Daycare Mom Breastfeeding At Your Daycare Home?

[MommyMuffin]

personally when I was nursing my 12 yr old, we had a friend who would get up and leave the room when I nursed in my own home. He couldnt believe I did

LMAO....hahaha I love this. Too funny!

[kendallina]

Id have her sit right on the couch in the living room if she wanted to do it there, or offer up a confy chair outside on a nice summer day . Or anywhere really,.. but,.. Im open about it and pro public nursing, (covered, Im not talking about letting things all hang out, ) Ive nursed mine in the playroom in a room full of kids and noone usually knew,...

Yes, this exactly. I really don't understand what the big deal is???

[QualiTcare]

Id have her sit right on the couch in the living room if she wanted to do it there, or offer up a confy chair outside on a nice summer day . Or anywhere really,.. but,.. Im open about it and pro public nursing, (covered, Im not talking about letting things all hang out, ) Ive nursed mine in the playroom in a room full of kids and noone usually knew,...

AMEN! i can't believe this is even an issue still. i was watching something on TV the other day where a woman was asked to leave a coffee shop in NY for breastfeeding. i always threw a blanket over the baby and nobody would even know - or if they did, they didn't seem to care bc they couldn't see anything.

now, if the kid is 3 years old - it might be a little hard to hide that. i think if you're old enough to go to the fridge and open a gallon of milk to pour your own bottle, it might be a little too old to be bf'ing in public.

[QualiTcare]

Wow, some of you are brave. I had breastfeeding both of my daughters when they were babies. I must to be in private like going to the restroom or nursing room to feeding my daughters. One time, I just joined group of moms with babies at the mall. One of woman just sat there next to me and decided to feeding him in public. Once I saw her then I was not very comfortable like this. I was embarrassed to see there were so many people looked at her. I also think it was disgusting. Later on, she noticed that I refused to look at her and she said to me, "it seems you are not comfortable and I think there is nothing wrong with it." I told her, "Good for you but not for me, I wouldn't do that in public since I like to be in private and I do not want anyone see my breasts which is disgusting." She tried to push me to tell me there is nothing wrong with it since it is nature and I dont care what she said but it is my decision.

If daycare mom wants to feeding her baby in my home then I will ask her to be in private in my bedroom or my daughters' room which is fine with me.

you can breastfeed without exposing your breasts. i guess there are people who don't try to hide it, and that i don't understand.

[Blackcat31]

I have fathers coming in and mothers who would be very offended. ALso have Grandparents once in a while drop off and pick up, who would be very offended by this!!

Why would fathers be offended? I thought they all loved "the girls"?!? Totally kidding, but men are such babies!

[nannyde]

I don't allow parents to care for their children under my roof. I don't allow bottle or breast feeding here done by parents. My staff assistant and I do all the care of all the kids all of the time they are in my home.

[Sunshine]

I provide care for teachers children and am located close the the schools where most of them teach. Over the years I have had a few mothers that would come over every day during their lunch period to breastfeed. They would cover themselves in a blankent and sit on the counch while the other children and I were in the play room or kitchen.

[misol]

To me though it is not a matter of letting the mom BF, it's that it is taking up my time. I only care for 1-2 families at a time so if it was pick-up time & I was "done for the day" I would still have this mom here nursing. That is the issue for me. When my day is over I want it to be over. I am very pro-BF but not if it means a parent is going to be in my home an extra 1/2 hr when my work day is over.

I am totally with janarae on this one. I am pro-bf'ing and moms are welcome to bf their children at my house as long as it is within their contracted times. I bf'd my own 2 kids and feedings can take anywhere from 15-30 minutes (or more). I would NOT want a mom arriving 30 mins before dropoff or staying 30 mins after pickup time to nurse. No way no how. When my kids were in daycare I would pick them up and nurse them in the car before heading home - even in winter.

I am fortunate enough to have a separate area for nursing if a mom needed to do so, but if I did not, I would NOT let a parent nurse in my bedroom or any of my family's private space for that matter. If you don't already have a rocking chair I wouldn't purchase one. I would offer up a space on the couch and she can cover with a blanket. You could give her a regular chair and face it toward a corner. If the mom needs complete privacy to nurse then she will have to go to her car.

[DancingQueen]

Misol - I agree completely!!

[QualiTcare]

I am totally with janarae on this one. I am pro-bf'ing and moms are welcome to bf their children at my house as long as it is within their contracted times. I bf'd my own 2 kids and feedings can take anywhere from 15-30 minutes (or more). I would NOT want a mom arriving 30 mins before dropoff or staying 30 mins after pickup time to nurse. No way no how. When my kids were in daycare I would pick them up and nurse them in the car before heading home - even in winter.

I am fortunate enough to have a separate area for nursing if a mom needed to do so, but if I did not, I would NOT let a parent nurse in my bedroom or any of my family's private space for that matter. If you don't already have a rocking chair I wouldn't purchase one. I would offer up a space on the couch and she can cover with a blanket. You could give her a regular chair and face it toward a corner. If the mom needs complete privacy to nurse then she will have to go to her car.

i agree except i'd be a little weirded out to have to face a corner to bf! .
i used to do it in public - i remember one time doing it at wal mart on a bench (with a blanket draped so even if anyone did know, they couldn't see). i'd usually go to a restroom to get adjusted and then go from there. if i was at home and had company - or if my husband had friends over, i'd just walk into the other room and stand there with a blanket draped. i didn't care that they knew what i was doing, but you can still be discreet without "hiding." his friends would talk to me or he would say something as simple as "is she STILL eating?" i don't think anyone with half a brain is uncomfortable with BFing these days. if they are, maybe their mother didn't breastfeed! ::

[MarinaVanessa]

you can breastfeed without exposing your breasts. i guess there are people who don't try to hide it, and that i don't understand.

Tell me about it, one of my DCM's is like this. I also don't have a problem with DCM's BF in my home at pick-up as long as they are within their contracted hours. I am ont of those that doesn't mind BF in public as long as I have a blankie or cover over me, I mean I don't want to totally expose myself out in public KWIM? But DCM comes in, pulls the boobie out and nurses right on the couch. I've handed her receiving blankets and such because in my home you just never know when someone will come home and I live with my fiance and 2 of his brothers and they've walked in and there she was, BF with all her glory hanging out. After I started handing her the receiving blanket she got the picture, once she said it was too hot to cover him and I suggested that she BF him in her truck, it has tinted windows.

[momma2girls]

Here is a question for everyone- Do large facilities/preschools allow breast feeding mothers at all hrs. of the day breastfeeding their children? I am just curious!! I think it would be interesting to find out if they allow this all day.

[safechner]

you can breastfeed without exposing your breasts. i guess there are people who don't try to hide it, and that i don't understand.

Still, I wouldn't do it in the public at all. I used receiving blanket over or over with my shirt all the time when I was in private in the restroom or nursing room in the mall or any stores. My husband always wait for me when I was done nursing to my daughters with no problems.

[DancingQueen]

Do large facilities/preschools allow breast feeding mothers at all hrs. of the day breastfeeding their children

I used KinderCare and they were fine with it and they are a large chain and at one point I used La Petite (another chain) and they too were fine with it.

[misol]

i agree except i'd be a little weirded out to have to face a corner to bf! .
i used to do it in public - i remember one time doing it at wal mart on a bench (with a blanket draped so even if anyone did know, they couldn't see). i'd usually go to a restroom to get adjusted and then go from there. if i was at home and had company - or if my husband had friends over, i'd just walk into the other room and stand there with a blanket draped. i didn't care that they knew what i was doing, but you can still be discreet without "hiding." his friends would talk to me or he would say something as simple as "is she STILL eating?" i don't think anyone with half a brain is uncomfortable with BFing these days. if they are, maybe their mother didn't breastfeed! ::

Oh, facing the corner is totally optional for the mom. I was offering that as an alternative in case the mom felt the sofa wasn't private enough. I also did it in public with a draped blanket but I never went to a restroom. I just think public restrooms are unsanitary and since I wouldn't eat in one, I don't want my babies to eat in one either ::

Here is a question for everyone- Do large facilities/preschools allow breast feeding mothers at all hrs. of the day breastfeeding their children? I am just curious!! I think it would be interesting to find out if they allow this all day.

The daycare center that I took my children to was right across the street from where I worked at the time. I made sure to ask about nursing my baby on the premises before I signed the contract and they said no problem. They even put a rocking chair in a closet for me so that I could have some privacy.

Regardless of a center's true feelings about bf'ing, I think that most would allow it out of fear of legal action if they said no. They may try to discourage it but I doubt they would come right out and say no or have a written policy prohibiting it.