Applebees calls cops on woman for breastfeeding her 20 month old son

[fried eggs]

Dawn Holland says the manager at Applebee's called the police after she refused to nurse her 20-month-old son Connor in the bathroom.

According to WXIA-TV, Holland was breastfeeding in a booth when the manager approached and suggested she finish feeding her baby in the restroom or leave. She told the news station that she tried explaining her right to breastfeed in public -- Georgia is one of 45 states that have laws which allow mothers to nurse anywhere. And, the officer who responded to the call didn't even file an incident report.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/dawn-holland-breastfeeding_n_1893681.html?utm_hp_ref=food&ir=Food

I know that WHO recommends breastfeeding until 2, but I'd imagine that many people are caught off guard when they actually see a mom doing it past 12 months or so.

[PD Turk]

1. ...

[Incitatus]

2. Here we go

[11 Bravo]

13. I want to know if Connor is circumcised!

[sakabatou]

16. And if they have a pitbull!

[NYC_SKP]

3. Shocking that people put this nasty unnatural behavior on public display!!11!!!!11

And in a RESTAURANT of all places, where people EAT!!!11!!11!!!

Disclaimer for newbies: use of "11" interspersed with actual exclamation marks indicates sarcasm or humor.
Please don't take this post "seriesly".

[WinkyDink]

21. I think, for the sake of argument, we can all list natural behaviors we would not care to witness.

That is not sarcasm.

[mainer]

4. W.T.F.

If you were to poll Applebee's patrons, I suspect you'd find a pretty big representation of Republicans. Who think the only purpose of the human breast is to excite men.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Why be caught off guard? Toddlers are still babies.

[fried eggs]

10. Who walk and talk. I don't mind it at all, but it might be better to pump beforehand

and put the pumped milk in a sippy cup. It would decrease the chances of becoming a spectacle.

[LeftyMom]

17. Using breasts for their purpose is not a spectacle. They don't exist to hold up dresses or sell beer

They're there to feed little humans. If that bothers you it's your problem. I'd suggest eating at home, or in a bathroom, or maybe putting a blanket or a weird cover over your head in public.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. It takes a long time to pump. Maybe she didn't have time? Honestly, just because the baby can

walk and talk doesn't mean breastfeeding should be considered a spectacle. Indeed, it only becomes one if people don't keep their eyes to themselves.

[Panasonic]

6. Hope Ms. Holland files a lawsuit against Applebee's

for their ignorance of the law.

[msanthrope]

7. Was she in the smoking section? nt

[NYC_SKP]

8. ~~"she refused to nurse her 20-month-old son Connor in the bathroom. "~~

Because the BATHROOM is the natural place to EAT????

[midnight]

9. Too bad the managers don't understand the importance of breast feeding...

[MissB]

11. Too bad this wasn't Olive Garden.

[4th law of robotics]

12. Sad

people are nuts.

[mykpart]

14. First of all, have you ever seen the ladies room in an Applebee's?

Eeeewww! CPS would have to charge her with child endangerment if she went in there to nurse!

Second, if the other patrons were minding their own business, nobody would have noticed what she was doing in the booth with her child. (Assuming he wasn't making loud slurpy noises or squirting breast milk at other people.) Live and let live, folks.

Third, to be fair, a well-placed scarf might have hidden "mealtime for baby" and avoided all the problems. Plan ahead, Moms.

[Systematic Chaos]

15. Cute kid, but why did they have to leave the smoking pit bull out of the photo?

[Scuba]

19. Thank god the cops got there before anyone saw a boob and was tormented ever after.

[smirkymonkey]

20. But Hooters is perfectly acceptable.

What a screwed up world we live in.

[WinkyDink]

22. I don't think the Duchess of Cambridge will make THIS mistake!