You can sure tell where the mods stand on this topic. They seem to like to give the last word to the ultra-militant pr-ebf, pro-bfip, pro-bf’ing for life group.i find this site interesting, but I think you need to let up on pushing the bf’ing issue. It gets old.

First of all, YAY for her for breastfeeding her baby in public!!!!

Many of you say that Maggie knew that cameras where around. What was she suppose to do… rush home to nurse her baby? I mean her baby didnt know that cameras where around. Her baby was hungry and Maggie fed her.

Breastfeeding advocates are strongly trying to get more women to breastfeed because its the best nutrition for the baby. Negative comments about how they need to cover up or whatever sly comments will deter many women from breastfeeding. Its just not right. If you formula feed you mix the formula and feed the baby a bottle in public and thats fine. Why can’t a women NIP? Because many people view breasts as purely SEXUAL. Its really sad!

I breastfeed my 10 month old daughter and dont care what people say. I will nurse her anywhere I want to. I do try to be discreet but thats purely for MY benefit not anyone elses.

Ok, Danielle- let’s get real here. I love to read this site for the pure gossip and the pictures. I mean, that is really all there is to it. I took the survey, only in hopes to win a prize, and the entire thing was geared towards what is going to make me buy advertised product. That is what makes this world go round, right? The advertisers pay you to post their ads in the hopes that we, the readers, will buy the product. Yet you comment that you are using this site, a celebrity baby blog, as a “platform to give people what they need to make INFORMED decisions about how to feed their infants.” And you put it in bold- as if it is fact….more important or something. As a woman who breastfed both of my children, I am insulted that you have insinuated that mothers who do not breast feed are somehow UNINFORMED. I am sure there are plenty of breastfeeding mothers who smoke, feed their kids McDonald’s, curse etc. But I guess because they breast feed they are informed good parents. As a daily reader of this blog, and even someone who made a purchase because of an ad on this page, I think I will now be getting my celebrity baby news gossip at one of the many others sites. I will be sure to choose a site that is run by a woman who has no agenda to push, no insults to make, and does not consider herself high and mighty because of refusing revenue from formula companies- you know- the devil. I will also read these sites while happily breastfeeding my 13 month old right next to my best friend while she bottle feeds her child. We are both smart, informed, and supportive….and guess what, both of our kids will be to.

Go, Maggie. It looks like she might have been settling the baby *to* the breast, which sometimes requires a few seconds of extra exposure before being able to cover up and be more modest.

No matter what, she’s a great role model for nursing in public, and I support her and the picture fully.

I wonder whether Maggie has read any of our comments.

I think it’s beautiful to see a woman nursing in public, uncovered and unafraid to be seen – and a celebrity no less! It’s important that we normalize breastfeeding. Covering up only continues to convey that it is an inappropriate act that should be hidden. It’s great to see Maggie be proud of giving her baby the very best she can.

I think this thread has gotten out of hand. There’s a comment policy up there that refers to inflammatory remarks. I would think telling someone they fed their child “poison” (referring to formula) would fall under that category. ???

Lauradbg, I find your posts condescending and quite frankly, I think you don’t do much to help the pro-bf cause. You’re coming across as a breastfeeding zealot with your insults against formula-feeding.

Wow I am so glad I don’t live and breastfeed in the US, people seem awfully judgemental, particularly about something so natural.

I think it’s a real shame women and mothers aren’t supported more in mothering. Being a mum is hard enough without all the insidiously anti women attitudes society shoves out.
Like breasts are OK when sexually provocative but breastfeeding? Hide yourself away! God forbid you don’t immediately lose weight after birth and become a hot chick again. And as for aging gracefully forget it – cover up those grey hairs and get botoxed because old women don’t count.

Rather than perpetuating this rubbish and judging each other women should be supporting each other instead and making an effort against misogynistic attitudes. There is still such a long way to go.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18152910/

Here is a link to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute outlining a study that shows how breastfeeding reduces the risk of childhood leukemia:

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/20/1765?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=leukemia&searchid=QID_NOT_SET&FIRSTINDEX=&fdate=10/1/1999

Go Maggie!!