Moncia-Screaming babies don't belong on planes anymore than exposed breasts. You should either have left your kid at home, gave it a bottle or stayed home with your kid. I hope the next time you fly, you are seated next to a screaming kid!

Hey, Monica, they're a******s - pay no attention to their backwards ways. You can never reach that kind - they probably had a lousy childhood and never enjoyed the benfits of breastfeeding. When people start in on their "screaming kids on airplanes" complaints, it's time to tell them to kiss off.

You stupid feminists started this crap by dragging your screaming kids on planes and other places where they don't belong AND then exposing your breasts while breastfeeding because you feel that it is your given right! Well, guess what Monica and L and the rest of you...some of us don't like it and don't want it done next to us!!!!!

Well, sickofyou, fortunately for the health of my baby you can't do a thing about how I decide to feed her! And FYI, this flight was full of families, so I did get to hear babies crying. I survived! (My baby, on the other hand, was as quiet as a lamb because she was sleeping as she had just been fed). <BR> <BR>Also, another point I didn't realize until I had a child. Sure, you can feed the baby a bottle, but if you're breastfeeding sooner or later you're going to need to get rid of that milk or you'll explode! So all things considered, better to just feed the baby the way nature intended and be done with it. <BR> <BR>I would actually think feminists had nothing to do with breastfeeding. Aren't they out neglecting their families with their demanding careers? :)

As a nonbreastfeeding mother, I would have given the child a bottle adn gotten being embarrassed if my child continued to cry, as a breatfeeding mom, i would hve done the same thing the only differnce being the bottle milk would come from my breast pump! You cannot inconvenience others and should not or maybe you should have gotten a babysitter!

Guys, you did not understand our dubious friend Steve: he is asking what to do while travelling - that's why this forum exists - and you have answered what to do in stores, in restaurants...

I have news for the anti-breastfeeding-in-public crowd. Moms are nursing all around you, all the time. You just don't notice because they are discreet about it. I know this because people would interrupt me all of the time to ask a question when I was nursing in public. Sometimes they wanted to admire the baby, sometimes they wanted to know I wanted them to wait on me, whatever. They were always surprised to learn that I was nursing. That's because I practiced in front of a mirror to get good at it. <BR> <BR>So before you condemn all nursing moms, know that most of us are quite good at it and won't bother you.

Steve, just do what you should do in any other situation: if the boobs are beatiful, take a quick look, pretending you are not looking. If they are bad , read a book!

Well, SickOfYou, the way you behave, it's a wonder somebody doesn't kick your silly ass. You're just the type of nut to go off on a plane. I do hope I'm never stuck on a plane with you or any of your ilk. I'll take the screaming baby over the screaming "adult" anytime. Ciao, AH.

Well, Leone, if you feel this way you probably have ugly ones... Hope not to see you in a plane either...

I am sick to death of mothers whining about their right to breastfeed in public. What about OUR rights not to see it? If you want to be discreet, go somewhere private, not at a restaurant table or elsewhere where it will bother people! <BR> <BR>I also have the right to fly in peace and quiet!!!! <BR> <BR>You people whine about your given rights , but when it comes to others rights, you simply ignore them!

Jimbo, Pops ... Report to the office.

<BR> <BR>Hi all! I have a wonderful story to share. One time I was sitting in a window booth while lunching at Walter's Fine Fish in Oswego, New York (don't try the steamers...yuk!!). My ten-month-old son Edgar, who had been happily gumming a day-old biscuit, suddenly began to wail like...well, like he was hungry. Nonplussed, I did what any normal mom would do--I fed the little guy! Unfortunately, he was only a few minutes into his liquid lunch when a man walking briskly down the street happened to glance over and spot us through the window. Apparently he was surprised by the sight because he ran smack into a "No Parking" sign, spun wildly into the street, and was crushed by an MTA bus. Now maybe that doesn't sound so wonderful, but get this: that man was my husband! That's right, old Frank Hawley. I hated his guts because not only was he a cheapskate a cheating pig (he slept with my sister Norma!), he didn't change one damned diaper in the whole ten months. What a lousy, stinking piece of garbage. Anyway, he was insured for $500,000 (why, I have no idea--to me he wasn't worth a plugged nickel). Now little Edgar and I are living on the beach in Destin. And before any of you other jerks get smarty-pants ideas: FORGET IT! I changed my name.

Why would you be breast-feeding a 10month old anyway? Most babies are eating food and walking by that time! I hope you don't turn out like that lady in Chicago who was arrested for sexual abuse for forcing her son to continue breatfeeding once he was past the age!

Pediatricians recommend breastfeeding for the full first year of life. Of course, once they start solids they aren't breastfeeding very much.

Historically, many children were breastfed for 18-24 months. The longer they drink breastmilk (up to 24 months), the healthier children will be. It's been proven in many studies. Many women give it up after 3 or 6 months because that's the maximum they can stand but the minimum to ensure superior health benifits. Breast *is* best--there's a good women women lactate! We should be doing everything possible to encourage it, including making it easier for women to breastfeed discreetly in public when they must. I can't believe some people actually think that doing the best thing for your child is a crime worthy of house arrest. If you don't want to see women breastfeeding in public, then just ignore them! The women flaunting their bare breasts while nursing are certainly in the minoity. Geesh.

I truly did not want to get into this as this is not the proper forum but looks like I will have to. PLEASE QUIT PUSHING YOUR OPINIONS ON EVERYONE ELSE. And yes, it is your OPINION that breastmilk is best! I was never breastfed as a child and I did not feed either of my children either. We are all healthy and have at least average (maybe above average) IQs. I do find nursing in public offensive and in my case nursing was inconvenient as I had to return to work after only 3 weeks when my second child was born. Yes people have the right to breastfeed not because it is best for the child (your opinion only) but because this is a free country. However, you shold not offend others by doing it in public just as you should not offend others by doing such things as smoking in some public places (also your right by the way)

As you can see from the previous post, there is nothing more defensive than a mother who didn't breastfeed. Breast is best, and everyone knows it. If you didn't breastfeed, that's fine. It's your call. But there's no reason to get hostile when people point out that breast is best. Don't take it so personally.

It's not just anyone's OPINION that breast is best. It is a scientific FACT based on multiple research studies over many years. Increased breastfeeding rates would save this country BILLIONS of health care dollars, and breastfeeding rates will only increase when people stop being so HOSTILE to breastfeeding moms, who are giving of themselves to their babies in a way that no one else can. Worldwide average weaning age is currently about 4 years old, by the way.

xxxx, as the above two posters stated, it is proven scientific fact that breastmilk is best and superior to formula. It is a choice that all parents must make, and no one is trying to demonize women who don't choose to breastfeed. Many, like yourself, cannot do so for various (including medical) reasons. And no one is saying that formula-fed infants are necessarily unhealthy or less-than-intelligent; good lord, if that were so the whole baby-boom generation would be ailing and stupid, as breastfeeding ws discouraged throughout the 50s by many doctors. But as I said before, if you find public breastfeeding offensive, IGNORE IT. But no, it is not opinion that breast is best, it is medical fact.