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In-Laws Give New Mom Rules for Where She Is ‘Allowed’ to Nurse 3-Month-Old During Family Trip
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A mom says her in-laws are so uncomfortable with her breastfeeding her child that they want her in a different room when she does it
Now, they want her to go on a family vacation with them — with a catch
“My husband called his parents and they said that the family had been talking and had decided I’d only be allowed to nurse in the bedroom during the beach trip,” she writes
A new mom says her in-laws are so uncomfortable with her breastfeeding that they want her in a different room when she does it.
In a post on Reddit, the mother of four set the scene, explaining that she has a 3-month-old baby and recently went out to lunch with her husband’s family for her brother-in-law’s birthday.
“As soon as the food came my baby got fussy so I spent the lunch walking around the outside of the restaurant while she napped. When she woke up I came back in and started to nurse her,” she writes. “My in laws and family got up and left the restaurant. I had to leave without even eating.”
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Following the awkward experience, the woman is now hesitant to go on the beach vacation with her in-laws that they’ve been planning for a while.
“I told my husband I was unsure about going since it seemed like his family had a problem with me nursing. My husband called his parents and they said that the family had been talking and had decided I’d only be allowed to nurse in the bedroom during the beach trip,” she writes.
“I was hurt by my family talking about this amongst themselves. I also feel it’s unfair for me to have to be isolated from my kids and everyone else to nurse my baby,” she continues. “My husband thinks I’m being unreasonable and should give into his family’s demand. He said he will resent me if I don’t.”
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Other Reddit users offered their takes on the situation, with many pointing their ire towards the woman’s husband.
“Tell your husband that you will resent him for telling you where you can and can’t feed your child!” one commenter wrote. “Then I would start setting his dinner place in the bathroom. He can eat on the toilet! Or maybe on the tool bench in the garage. Or the shed in the backyard!”
Another offered a more humorous suggestion: “Nurse in the bedroom. Then walk around topless in the living room.”
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