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Personally, I think it's fine. It doesn't bother me in the slightest if I see a woman breast feeding her baby. I also think that it's easy for us to judge how we feel/think about it when we haven't been faced with our baby screaming bloody murder and needing food RIGHT THIS SECOND, maybe it's too hot in the car for the mom to go to, maybe there isn't a place where she can sit down in public, etc. I doubt the Taco Bell public bathroom is clean,comfortable enough for her to sit down comfortably and feed her baby. Mothers need to multitask as much as possible and I think we need to cut them some slack.
(I hope I'm not coming across as harsh -- it's just my opinion)
That being said, however, and I don't have kids yet so my opinion may change, I feel it's important to respect and honor my baby's privacy and while I could care less if people see my boob while feeding my baby in the most natural and healthy of ways, I think I am going to be private about it and go to the rest rooms, cars, another room, etc. And bottle my breast milk as much as possible for Taco Bell situations. But, again, I'm not a mom yet and haven't been in the situation where I've have 15 minutes sleep in the last six weeks, I have four deadlines at work, my husband is away on business and all I want is a taco bell meal and my child has the "audacity" to be hungry while I'm sitting down for the first time since I can remember.
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