I didn't come to an art museum to watch you nurse a toddler

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It’s terrible when we have to share public spaces with people with different values or manners.

Or welcome to the world as it exists today!

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Anonymous wrote:You problem entirely.

And no I don’t need to cover or leave the room.

Pop that kid in a sling, latch, keep it moving, or sit as needed. I’ve nursed on just about every bench on every museum and at the arboretum and zoo as well. It’s how you manage kids on dc. Free spots with ac when it’s warm and outside when it’s cooler

Not every child weans at one year or solids. It’s normal for a toddler to comfort nurse as well.

And we shouldn’t have to hike to a lactation room hell and gone across the museum so you’re comfy. Grow up.

It’s actually not normal for a toddler to comfort nurse on demand.

The one mom I knew who did this (literally let her walking toddler yank her shirt up in public and latch himself on) is a seriously permissive parent with some issues.

Based on OP’s story we don’t have anywhere near enough info to judge this parent.

We don’t know if this is a 11 month old or a 2.5 year old. We also don’t know if he’s nursing on demand or if this is a scheduled time. There is no evidence that he just pulled up mom’s shirt and since OP is looking for ways to judge the mom I am sure she would have mentioned that.

Agree. OP reminds me of the ear plug waiting room lady.

Also a hypocrite as she herself nursed in the gallery.

OP here. I nursed a three month old in the far far corner of an empty cafe. This was a walking toddler. At least two if not 2.5.

And?

I still fail to see how it’s any of your business. Walk into the next room and keep it moving. Venting about it online is a really over the top reaction. Are you ok?

It's shared, common space. In a museum. Some people unapologetically treat common space as their own space, which isn't cool. It's exactly the same as the people who play their own music loudly in the aisles of target. This is not one person's world, we share the world.

You are referring to OP right? Because expecting silence in a museum is not sharing the space. People are allowed to talk, or nurse.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree, this is nasty. Ebf is so bizarre especially when the kid can ask for it with words. Lmfao.

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So many people have no sense of ettiquette. I nursed my kids too. Well, not when they could ask for "boob", but certainly when they actually needed milk as their main source of sustenance.

My kids all could ask for milk using a simple word with an easy repeated consonant well before 12 months which is the age at which kids start transitioning from milk as the main source of sustenance.

My kid with the life limiting medical condition was walking, talking in paragraphs, and getting the majority of his calories from milk much longer than that.

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If you haven't mastered MYOB, stay home, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:That's uncool. I have no problem whatsoever with women nursing infants but a verbal toddler is old enough to be told, "no eating in an art gallery" or "wait for milk until later". It's entirely different than nursing an infant.

This. No food or drink in an art gallery. That includes BOOB, imo.

The law says differently.

I’m aware she can legally do it, but it doesn’t make it right, polite, or less uncouth. Boob….ugh. So gross.

Grow up! They're are bobs everywhere in the art gallery

Really? How do you know their names are Bob?

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Children who can't behave should be banned from all public places.

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Anonymous wrote:Children who can't behave should be banned from all public places.

Trolls should be banned from all forums.

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Anonymous wrote:You problem entirely.

And no I don’t need to cover or leave the room.

Pop that kid in a sling, latch, keep it moving, or sit as needed. I’ve nursed on just about every bench on every museum and at the arboretum and zoo as well. It’s how you manage kids on dc. Free spots with ac when it’s warm and outside when it’s cooler

Not every child weans at one year or solids. It’s normal for a toddler to comfort nurse as well.

And we shouldn’t have to hike to a lactation room hell and gone across the museum so you’re comfy. Grow up.

They aren’t popping a verbal toddler in a SLING!

Also, just exit out to the hallways or courtyard, maybe 10 steps from any gallery with artwork at NGA. Just not in the quiet areas

I popped my verbal toddler in a sling and nursed.

Most toddlers are way too large for slings. Those are made for babies.

My maya sling handled our daughter until nearly 3. She rode in it differently than on infancy and was not tiny. It depends on the sling/wrap.

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I think the art on display requires a lot of emotional intelligence and cognitive reasoning that you clearly do not have, since you can't even get over the act of loud nursing.

Shame on you, OP.

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A few weeks ago, I saw someone in one of the galleries with a dog. Not a small dog either.

People think the rules don’t apply to them. And the guards aren’t idiots. They aren’t going to say anything.

There are inconsiderate people everywhere. That’s life.

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Anonymous wrote:A few weeks ago, I saw someone in one of the galleries with a dog. Not a small dog either.

People think the rules don’t apply to them. And the guards aren’t idiots. They aren’t going to say anything.

There are inconsiderate people everywhere. That’s life.

What does this have to do with the OP?

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Anonymous wrote:You problem entirely.

And no I don’t need to cover or leave the room.

Pop that kid in a sling, latch, keep it moving, or sit as needed. I’ve nursed on just about every bench on every museum and at the arboretum and zoo as well. It’s how you manage kids on dc. Free spots with ac when it’s warm and outside when it’s cooler

Not every child weans at one year or solids. It’s normal for a toddler to comfort nurse as well.

And we shouldn’t have to hike to a lactation room hell and gone across the museum so you’re comfy. Grow up.

Parents like you are the worst. Nursing a toddler in a gallery to calm them is just weird. They don't NEED to nurse. Take them outside.

Your kids are going to be spoiled entitled PITAs just like you. Annoying and rude.

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I think the art on display requires a lot of emotional intelligence and cognitive reasoning that you clearly do not have, since you can't even get over the act of loud nursing.

Shame on you, OP.

Shame on women who nurse toddlers in public. It's weird.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s terrible when we have to share public spaces with people with different values or manners.

Or welcome to the world as it exists today!

You meant people who lack manners, right. We are certainly allowed to be annoyed by rude and clueless parents in any venue.

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Anonymous wrote:There are many many rooms full of art. If you are not mature enough to look at pictures in a room with a mother and toddler doing something they have every right to do, go into a different room and look at the art there.

It's pretty ironic considering that there is a lot of art devoted to women breastfeeding