> I was then directed to a bench in the
> store.  There I sat and enjoyed a "moment" with my daughter in the middle of
> the store at the invitation of the staff.  Mind though, when we were
> finished, I approached the Manager On Duty and pointed out that I thought it
> was rather strange that the compnay would be so kind as to save me a "Parent
> With Child" parking space OUTSIDE of the store but had neglected to save me
> a quiet place INSIDE where I could sit without distraction and nurse my
> child, feeling welcomed to spend more time and likely, more money

I realize that lots of people feel uncomfortable still nursing in
public, and I agree there should be places for them, but I rarely use
them (i.e. if I need the restroom at a local mall, there is an adjoining
room for nursing...completely apart from the toilets, behind a closed
door, carpeted, with lazy-boy chairs etc., and I have used that on the
odd occasion that I already was in the restroom, so this place was the
nearest where I could find a seat to sit to nurse), but I don't seek
them out.  To get to this specific restroom in the mall, you might have
to trapse across the whole mall, with screaming hungry baby in tow.  I
don't feel like doing that, so I don't.

While at Wal-mart, I've nursed on several occasions, and I generally
seek out the shoe section for that (not so far to trapse with said
screaming baby, as the store is much smaller than the shopping mall
itself!), as the shoe sections have small padded benches for trying on
shoes.  There is also a bench near the cash registers that I've used
once, and I do go into the McDonalds that is there once in a while if I
want something to eat/drink myself anyhow, then I sit and nurse before
feeding myself...but in general, the shoe section is best I find.  ;-)

That said, I do think Wal-Mart could make a bigger effort to provide
somewhere to nurse in private, for those who really want to do that.

Fio.

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