Breast feeding mother suing Swimming Pool over breastfeeding
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/03/mum-sues-swimming-pool-claiming-staff-stopped-her-breastfeeding/
Abbie Stocker, 27, rowed with staff at the Pendle Wavelengths pool in Nelson, Lancashire, when she fed her eight-month son Eric in the water while the wave machine was on.
She reportedly declined the offer of using a chair and later decided to take legal action for £20,000 against the swimming baths. She claimed the incident had not been handled in a positive way.
“The staff member thought the baby may become upset and was only trying to help”
Speaking to the Sun, a source said a lifeguard had suggested the mother might be more comfortable sitting in a chair because the wave machine can be quite powerful.
I see nothing wrong in the Lifeguards suggestion.
Abbie Stocker, 27, rowed with staff at the Pendle Wavelengths pool in Nelson, Lancashire, when she fed her eight-month son Eric in the water while the wave machine was on.
She reportedly declined the offer of using a chair and later decided to take legal action for £20,000 against the swimming baths. She claimed the incident had not been handled in a positive way.
“The staff member thought the baby may become upset and was only trying to help”
Speaking to the Sun, a source said a lifeguard had suggested the mother might be more comfortable sitting in a chair because the wave machine can be quite powerful.
I see nothing wrong in the Lifeguards suggestion.
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It's like nobody has ever had children before them and I am honestly baffled by it.
People like this do far more harm than good for the breastfeeding cause.
Dare I suggest she is a tiny minority?
I agree, some of them are like spoilt brats, demanding that right to be pampered, and throwing their toys out if they don't get their own way.
You don't need to breastfeed an 8 month old in a swimming pool, if they want a drink they can use a bottle or a baby cup, so this situation need not have happened in the first place.
Some of these women are exhibitionists, look at me I breastfeed, big deal, if they see it as natural, why make such a big fuss and expect special treatment, generations of women have been doing it for centuries, women of my generation breast fed babies without making a fuss over it, and we and our babies lived to tell the tale. We fed them before we went out, and fed them expressed milk whilst out, or for shorter outings took water or juice, or fed discreetly, there wasn't this big deal made out of it. Our babies were no different, they were introduced to a bottle from birth, and when hungry or thirsty didn't seem to care how they got their food or drink.
However that doesn't mean she is entitled to turn it into some sort of performance art. I suspect some of these stories are from women who seek out relatively outlandish photo opportunities when their baby needs feeding, motivated by baiting people into saying something they can object to.
Very true. I wouldn't expect the pool to allow someone to eat a cheeseburger or sandwich while swimming; the same should apply to the mother/baby.
While I appreciate that women are no longer expected to feed their baby in the toilet facility, it's absolutely OTT to think she made a reasonable request to do it in the pool.
Well yes, good point.
And you don't need to take multiple photos of yourself whilst doing it. Why would anyone do that?
I hope she is laughed out of court. It annoys me, more so because people have been treated far more discourteously and unprofessionally than she has and haven't gone running to the press and the solicitor's office. What on earth makes her think that her treatment (not mistreatment I might add) is worth anything like £20,000? What pain and suffering or even inconvenience has she undergone? Money-grabbing attention seeker IMO.
She should take up extreme ironing if she wants a stereotypically female job that nvolves showing off. Try that in the wave machine.
"I'm upset because he didn't offer me a chair in a more positive way, so I'm suing you."
WT actual F?
They don't have bottles and baby cups in swimming pools. If they did they would be full of swimming pool water.
"Didn't handle it in a positive way"! What did she expect them to do? She acted like a totally selfish moron.
Surely it would have been better for all involved for her to get out of the pool to do it, feeding in the pool can't have been a pleasant experience for the child let alone being the easiest way to do it.
I get that babies need feeding, but there are just some circumstances where it really is not appropriate to do it, being in a pool with a wave machine is one of them.
What a complete muppet. I'm all for breastfeeding and never understand why they're asked to cover up in restaurants etc etc but this is a sheer attention seeking exercise.
You wouldn't whip out a jar of baby dinner and a spoon in a pool with a wave machine going and expect to be able to feed your baby would you? If you did you'd be asked to leave the pool and hailed a moron. So why would anyone think it appropriate to breast feed in the pool. They're the same thing. Just for some reason this mother has a gigantic sense of self entitlement and assume she should be able to do as she pleases.
A relative was once told to feed her baby in the toilet.>:(
Basically they're shamelessly using their babies just for another photo opportunity for the world to look at their faces.
All I've gleaned from the article is her complaint that it wasn't "handled in a positive way"....is that her only gripe?
I'd imagine she'll need a lot more than that if she is looking for compensation.
I suppose the swimming pool will give her a couple of thousand, and she'll use that for her next scam....
I would dearly love to ask her why she thinks (genuinely) that attempting to breastfeed your baby during a powerful wave machine will be good for the baby. And also why she reacted so badly to the suggestion of a chair!
Because she was looking to pick a fight to get some compo and a pic in the papers?