>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.


Boy Fio, you do better than I do! lol.  I just use the shoe section to get
her latched and then I finish my shopping.  If it happens to be a day when I
left my brain and my sling in the car I just am thankful for the nursing
shirt I have on and I get the baby nursing.  I know not all moms are going
to be comfortable with this type of openness, but I try to explain to women
that as long as we expect them to make us a special place to nurse they will
usually resist giving us special consideration.  Now if I was walking around
nursing and they asked me to leave... well let's just say it wouldn't be a
pretty site.  But in my own defense, I would have to say that most of the
time you can't even tell what I am doing because my nursing shirts do a good
job at disguising it.  When I have clients ask me what my favorite gadget
is, I ask them if they can sew and if they can then I point them to the
nursing shirt section of the McCall's pattern book!  And if they can't sew
well then I just point them to someplace where they can get shirts for
cheap.  And I also try to give them a good lesson in self confidence.
Sometimes it works and sometimes they just ask for directions to the nursing
room.



Melisa
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Jacob who changed my spirit, and
Elleanor who changed my soul.

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