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hahaha. Awww.

Wait, so she is nursing and she just walks around and basically stripping? How does she nurse walking around, I am actually not quite getting it. How big is the baby?

I am so sorry you are confused. But honestly, either I am misunderstanding the description, or my first reaction is, is she mentally stable? Does she look like she is troubled mentally, or just a really regular but disoriented mom? Or does she look like she's the chairman of the nudists club?

I am all for breastfeeding in public (I myself breastfed my son in an airport terminal in LAX right next to a construction zone where construction workers walked in and out, and I couldn't cover because my son won't eat, but I was very very discreet, so you can't tell what I was doing unless you really really look), just that public nudity, as in fully exposing both breasts in public, is against the law, is that right? Breastfeeding isn't, public nudity is, I thought.

And how does she expose both of her breasts and walk around... where is the baby when she had both breasts exposed? That is just so bizarre and funny. I can't help but think is that baby even real

I am all for "doing whatever you need" to feed the baby. But I'm not sure why both breasts were still completely exposed while she was changing the baby? Unless like @blackbird: said she's so exhausted she completely forgot.

@irene: the mom was sitting on A bench the whole time. OP was moving around the store. LOL

ya, i got rid of my cover after using it a few times because it was more annoying than anything else. And i also nursed by just pulling down my first, so fairly exposing the breast that was being nursed on. But i would always put it away after! Like as fast as possible. i am with @blackbird: and think maybe she didn't realize. i did a poster presentation at a conference once right after nursing my 5 months old and didn't realize until i got home that my nursing bra was rolled down the whole time. i was wearing a shirt over it obviously, but my boobs must have looked mis-shapen with one covered by a bra and the other only covered by a shirt!

I would have been a put off if her breasts were just hanging not feeding her baby. Perhaps it slipped her mind.

Yeah that doesn't sound like nursing to me. That just sounds like flaunting your naked boobs in public.

The only thing I can think of if she put her boobs away wrong. I've done it before in my house where I pulled my shirt back up but so distracted by something else I didn't realize I've pulled my shirt up weird.

I live in Europe and I've seen a similar situation on more than one occasion. I once saw a woman just sitting with her boob out (in a museum) while the baby was nursing on the other side (and I had my own nursing baby with me). Maybe she was a visiting European?

I have never in my life been so tired that I wouldn't notice both of my boobs flapping in the wind at the grocery store..... Having a baby in close proximity is not a free pass for indecent exposure. If the baby isn't actively nursing, put the boobs away.

@Truth Bombs: Right?! I feel like I would be so paranoid that I would forget, that despite my exhaustion, I'd be hyper vigilant about it.

@lamariniere: Yeah!

I let other people do them, who knows what her deal is and as long as the baby is cared for, who cares?

Ha. Those of you who haven't been so sleep deprived you forgot to put a boob away are lucky! Once my kid started gagging and I had to pop him up to burp him ASAP before he lost his lunch. Boob was still out. At church. Oops.

I wouldn't blame yourself for your reaction. It's normal to feel surprise at things we aren't used to in our culture. But who knows what the deal was. In my state exposure of the breast near the time of breastfeeding (so not only the seconds the baby is latched on) is not considered indecent exposure explicitly in the law. I think it's hard enough to breastfeed without worrying that you are doing it discreet enough or covering quickly enough. This sounds more than a nip slip, sure, but I don't think there is a need to be like "that baby has been done nursing a whole half second!! Why is the boob still out?" (Not that you are thinking that, but some other comments sound like that!)