Comments on: Complimenting the Nursing Mother

By: ChristineMM

ChristineMM — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:00:32 +0000

I have a hard time finding something to say that doesn’t sound odd. Sometimes I wonder when I see a nursing mom and am happy to see it if they think I looked at them and was thinking something negative. I worry that my silence leaves it up for confusion or an assumption that I am against breastfeeding, which is not at all true. In all my nursing time, I’d never been complimented for nursing in public so don’t have many ideas of what to say. Oddly when I was a La Leche League Leader we didn’t talk about this topic at all, now I wished we had!

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:10:52 +0000

Velcromom – thumbs up was the way to go Perhaps we need a secret sign — some sort of hand signal that says, “I know what you’re doing and I’m glad!”

By: velcromom

velcromom — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:10:58 +0000

It really does make your day when you get a positive response. I once saw a mom/baby pair nursing at an outdoor cafe and wanted to hail her with a compliment but was driving by. My first impulse was to honk, lol. Decided on a thumbs up instead! Glad you had an opportunity to follow through on your pledge!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:31:44 +0000

That’s so great! Funny how awkward it can feel, though whenever I get up the nerve to do it I get a great response.