“Not all mums are clever - some of them can't spell”

“I cant believe in this day and age what some people say. Breast is best this is well known, and if people dont like it then my advise is dont look, most mums are very clever and you would never no that they were feeding,all i can say is that some folk are prudes. Get a life and leave Mums alone, they are doing a fab job.”

“I personally do not want to see women OR animals feeding their young.
I have had 4 children and think that breastfeeding is SO unnecessary these days, as we have perfectly good formula. We are not primitive animals that have to resort to such basic stuff.
I think that if it must be done at all, at least keep it private in your own home and not anywhere near me.
Good God, the mother has provided everything for the baby for 9 months so why does it have to hang on after birth?”

“Surely they were just offering you the chance to use a room should you have wished. People may not know they can be given a room should they wish!!”

“Urinating and eating - similar?! I think not! Urinating in public is a criminal offence, eating in public is not! Would you be so objective to a toddler eating food? No because it doesn't come from a breast?! Last time I checked we are mammalian and by definition this is how we are supposed to feed our young! When you go to the zoo do you complain about the other mammals feeding their young? Turn over TV programs because a cow has out it's udders?! You don't because this would be silly!”

“WOW I can't believe that some people think that new mothers should be shoved in a room or made to hide away from people when feeding their children! What is it some dirty little secret?

When my daughter was being breast fed we found it very difficult to find places to feed her when out in Nottingham, my wife didn't want to do it in public for the very reason that Charlotte has experienced, resulting in her not wanting to go out (and wouldn't go out on her own) leaving her feeling depressed and isolated. There is not enough done by businesses and councils to promote breast feeding mothers, we found that boots were one of the better companies that provided for young mothers, yet there services were still not amazing (I have been in better toilets).

Well done for speaking up about this, but it's a shame you have had to experience this in the first place!

Carl”

“While I can see the point of this, surely a private room would be better for all concerned instead of making a big issue out of this, we all know breastfeeding is natural but so is urinating, I choose, unlike many, to urinate in private! courtesy is sometimes worth the effort!”

“Honey25297. Duncan won't take a bottle and why should I have to hide away to feed him? If he's hungry I will feed him no matter where we are.”

“It's hard to believe that in 2012 this debate still happens. I am quite sure that Charlotte Murray was not sitting naked from the waist up, willingly offending or pleasing all and sundry. The fact is that breastfeeding babies need feedng when they are hungry, not where and when security guards demand! Every breastfeeding mother I have ever met has fed discretely, and expressing and feeding by bottle is a completely different, and sometimes unachievable, experience, especially when the child is only 9 weeks old. I hope Charlotte's persistence encourages other mums to breastfeed in public, and that the City Council, and every other establishment, sees fit to promote the most natural and healthy start a mother could give her child.”

“Honey25279, I am sure she would have chosen a more comfortable place to feed if she could, but a hungry baby will not wait for that and demand food whenever. People have been feeding their babies forever, when did it become something to hide?”