Won’t feed in public

Lol its totally embarrassing when they get distracted in public and pull on and off and give smiles to people with your nipple showing aye lol.

I use to use a muslin wrap or something to jsut drape over my sholder and over her face to try and keep her focused, didn't always work though.

Mine was the same with getting distracted in public. I guess it depends how much time you spend out and about. If it's a lot of time, you might want to try feeding her somewhere more quiet like in the car or in a parents room if you can find one, if only to make it more comfortable for yourself and to keep your supply up. I don't think you generally need to worry too much about babies' feeding habits - they eat when they're hungry and let you know when they want the boob.

Edited by sarasal

Mine was the same as well and if you can do it somewhere quiet like in the car or a parents rooms then try that but I found DD would only have a very, very quick feed and that was it until we got home.

Ollie is the same. I have to use a feeding cover now as it's just far too embarrassing to be exposed constantly!

Some things that have helped have been:
- Using the car or parent's room (though the rooms can be as exciting as the next place)
- Using a breastfeeding cover - I got a good one on TradeMe that has an opening so I can still see Ollie
- Wearing a necklace that he can play with while he drinks

However, it dawned on me last night (so funny that you should post this today) that now he'll take some solids, I can just do that while we're out. I don't think missing a couple of feeds a week will hurt him and chances are he'll make it up later. Given how badly he drinks when we're out, it hardly seems to be worth the hassle.

I'd only be concerned if it were every day and/or you thought she wasn't compensating later in the day.

The parent's room is as exciting as anywhere else. Its only around lunch time and only one feed really when we are out. She'll happily eat solids (I tend to give her the fruit ones) and drink water so she's not hungry.

She drinks pretty heavily (makes her sound like a drunkard) in the morning and before she goes to bed.

I've tried drapeing a muslin over us but she plays with it.