Thoughts on babyfeeding in the church

[NeedleinA]

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[NeedleinA]

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[NeedleinA]

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[Backroads]

2 hours ago, NeedleinA said:

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But you suggested earlier a nursing-friendly dress isn't valid and that a cover is the only option.

[NeedleinA]

6 hours ago, Backroads said:

But you suggested earlier a nursing-friendly dress isn't valid and that a cover is the only option.

Hi @Backroads- can you please help me out and quote the post where I said, "a nursing-friendly dress isn't valid"?

 

While I have suggested a cover as a means to hiding a unnecessarily exposed breast, it surly isn't the "only" means of accomplishing that goal. To elaborate further, I'm not talking about an accidental transitional exposure of the breast at all, I have always been talking about "unnecessarily" sitting there with your breast exposed at church.

I'll share once again, my wife breastfed our children at church. I am not against breastfeeding at church at all. I'm only opposed to individuals who feel that in the process of breastfeeding, their breasts need to be "unnecessarily" exposed to accomplish that goal while at church. Thanks

Edited August 7, 2018 by NeedleinA

[Backroads]

On 8/6/2018 at 5:58 AM, NeedleinA said:

So, does she say if she was using a covering or not?

Sounded like it was all about having a cover.

[NeedleinA]

41 minutes ago, Backroads said:

Sounded like it was all about having a cover.

My question was 100% a curiosity question only. I thought I would ask Maureen if the article elaborated on it one way or another. Nothing more.

[Guest MormonGator]

If there was an issue with breast-feeding, I think it's better handled by the Relief Society president. Some things work better when it's a member of the same gender talking to them. 

[Traveler]

There are efforts to change some social norms and morals in our culture.  Being a old guy I have some reservations - I am just an old school guy.  It was and still is a bit of an adjustment to even be in the bathroom at the same time with my wife.  We have a double shower in our master bedroom.  My wife love to join me when I am showering because she likes to see me uncomfortable and squirming.   I have made effort to accommodate many things that are changing in our society but I am nervous about making sacred personal space, body parts and moments pearls to be cast openly before the public.

I know the arguments for breast-feeding in public - not sure I can add much of anything except it is a problem for me and I am grateful to my wife, my daughters and my daughter-in-laws to respect my little shell even though I do not attempt to force my particular hang-ups and make every effort to respect them.  I have never tried to tell any of them how to breast-feed their children.

I will say that I am a believer in fractal analysis and chaos theory as applied to changing parameters in complex systems - and I believe social norms and gender roles are diffidently complex.  So I will say this about chaos theory - the reason the theory is called chaos theory is because when a parameter in a complex system begins to create changes in a complex system - a new balance is achieved throughout the entire system and any attempt to reverse newly established balances will not ever restore the complex system to the initial or previous state.  Thus my only warning is that we all need to realize the possibility of unintended consequences and regardless of how bad the consequences get - we will never be able to go back to what was before.  Not that I am against change - but that we make sure we understand the possible extents of change and can accept the unintended consequences.

 

The Traveler

[Guest MormonGator]

7 minutes ago, Traveler said:

Not that I am against change - but that we make sure we understand the possible extents of change and can accept the unintended consequences.

Very true.