Beyonce nurses Blue Ivy in public, becomes breastfeeding hero


Well, hero depending on how you view breastfeeding in public. I’ve never had an issue with it, so I think it’s great that Beyonce didn’t feel like she had to go off to a restaurant bathroom or the coatroom in order to nurse her daughter at lunch.

Advocates of nursing in public say having a super-celebrity get attention for nursing in public could make more women see breastfeeding their children as something to aspire to.

Categories: Babies, Celebrities
Jennifer Gish

10 Responses

  1. meghan says:

    Good for her! And would the restaurant rather have a screaming baby? If it makes you uneasy to watch a mom feed her baby then simply turn away!

  2. maggie says:

    “hero”??? Honestly??

    What restaurant is going to say anything to a star of her recognition level? So what did she “risk”? Why don’t we save the label of hero for people who actually do something that could possibly cause danger to themselves?

  3. crabby old emily says:

    I say good for her! Of course no one would object to her nursing in public, but it actually may more nerve, because everyone will make such a big deal about it. Perhaps it will make other young women who admire her (and there are MILLIONS) more comfortable with nursing in general.
    She is exposing herself to public scrutiny, which she does not have to do. Thats a risk.

  4. Tree says:

    Fewer black moms than white moms choose breastfeeding. If there’s any chance that blasting news of Beyonce’s public breastfeeding from the mountaintops will increase the chances that black women (or any woman!) will consider breastfeeding their babies, then shout it loud and shout it long!!

  5. maggie says:

    No one is going to shoot her, cane her, drop a burning building on her, even put her in jail. Brave yes, “hero” – no.

  6. Josho says:

    If she’s so brave, why did she insist on co-opting an entire maternity ward, inconveniencing every other mother on the floor and making sure that they all knew they were second-class citizens in the presence of the all-important Beyonce?

  7. MommaTwice says:

    I wouldn’t necessarily call her a “hero”, but I do think that when celebrities talk about how the are nursing their babies it brings to light how it is the normal/natural thing to do (when possible).
    I find it amazing how many movies and tv shows I see that talk about breastfeeding (I point it out all the time!), yet formula seems to be the “norm”. We need to normalize breastfeeding in the US and have women not be afraid or ashamed to do it.

  8. maggie says:

    MommaTwice – more than 6 weeks maternity leave would really help that goal.

  9. MommaTwice says:

    maggie – I agree that it would definitely benefit a lot of new moms since milk production does take a little while to get going. I see so many moms just want to give up b/c they have to go back to work. My job gives up to 7 months (if you have the time) and I was able to afford 15 weeks off (and will be again) and we made it to 15 months. Unfortunately, we are not Canada or other countries where they give 1 year of maternity leave as a standard. That’s a whole other can of worms…

  10. MBAMom says:

    Great for Beyonce, it’s not like she has a corporate job in which she has to worry about co-workers barging into conference rooms while pumping like I did. I refused to pump in the bathroom so HRs recommendation was to find an empty conference room. So, in my view, she is not a breastfeeding role model.