https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:27:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400463 Sat, 26 Dec 2015 12:33:49 +0000 JennyG 2400463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @Rainbow Sprinkles: Once DS was around 3 months, I did that as well. I would try to time it out so I could still eat with my right hand. DH would cut my meat up too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400414 Sat, 26 Dec 2015 10:30:06 +0000 Foodnerd81 2400414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: that's how I was with C- she was actually relatively easy to bring out to dinner as long as I order something that could be eaten one handed. I had a friend have to cut up my food like a toddler once though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400321 Sat, 26 Dec 2015 02:00:48 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2400321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just nursed at the dinner table and through whatever was happening. My 3 month old eats so frequently, if I left to nurse her, I'd miss out on everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400292 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 22:25:14 +0000 JenGirl 2400292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse pretty much everywhere. I do the up/down shirt method so it's fairly discreet. And now my son doesn't get distracted too much, so I don't have to miss much. We'll see how long that lasts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400266 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 21:10:23 +0000 hellobeeboston 2400266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyG: getting out of dishes is an ex Ellen's perk!!!</p> <p>@ElbieKay: yeah not possible for me in that situation for various reasons and it was very loud in a tiny house. </p> <p>@Mrs. J: yes!! My almost 3 month old is already very distracted, he needs quiet and I'm not allowed to talk haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400189 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 17:31:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 2400189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyG: it's definitely a good excuse to avoid dishes!! Ooh sorry the baby is hungry again! :)</p> <p>I'm actually welcoming the quiet time. I will happily nurse in public but do feel weird around bils. But the baby is still so little we need quiet to focus on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400180 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 16:48:35 +0000 Mama Bird 2400180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me too! I'm at my parents' in my old bedroom trying to get DD to sleep. Ahhh... first bit of quiet I've had all day. I'm loving it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400133 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:00:59 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2400133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sequestered in my IL's bedroom right now, because this is the only place I could get 4.5month old DS to sleep...and eat! Christmas is very distracting! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400127 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:44:59 +0000 Mrs. J 2400127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: I don't mind nursing in front of people, but both of my children had/have a hard time with noise and distraction while eating, so I am pretty much always isolated. Hoping my 4.5 month old grows out of it so I can join civilization again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400116 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:01:12 +0000 JennyG 2400116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally nursing away frim the crowd......and dishes!! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400107 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 13:54:30 +0000 daniellemybelle 2400107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember those days! Though honestly now I miss the excuse to sneak away... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2400075 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:17:46 +0000 ElbieKay 2400075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please consider just nursing in "public". There is no need to sequester yourself unless it's necessary for your child (e.g., you are trying to get them to sleep, and being around other people is too distracting). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399961 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 03:30:43 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2399961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly one of the reasons I didn't want to nurse was MIL always in my house and never feeling privacy. (This was like 1% of the reason, though.) so I feel for you. Even pumping for awhile was frustrating in terms of privacy. Even bottle feeding my fussy first baby was tough with the holidays. Hope your lo cooperates! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399946 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 01:02:33 +0000 PawPrints 2399946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no problem whipping out the boob at a party, but LO is so distracted these days I can't even so much as have a conversation with DH without her popping off and whipping around to check out the surroundings. So this is going to be me tomorrow. I had to nurse her in a hotel lobby bar today after we viewed the downtown gingerbread village and she was off every ten seconds to look at something. Thanks baby, I wanted everybody in the city to see my nipple on Christmas Eve. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399914 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 22:05:41 +0000 Boogs 2399914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: No, I SAH. We got lazy in the beginning because it was easier. Then I totally screwed myself. Super hard to always have a timer on you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399895 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:06:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 2399895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: we just have Dh and me, mil, Bil, and our two LOs and everything still took forever. The 2 year old is just going to bed now. Hoping this doesn't mean an extra early wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399885 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:44:26 +0000 hellobeeboston 2399885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsYellowJacket: booooo. I'm jealous your LO drinks from a bottle though. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399884 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:43:02 +0000 hellobeeboston 2399884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: not with this group, but the group on Saturday I will, I think. Part of being isolated was also that he seemed overwhelmed with the noise and needed some quiet. </p> <p>Why do family gatherings take soooooooo long sometimes. 2.5 hours waiting for dinner. Then present opening just took 1.5 hrs (after 45 min trying to get everyone in one room), no dessert still but it's 8:45 and I have a 3yo and an infant!! Let's move it along!! Even the 8 yo's are fading. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399881 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:25:21 +0000 MrsYellowJacket 2399881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a house full of guests and just feel stuck at the pump !! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399880 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:24:49 +0000 pregnantbee 2399880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not this year, but this is how I felt when I had all family descend at once several weeks after LO was born (now 3.5 years). I felt so isolated, but I was still so uncomfortable and clumsy with BF, I kept nursing in his room, and I felt like I was missing everything. Never got hot food - ha!</p> <p>Is there any way you'd be ok nursing with a cover/blanket in the corner of the room where everyone else is? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399879 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:19:43 +0000 hellobeeboston 2399879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: assuming you didn't do daycare if no bottle?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399851 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:04:02 +0000 Boogs 2399851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: It can definitely be isolating! I ended up buying a covered goods nursing cover and just started nursing through whatever was going on so I didn't have to keep missing things. Still trying to wean my 15m old, and he never did take a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399844 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:36:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 2399844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I guess they just know it's dinner time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399843 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:35:14 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2399843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was my a couple years ago. And agree to them always being hungry RIGHT at dinner time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399840 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:33:17 +0000 hellobeeboston 2399840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: yes!!!! It's like they know when food is ready and they don't want us to have it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399839 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:32:02 +0000 hellobeeboston 2399839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: so true! There are def times I don't mind it. I remember doing this with my 3yo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399838 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:31:54 +0000 Foodnerd81 2399838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I should say my kid has a knack for being ready to eat as soon as hot food is ready. In the hospital I had ONE meal arrive hot as she was actually sleeping- and the in house pediatrician came in and examined her and pissed her off so I had to let me meal get cold yet again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399835 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:29:10 +0000 twodoghouse 2399835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That was me last year too, @FaithFertility: . They were nursing ALL THE TIME a year ago. Hang in there @hellobeeboston: it gets better! </p> <p>I was back to nursing by myself today at my DH's family party, but mostly because I needed a break! My daughter was like "nurse?" and I'm like heck yeah, let's go find a quiet room! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399833 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:21:05 +0000 Foodnerd81 2399833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me! At least it's my own room. Baby is a week old today and mil and Bil have been here all day. Honestly I don't mind the alone time. Sometimes I need a break too. They are all making dinner and entertaining the toddler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-nursing-alone-at-a-party#post-2399832 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:20:36 +0000 Ash 2399832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That was me at Christmas with the in laws 2 weeks ago. :( </p>