Mamas, Have you ever had a bad experience breastfeeding in public?

I am a 23 year old woman and I have been cursed with a baby face. I’m sure in 10-20 years it will be a blessing, but right now it is not. At the time of this incident I was 22 years old, and well I look 16. One day in the summer I went to an amusement park with my parents, siblings and my boys. Family trip. My youngest son was breastfeeding. He was about 4 months at the time. I did not breastfeed my first baby, so this was all new to me. I hadn’t breastfed in public prior to this visit to the amusement park. Crazy right? First time I’m breastfeeding in public and it’s at a very busy amusement park. My mom could tell that I was nervous about doing it. I don’t think anything is wrong with breastfeeding in public. It’s a beautiful and natural thing. I was still nervous regardless because there really was no quiet place to do it. The place we went had no areas for mothers and it was a very busy day so there was no real privacy. My mom went with me to a eating area and we sat at one of the tables in the corner. I pull out my cover and put it on, and then place my very hungry and irritated infant on my breast. It’s going fine and I’m just sitting there minding my business. All of a sudden a woman walked by (I’ll say she was in her late 30s) and she gave me the nastiest look and scoffed very loudly at me. Then she went to a table not to far away with her family and proceeded to give me nasty stares from afar. I don’t know if it was because I was breastfeeding and then also the fact that I look like I’m 16. I don’t know which. Her and her partner sat there talking about me and staring at me. I never felt so ashamed and uncomfortable in my ENTIRE life. My mom told me not to worry about it but it really did ruin my whole day.Since then I have cared a lot less. My son is now 11 months and still breastfeeding. At this point I really don’t care what people think, but back then I was really self conscious about it.Have any of you mamas, or dads have your wives had a bad experience breastfeeding in public? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3avtWfv