https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 01:12:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840808 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:58:48 +0000 lomom 840808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still learning so I was hesitant to try to nurse in the store. I'm used to nursing with him in the football hold and with bed pillows to help position him. The only time I nursed him not sitting on the couch (aside from meeting with the LC) was in the ENT office after he got his tongue clipped and there was a chair with low, wide arms that I was able to put his changing pad cover and a few blankets on for his comfort and it went well but I'm not sure I could pull off nursing in a dressing room! </p> <p>I admire you ladies NIP! That's really awesome :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840723 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:09:05 +0000 sunny 840723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At the mall there is a women's lounge in Nordstrom so I usually head there. Otherwise I will nurse in a fitting room or my car. If I didn't have a car, or it was too cold outside I would nurse in a quiet corner of a cafe or the mall. I use a cover though to make me feel less exposed since my LO gets distracted and pulls off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840646 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:34:32 +0000 Navy_Mommy 840646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I get thumbs up/approving nods/compliments ALL THE TIME from older women for breastfeeding. It always makes me chuckle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840641 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:31:00 +0000 Navy_Mommy 840641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse everywhere. Lol. Still do (at 14 months). I'm just not shy about feeding my son. </p> <p>That picture was in line at walmart; id rather nurse him then haven't him screaming (hes in a ring sling in that picture) </p> [attach=1264/13/mo1l3p.600x600.IMG_20130425_142840.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840632 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:25:39 +0000 rattles 840632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse her wherever. It feels like a waste to bring pumped milk in case. I thought I would be far more shy about it than I am. At first I felt a little awkward, but now I don't feel any weirder than if I were giving her a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840572 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:59:16 +0000 pl0508 840572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840566 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:57:48 +0000 pinkcupcake 840566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse anywhere as long as I have a cover! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840565 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:57:10 +0000 Weagle 840565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did all kinds of stuff. NIP, nurse in a dressing room, nurse in a designated room (thank you Nordstrom!), nurse in the car... I didn't let it stop my plans. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840559 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:54:23 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 840559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if i'm 5 min from home, i'll wait to go home to feed.... but if i'm going to be out longer than another 20 minutes i'll find somewhere to sit and nurse. i always have my nursing cover on me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840522 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:43:42 +0000 sera_87 840522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I either nurse in public (w/o a cover), or if I'm heading home I bf in the car. Once we were out walking in Gatineau Park &amp; I found a rock on the side of the trail &amp; nursed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840485 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:32:43 +0000 Ree723 840485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse anywhere and everywhere. I've nursed her standing up on a crowded rush hour train, benches in the midst of busy streets, and countless restaurants and cafes at the table. I'm not shy about nursing anywhere.</p> <p>Funny story - I was nursing LO at a packed cafe last weekend whilst sitting at our table and I noticed a woman looking at me, smiling and giving me a big thumbs up. I thought it was a little strange until she came over later with her friends to tell me they were midwives and just so happy to see an older baby still being BF (LO is 11.5 months) and to see a mum do it so confidently in public, which is what they wish more mothers would do. I must say, hearing that praise and affirmation put a big spring in my step for the rest of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840330 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:52:03 +0000 oliviaoblivia 840330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing honey badger here. I'll nurse her wherever I can find a seat. Food court, fitting room, mothers room, park bench. I'm surprisingly not modest about whipping out my boobs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840312 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:48:39 +0000 Arden 840312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just nurse. I've sat down on the floor in clothing departments, used fitting rooms, nursed at the Starbucks inside Target, etc. sometimes I'll head to the lawn furniture department to sit down on a lawn chair to nurse.<br /> If I'm in Walmart I usually sit down on the floor in the bra section (more quiet, sheltered than the rest of the store). </p> <p>I've also nursed her in the sling while walking around.</p> <p>I don't really think about it before going out. I just nurse her when she's hungry, wherever we are. It's not a very big deal for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840300 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:45:13 +0000 JerricaBenton 840300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just head home. I keep a boppy and a&amp;a blanket for coverage in the car for emergencies. It'd have to be some kind of strange situation for me to have bf in a store, but that's just because it's not comfortable to me, physically or otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840232 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:29:05 +0000 mrsjazz 840232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always have a carrier with me when I'm out with her. I find BFing her in a carrier to be super easy and I can do it while I'm walking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840230 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:28:48 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 840230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was little I would just plop down and nurse her wherever, with or without a cover.</p> <p>Once she was older and got crazy distracted, I could only nurse her in a very dark and quiet room. Sometimes it meant going into a bathroom and turning off the lights!</p> <p>Now that she is 13 months I just bring a sippy of whole milk. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840194 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:16:17 +0000 MamaMoose 840194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll nurse where I am if there is somewhere to sit and of not I'll get in the car and nurse there. I don't usually have a bottle of pumped milk with me except when we go to a restaurant only because if she gets hungry while I'm eating it's easier to just give her a bottle than to nurse and eat at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840190 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:14:53 +0000 purrpletulips 840190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends upon where I am and what exactly I'm doing. If I'm in the checkout and close to home, I'll wait. If I'm going to be out longer I'll nurse DS either in the car or a dressing room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840182 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:11:44 +0000 Smurfette 840182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The car, if I can't find some place private. I did walk around the zoo with her in the Ktan nursing with a cover on. That was the first time I did that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840176 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:09:15 +0000 bunnylove08 840176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i went to the target dressing room and nursed there. O've also done it in the car too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840167 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:07:02 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 840167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm close &amp; hes not frantic, I head home. If there's a good spot to sit, I'll nurse where we are. Most often though, I've headed to the car &amp; nursed there. It happens a lot at Costco for some reason &amp; we always end up in the car :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840164 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:05:29 +0000 plantains 840164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just put my cover on and nurse wherever I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840154 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:03:22 +0000 autumnlove 840154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I whip out a boob and cover and nurse in a fitting room or my car. Or I pack a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840152 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:03:05 +0000 aprk 840152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Id nurse out and about, or in the car if necessary </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840150 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:01:50 +0000 Dandelion 840150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to go to a quiet place, like a dressing room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840141 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:59:30 +0000 immabeetoo 840141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never taken pumped milk bc I'm lazy and would hate to waste it if we didn't need it. I wouldn't have an issue NIP but LO is too distracted so I go into a dressing room or in the back of the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840136 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:58:54 +0000 MusicaV 840136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm 5 minutes from home, I just go home.</p> <p>As DS has gotten older, I'm a lot more comfortable and bold nursing in public. If I go to the mall or a baby store, I nurse in the mothers rooms or bathrooms with seating areas. I used to nurse in the bathroom at church but now I do it in the pew with a cover. I nursed in the restaurant/eating area of a grocery store. I try to find a quiet corner or side. When we go out to eat, we try to get a booth in case I need to nurse. If I have to, I'll nurse in the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840118 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:53:28 +0000 DillonLion 840118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any and all! I either nurse if it is convenient, feed a bottle of pumped milk if I have it, or head home if I'm nearly done and close to home. She falls asleep in the car usually, hungry or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840116 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:53:06 +0000 runsyellowlites 840116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse her while out, find somewhere quiet or where I can easily sit like @regberadaisy: suggested.</p> <p>ETA: If I'm fixing to head home &amp; am in the check out or something I'll usually just wait till I get home... unless P was just really really fussy, then I'd stop and nurse her in the car before actually heading home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-ebf-and-youre-out-shopping#post-840111 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:52:07 +0000 kiddosc 840111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll use a dressing room or a mother's room if there's one to be found. If neither of these is an option I'll nurse in the car. I don't have a problem with other people nursing in public, but it's not something I'm comfortable doing myself. </p>