I am a military spouse and I breastfed my children through toddlerhood all
over the world -- USA, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Germany, Norway, Sweden,
Italy, Portugal, France and other countries I cannot think of I am sure. I
never once had anyone say anything to me anywhere except some friends
asking the usual question of how long I was going to do that. In Korea, the
female storekeepers in the markets were always so excited to see me
breastfeed they would offer me a stool and gather around with oohs and
aahs. In many respects, I think it is attitude. I always wished someone
would tell me not to nurse, so I could tell them to go away and mind their
own business. Never got the opportunity ... LOL!


Ginger Chun, LLLL, IBCLC
*Postpartum Doula, Breastfeeding Educator, Infant Massage Instructor*
www.thenurturedcenter.com
*Accredited Breastfeeding Counselor*, La Leche League USA

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in
harmony* -- Mahatma Gandhi*



On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:33 PM, M N <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have breastfed 3 children well past infancy absolutely everywhere, and I
> have met very few comments at all.
> The general attitude is very different from what I suppose it is in the
> USA.
> The major objection seems to be "if you breastfeed him so long you will
> spoil him", rather than a problem with decency.
> There has been, of course, cases of BF mothers who has been invited to
> leave the restaurant, the museum, or had other very displeasing
> experiences, but they are relatively a few.
> The law allows a mother to BF where she wants, and there is no legal
> restriction to BF, as far as I know.
>
> I think the fact is, there are not so much women who bf toddlers in public,
> so your friend may see "surprised" looks.
> She may want to have a positive attitude about it and smile if someone
> looks at her.
> It may improve her chances to be left alone.
>
> However, as LLL Leaders, we are seldom asked about BF in public: only a few
> mothers-to -be perceive it as a problem, usually.
>
> Let us see if someone else has a different experience... :-)
>
> Micaela
> LLL Leader,
> Italy
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Ruth Piatak <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > Dear Lactnetters who are or have been in Italy,
> >
> > Permission to post.  What is the cultural and legal acceptance of nursing
> > in public in Italy?  My friend and her husband have great emotional
> > attachment to the country -- to the extent that their child, who will be
> 17
> > months old when traveling there with them, is named Umbria.  My friend is
> > concerned about whether nursing her toddler there will get much
> > disapproval, and whether she could get in any legal trouble by nursing in
> > public there.  This inquisitive child will not tolerate being covered
> while
> > nursing, so it would limit the family quite a bit to explore Italy
> without
> > being visible nursing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ruth
> >
>
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