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KathrynBreastfeeding is the most natural and healt...

2008-07-23T04:21:00.000-07:00

Kathryn

Breastfeeding is the most natural and healthy way to nuture an infant, as a woman, a mother holds her child close to her heart and soul, sharing a bond that no other can. Maybe that is why their is so much unhealthy sexual attitudes, as people shy away from the normal and healhy and replace these emotions, with unhealthy thoughts and practices. Nursing should be thought of as

The part of the response from target I do not like...

2007-01-09T18:07:00.000-08:00

The part of the response from target I do not like is the "nursing discreetly". From my personal experience, In November 2006, I was nursing my daughter, discreetly and with a nursing top, in a Target in Conyers, Ga. After a woman complained, I was aproached by 2 managers. I was told I had affended someone and asked to cover up or go to a family dressing room. I refused as what I was doing was

LOL...yes Target has dressing rooms. They are usua...

2006-06-12T18:49:00.000-07:00

LOL...yes Target has dressing rooms. They are usually back by the "womens" and "pregnancy" clothes. ;)

First -- Yeah Target!Second -- Target has dressing...

2006-06-12T17:58:00.000-07:00

First -- Yeah Target!

Second -- Target has dressing rooms? I swear I never noticed. I just bought my Target clothes on faith.

LOL! Amanda I love your way of thinking!I'm pretty...

2006-06-11T12:33:00.000-07:00

LOL! Amanda I love your way of thinking!

I'm pretty sure that what the store employee meant was that the woman nursing was the one causing it to be unsanitary.

You know, because breastmilk is a body fluid and therefore "gross" and "icky" and couldn't possibly be "clean."

;)

"it's unsanitary"So the employee was wrong about b...

2006-06-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

"it's unsanitary"

So the employee was wrong about breastfeeding AND admitted their dressing rooms were filthy?

I found this subject to be captivating as I rememb...

2006-06-11T01:52:00.000-07:00

I found this subject to be captivating as I remember still 13 years later nursing in restrooms and such, and seeking those stores where I knew I'd be comfortable. Nordstrom was the one I counted on.

I then clicked through to see original story. Although I agree we can an should be welcome to nurse our babies anywhere, perhaps this mom was in a way "making a meal of it." She actually

Hurray for Target! I always knew I loved their st...

2006-06-09T07:48:00.000-07:00

Hurray for Target! I always knew I loved their store. Now i have another reason.

Hurray for Target! I always knew I loved their st...

2006-06-09T07:47:00.000-07:00

Hurray for Target! I always knew I loved their store. Now i have another reason.

I'm really happy you posted this. It's about time ...

2006-06-07T20:08:00.000-07:00

I'm really happy you posted this. It's about time someone pointed out who the idiots were -- the employees not Target.

I'm happy I read this too as I will be delivering in about 8 weeks, plan to breastfeed my baby, and regular Target. Now I know I don't have to worry about it, I'm sure there will a training now if there wasn't one before!

Smocklady, that is a great

Smocklady, that says a lot about that employee and...

2006-06-06T13:41:00.000-07:00

Smocklady, that says a lot about that employee and the education at that store. Good for them! :)

As for suing...I can understand suing if it was corporate policy that they couldn't nurse, as that would be suing for enforcement of the law.

But suing because two idiots in the store went against store policy and the company immediately clarified their position? Nope...that's just

Sueing - exactly what harm was caused? I don't ge...

2006-06-06T13:13:00.000-07:00

Sueing - exactly what harm was caused? I don't get that. I know we can believe everything we read and the reporter could have stretched a comment made in anger, but that will do no good. I sat in a Target store a few years back nursing my baby boy in the snack area and I was approached by an employee asking me if I needed a refill on my drink. Seriously, how nice was that? Extremely. Not a

I think this happened in a Naperville store.I read...

2006-06-06T10:46:00.000-07:00

I think this happened in a Naperville store.

I read another article on this story (I think fox news) that said the couple was considering suing Target. Please. The store has the right policy . . . perhaps they need to work on educating, but suing them just makes that less likely (take the funds away, and then they really won't do the education).