In-Laws Give New Mom Rules for Where She Is ‘Allowed’ to Nurse 3-Month-Old During Family Trip

A new mom says her in-laws are so uncomfortable with her breastfeeding that they want her to do it in a separate room.

In a post on Reddit, the mother of four explained that she has a 3-month-old baby and recently joined her husband’s family for her brother-in-law’s birthday lunch.

“As soon as the food came my baby got fussy so I spent the lunch walking around the outside of the restaurant while she napped. When she woke up I came back in and started to nurse her,” she wrote. “My in-laws and family got up and left the restaurant. I had to leave without even eating.”

After the incident, the woman began to question whether she should join her in-laws on a beach vacation they had been planning.

“I told my husband I was unsure about going since it seemed like his family had a problem with me nursing. My husband called his parents and they said that the family had been talking and had decided I’d only be allowed to nurse in the bedroom during the beach trip,” she said.

“I was hurt by my family talking about this amongst themselves. I also feel it’s unfair for me to have to be isolated from my kids and everyone else to nurse my baby,” she continued. “My husband thinks I’m being unreasonable and should give into his family’s demand. He said he will resent me if I don’t.”

Other Reddit users weighed in, and many criticized the woman’s husband.

“Tell your husband that you will resent him for telling you where you can and can’t feed your child!” one commenter wrote. “Then I would start setting his dinner place in the bathroom. He can eat on the toilet! Or maybe on the tool bench in the garage. Or the shed in the backyard!”

Another added a sarcastic idea: “Nurse in the bedroom. Then walk around topless in the living room.”