Uh…. Sorry I have been world’s worst (or would it be best?)slacker this week. Mama Christa and I got to meet Ina May Gaskins on Sunday…and then I don’t know what happened. Couple my usual procrastination withunusual children sleeping situations with my husband being home a lot becauseof some construction going on so then I couldn’t BS on the computer during thekids nap times because I felt like I should hang out with him…etc, etc, etc.
Better late than never….
Hello my name is Amber and I am a mommy to two sweet childrenCarmen 3 years old and Nico 8 weeks old. I am commiting to nurseat church. Not in the Mother's Room or the Cry Room, I am going tobreastfeeding while sitting with the rest of the congregation while listen to thesermon. I hate to isolate myself to simply breastfeed my little guy so, Iam not! It is often deemed taboo to breastfeed during church. Jesuswas breastfed and it was the way God intended it. This week I have nursed in public 3 times so far.
The first was Tuesday night, again I was with myfriend Rachelle. We went to eat at Poquitos on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Herbaby is 5 months old (I said 4 months last time, but I was off a few weeks) andmy baby is 10 months old. We still haven't learned that taking them out to eatisn't a good idea : ). We attempted anyway. All was well until justbefore we got our food. Her baby started crying, and it was the boob to therescue! My little guy was really interested in the guacamole, so I planned onnursing after. Our food came and Rachelle managed to eat and nurse at the sametime (superstar nurser! See terribly blurry picture). Before we could finisheating the babies decided that they were done with the restaurant and startedcrying and egging each other on. The lovely waiters packed up the remainingtacos and our virgin margarita's and we said adios. I did not nurse here thisnight (though I have in the past), so Rachelle was the sole nursing secretagent. She did not use a cover and honestly, I don't think anyone even knew shewas nursing. 
Thursday night I went out with my friend Briana whohas a 7 week old. We went to a meet the author event/book reading for Go The F**k to Sleep at Elliot Bay Books. This is not abook to actually read to your child, but since our babies are so young, wethought they wouldn't remember or pick up any bad words from it. Both babieswere hungry when we got there, so after arriving late and sneaking to seatsthat involved other people having to get up to let us through, we both whippedout our boobs. Her baby was in the Moby and she nursed him in there easily. Mybaby is easily distracted, so after a few gulps, he needed to move on to otherthings which involved him wiggling to the floor and crawling into the aislewhile I struggled to reclasp my bra and catch him. Again, I don't think anyoneeven noticed we were nursing despite the chaos of the escape baby mid NIP. Inursed him on the walk home though in the Ergo with the help of my nursing tunick which has zippers in the front foraccess so I don't have to take my coat off while nursing outside (my favoritenursing thing ever!). I walked several blocks home with him happily latched onand walked by tons of people, and not one person seemed to notice.
Friday I went out with my wife, and friends Josephand Juan. We went to a nearby restaurant and were seated next to a nursing mom!How cool is that? She was there with her partner and another couple and wasnursing without a cover. After ordering, I nursed my little guy to make sure hewas going to be a happy camper while we ate. They had TV's there and he wasvery interested at looking at them, so it was sip sip sip, unlatch, turn aroundto look at the screen, and then back to me to pop back on. This involved a lotof nipple cover from me since he was unlatched so much. I have big boobs (SizeJ) so this little game was challenging to keep the boob hoisted into positionand to keep from flashing everyone repeatedly with his latching on and off. The other nursing mom noticed as did our waitress and a couple at anothertable. There were smiles all around at his silly antics with the TV, but no oneseemed bothered in the least with my nursing.
- Audrey
Seattle, WA
We also had the babe's first birthday picturestaken at Portrait Innovations in Northville, MI. She did an amazing joband the photos are SO cute. Towards the end she got a little cranky andstarting signing for milk, so as we picked out our favorite poses and prints,Elizabeth had some boob. The photographer was sitting right next to usshowing us the photos. She didn't even bat an eye! We were also ina very crowded room, with lots of other families-not one side eye, not oneperson stared. In fact, a sweet mamma (with her small toddlers) smiled andsaid, "oh its time for a snack, huh?"
We had a wonderful week, and I hope everyone elsehad great experiences!So I nursed all over the pediatrician's officetoday. And I didn't get much of a reaction from anyone. No reaction isbetter than a negative one!
- she's giving me the ol' stink eye for disturbingher nums.
-look what the room had up! Yay!
Jessica and baby (one year old!) Elizabeth.
Here are some shots of NIP at the Jerusalem (yes,the real Jerusalem, Israel) zoo. No issues whatsoever, despite people of allreligions and conservative backgrounds... it is a very baby-oriented societyhere...(normal to take kids to weddings etc..)..
BTW, the baby is a 7 month old boy -Nadav.
Bye!
Elisa
