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Pardon Me, Is That a Baby or a Hat You're Wearing?

Posted by Karen Murphy

moboleez breastfeeding hatI've talked before about how I feel about huge swaths of cloth covering up babies and errant breasts during public breastfeeding, and although I can understand that there are times in some moms' lives when they're more comfortable covering up than just whipping it out like Maggie, there's nothing you can tell me about the MoBoleez Breastfeeding Hat that's gonna make me want one. Or refrain from breaking out into laughter if I ever see one.

Seriously. A hat? Not just any hat, no. This is a huuuuge hat that your baby wears, so huge that it completely covers you and any potential random nip flash. Not to mention anyone sitting within 6 feet of you. Trust Canadians to come up with something so...genteel.

Am I out of line here? Would you wear this? Or, correction, would you make your baby wear it?I know that mama's got to do what mama's got to do sometimes, and if wearing a humongous hat is what it takes to be able to nurse in public then so be it, but is this better than a huge blankety thing? It's certainly easier to haul around. But...a hat? A big, floppy hat? It reminds me of the front door decoration of a bunch of old ladies.

  


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Comments

 

nancyt said:

In the picture, it actually looks like a giant blue boob, thus accentuating what's actually going on rather than making it more discrete. It's silly.

June 1, 2007 8:59 AM
 

Marcy said:

Um, I think you mean the word " genteel". Gentile is what Jews call non-Jews. There ARE Canadian Jews. Not all of us are Gentiles.

June 1, 2007 9:13 AM
 

RachelZ said:

I put big ugly hats on my baby but that's to keep her beautiful skin out of the sun.  I never thought of the hat doing double-duty!

I can see this being a better alternative for those situations when you'd want to cover up but don't want to smother the baby with a blanket (all summer long, actually).  But, the fact that the hat itself is so fugly, you might as well put up a big sign with an arrow that says "LOOK!  THE BABY IS SUCKING ON MY BOOB!"

June 1, 2007 9:50 AM
 

Karen Murphy said:

Marcy, I should stop writing late at night.  You're absolutely right, don't know how that one slipped by me.  Thanks for pointing it out.  And I wasn't meaning to dis Canadians...I LOVE me some Canadians!

RachelZ:  Fugly.  That's te word I was looking for.  You nailed it.

June 1, 2007 10:12 AM
 

Maujer said:

Actually I really like that hat, go figure.

June 1, 2007 10:27 AM
 

Liane said:

Okay, I'm one who likes to cover up while breast-feeding in public, but this is just ridiculous. Like Nancy said, it draws far more attention to the breast-feeder!!

June 1, 2007 12:15 PM
 

BabyCakies said:

I agree!  Cover if you must, but this hat is a ridiculous sight.

June 1, 2007 12:24 PM
 

LogicalMama said:

I think most babies would bat the hat right off their head... I know mine would have!

June 1, 2007 1:20 PM
 

Deborah said:

At least with a simple blanket draped over your shoulder, people won't stare. With THIS, everyone will be trying to figure out what it is and why the heck you put it on your baby's head.

June 1, 2007 1:49 PM
 

Adelheid said:

I'm not terribly modest, but I try to be considerate. However, I can't quite get the hang of the blanket thing. I've been breastfeeding for 10 months now, and I still feel like a bumbling fool whenever I attempt it. While the hat idea seems like a good one to a clutz such as myself, I wonder how long it would take a baby to yank it off and start waiving it like a flag.

June 1, 2007 2:29 PM
 

Sandra said:

That hat would not stay on my baby's head.  She takes them all off, even the ones with the elastic bands.

June 1, 2007 2:41 PM
 

Jess said:

From the website: "The outside of the brim is printed with a subtle 'YUMMY MUMMY'."

That's kind of icky.

It's also annoying that it's something that the kid wears...which inevitably he/she will outgrow and you'll have to buy another one in a larger size. Great. More stuff.

Whereas a nursing shawl is one size fits all. Forever.

June 1, 2007 2:58 PM
 

LogicalMama said:

All these attempts to cover up... I don't know. I just used my hair if I felt the need to hide what we were doing! I guess that's one argument for long hair!

June 2, 2007 1:09 AM
 

bex said:

Are there really times when feeding your baby is inappropriate?

June 5, 2007 7:03 PM
 

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August 2, 2007 3:05 PM
 

Strollerderby said:

And god looked down and saw upon the land a derby of strollers, and he said it was good. And just. And wise. And slightly alcoholic. And then the derby started questioning things, and it all pretty much went down hill from there. Mom strippers. Zoloft

August 13, 2007 11:51 PM

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