would moniter that in a restaurant?

Good point.

At the places I went, the restaurant staff had the right to refuse pets just as they had the right to refuse patrons.

I should have been more specific. How would a restaurant monitor checking dogs for fleas?
I would have a problem ( I do own a dog) with somebody's "pet" being inside a restaurant. Like it was said before, seeing eye dogs, ok, but folks bringing their pets to dinner, hell no. I would think restaurants would be concerned that one the patron's pets might attack someone. People may have dogs that are friendly to them, but not everyone else.

While seeing-eye dogs are highly trained, they are still dogs and they still get fleas and do have bad reactions other dogs, particularly when their harnesses are removed and down-time is signaled. That's something owners often do to give the animal a break while they eat. I have no problem with any kind of clean, tame and socialized dog being in a restaurant. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me that one would be ok with seeing-eye dogs but not other dogs.

I think it would be interesting to have dog and non-dog sections like smoking and non-smoking in areas that still have them. A lot of places with outdoor cafes allow dogs in the outdoor area. I used to take my puppy to places like that. People sat outside even if they didn't have a dog with them.

This hijack is waaaaaaaay off topic. We could talk about dogs in restaurants that nurse their pups under the table. :D

I have to say I'm with Facebook on this one. If Facebook has said that exposed nipples are a no-go, then that's their prerogative. A nipple is a nipple, whether someone's sucking on it or not.

PS to OTW: That photo is NASTY!

I'm with Facebook as well. I'm not really sure why anyone would want to post those types of pictures to begin with. It's one thing to show a cute pic of mom with baby feeding. It's altogether different when it's mom's leaky nip.

Agreed.

As far as other public places, I don't really have an issue with women nursing in public as long as they're doing so discretely. Most women I know who have kids carry blankets with them so they can nurse while not exposing themselves.

Point. Set. Match.

This is the only thing that should matter. While it does bring up some good questions (e.g., Is it disrespecting surrounding people to BF without cover?), the misc. questions shouldn't be all over the news. Keep it to the main issue and leave it alone.

Outside of media attention: What are these women thinking? I looked at the group sort of on the fence about it--A women BFing her kid isn't that bad, but why on FB? Then the page loaded--over 3,000 pictures of women breastfeeding. What on earth would possess women to put picture after picture of themselves doing this with their babies on Facebook? It seems so personal (aside from your naked boob) to bond with your baby like that...do 140,000,000+ people really need to see? And some of those pictures were disturbing, I agree. Did anyone see the two girls playing "pretend feeding?" People commented on how cute it was, but it seemed way too much like child pornography. I don't see what's cute about an 8yo hiking her shirt all the way up so that a 6yo could "suck" on her nipple and then goold old Mom putting it on the Internet. :eek:

Seriously! Most of the women I know who breastfeed don't WANT people to see their boobies when doing it, whether it's in a restaurant or elsewhere. They DEFINITELY don't want their boobies on the internet.

I keep hearing Joe Francis over and over saying "It's natural, it's where babies feed!"

There are moms who, like me, breastfeed, and it's no big deal. Then, there is the breastfeeding CULT who make it the end all and be all of motherhood.

I can't stand women who make other women feel bad because they may be unable to phycially (or for other reasons) breast feed, financially unable to stay home (and make completely organic food), and get hell for using a disposable diaper instead of sewing their own.

Women who bring down other women like that are just miserable all around. if I am ever a mother I hope I never become that way, or am the victim or some self-righteous militant freak who is probably so worried about their kid that the kid ends up with all kinds of problems because of what they think is right and better than everyone else.

I've told the story elsewhere - when I was about a month away from delivering baby #2 I had a breast cancer scare. My oncologist and I came up with a plan - I'd breastfeed for 6 weeks, then wait another 6 before doing my testing. There was a La Leche League consultant who was a neighbor who was HORRIFIED that I would stop at 6 weeks. Much better, apparently, to have a dead mother who breastfed than a living one who fed her baby formula. :rolleyes: That's nuts.

eta - The baby, now 16, and I are both just fine.