Anonymous wrote:So wait. She had breast milk in a bottle in her bag. The bouncer found it and said what's this? She said it's breastmilk and the manager offered to hold it behind the bar. Then later some young guy - probably has no experience with breastfeeding - said that he thought it was weird to bring it to a bar.

Is that the whole story?

No, all the comments about how it was bizarre were made at the time, and the bouncer wasn't going to let her bring it in.

So wait. She had breast milk in a bottle in her bag. The bouncer found it and said what's this? She said it's breastmilk and the manager offered to hold it behind the bar. Then later some young guy - probably has no experience with breastfeeding - said that he thought it was weird to bring it to a bar.

Is that the whole story?

Breathily = breastmilk

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you been to LMW? It is not like...I mean not that breastfeeding moms can't go to bars. But I am not sure why you'd show up to a bar like that (kind of a dive bar that doesn't even serve food0 and expect it to be child or child rearing friendly.

This isn't like Nordstrom. It's like getting mad that the sex toy store doesn't have a BF room.

+1 and it's a dive bar that checks bags, which means it attracts dangerous clientele or has had licensing problems. Now, if you brought a bottle of breathily into the Tune Inn, no one would have known

Pp i agree with you. Thats why breastmilk should be banned at airports too. Who knowd whats in those bottles...maybe gasoline. Oh wait that sounds a little absurd...as do you.

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Anonymous wrote:If the bouncer or owner had just said, "Look, I'm technically not allowed to let outside drink inside, and I don't know if that applies to breast milk, but I'll hold it for you at the bar" instead of passing judgment and spouting of remarks about how it was bizarre that she had the milk and then finally offering to hold it, this wouldn't be an issue.

Pretty sure their license wouldn't be taken away because it is legal to pump or nurse anywhere in DC. And I'm sure the owner knew that. Common sense. What an ass.

While I agree that the comments were ridiculous, how are the bouncer and owner supposed to know for sure that what she had was breastmilk? There is a tremendous amount of liability in owning a bar. Had she entered the bar, lied about what she had, consumed it and it contained drugs or alcohol and then left and died or hurt someone, the owner of the bar would be liable. I don't blame them at all for not allowing her to bring it in.

Just because you are breastfeeding a child it does not give you carte blanche to ignore rules and policies. I don't see the necessity of bringing breastmilk into a bar. It's not like she had her baby with her.

Well, the bouncer and owner never claimed that they weren't sure it was actually breast milk. They just thought it was really weird and felt the need to share those thoughts. Seriously, who the hell would carry around a pump and a bottle of milk as a means of sneaking in drugs?

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you been to LMW? It is not like...I mean not that breastfeeding moms can't go to bars. But I am not sure why you'd show up to a bar like that (kind of a dive bar that doesn't even serve food and expect it to be child or child rearing friendly.

This isn't like Nordstrom. It's like getting mad that the sex toy store doesn't have a BF room.

It doesn't need to be child-friendly. She wasn't trying to bring a child there. She had apparently pumped earlier in the evening and was simply carrying a bottle of expressed milk. The only thing they had to do was not be dicks about it.

Anonymous wrote:If the bouncer or owner had just said, "Look, I'm technically not allowed to let outside drink inside, and I don't know if that applies to breast milk, but I'll hold it for you at the bar" instead of passing judgment and spouting of remarks about how it was bizarre that she had the milk and then finally offering to hold it, this wouldn't be an issue.

Pretty sure their license wouldn't be taken away because it is legal to pump or nurse anywhere in DC. And I'm sure the owner knew that. Common sense. What an ass.

While I agree that the comments were ridiculous, how are the bouncer and owner supposed to know for sure that what she had was breastmilk? There is a tremendous amount of liability in owning a bar. Had she entered the bar, lied about what she had, consumed it and it contained drugs or alcohol and then left and died or hurt someone, the owner of the bar would be liable. I don't blame them at all for not allowing her to bring it in.

Just because you are breastfeeding a child it does not give you carte blanche to ignore rules and policies. I don't see the necessity of bringing breastmilk into a bar. It's not like she had her baby with her.

Anonymous wrote:If the bouncer or owner had just said, "Look, I'm technically not allowed to let outside drink inside, and I don't know if that applies to breast milk, but I'll hold it for you at the bar" instead of passing judgment and spouting of remarks about how it was bizarre that she had the milk and then finally offering to hold it, this wouldn't be an issue.

Pretty sure their license wouldn't be taken away because it is legal to pump or nurse anywhere in DC. And I'm sure the owner knew that. Common sense. What an ass.

+1

Well, if you think about it, it is super weird to carry around bags of your own bodily fluid. Just saying, its normal for pumping moms, but not everyone is a pumping mom. I nursed both my kids, just sayin'

Have any of you been to LMW? It is not like...I mean not that breastfeeding moms can't go to bars. But I am not sure why you'd show up to a bar like that (kind of a dive bar that doesn't even serve food0 and expect it to be child or child rearing friendly.

This isn't like Nordstrom. It's like getting mad that the sex toy store doesn't have a BF room.

If the bouncer or owner had just said, "Look, I'm technically not allowed to let outside drink inside, and I don't know if that applies to breast milk, but I'll hold it for you at the bar" instead of passing judgment and spouting of remarks about how it was bizarre that she had the milk and then finally offering to hold it, this wouldn't be an issue.

Pretty sure their license wouldn't be taken away because it is legal to pump or nurse anywhere in DC. And I'm sure the owner knew that. Common sense. What an ass.

The bouncer sounds like an idiot, but they offered to store it for her in the fridge which seems to be a good workaround to an impasse. ABC laws are so stringent, and it's so easy to lose your license, that I can almost understand them wanting to make sure they're following the rules to the letter. A bar has no business without their license. That said, their comments afterwards are moronic, but I don't expect non-breastfeeding moms/dads to understand breastfeeding like parents do. I'm a breastfeeding mom and want my ability to breastfeed (or pump, though I've never done that) in public to be protected, but I am also a bit tired of all the hubbub when a mom runs into someone who isn't educated about breastfeeding. I think a lot of them are overblown (like the mom in the museum who was breastfeeding at a wedding event, asked to move, and then eventually allowed to stay where she was after talking to the employee...was that really worth getting bent out of shape about?).

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtonian.com/2016/04/05/little-miss-whiskeys-owner-thinks-carrying-breast-milk-in-a-purse-is-absurd/

Their follow up on social media and in regular media has been ridiculous. I would never patronize that bar after reading this.

OMG why is this even a story.

It is weird to a probably early 20's single guy who knows nothing about babies and breastfeeding.

BFD!

http://www.washingtonian.com/2016/04/05/little-miss-whiskeys-owner-thinks-carrying-breast-milk-in-a-purse-is-absurd/

Their follow up on social media and in regular media has been ridiculous. I would never patronize that bar after reading this.