For some reason, I keep seeing these ads for nursing covers, touted by sellers as a way to “discreetly” breastfeed your baby in public, and they’ve got me scratching my head.  I mean, I can understand wanting to keep yourself covered up a bit, but this doesn’t exactly scream “discretion,” does it?

Really–once you get past thinking it’s a strait jacket–isn’t a bit more, “Hey, look at me over here and wonder just what the hell I’m doing!”?

Me, I just can’t be too fussed about who might or might not get a glimpse of flesh when I’m feeding my baby.  Modesty or lack thereof aside, my boobs and my baby and my clothes give me enough to try to handle;  the last thing I need is a tent to maneuver as well.

I do realize that not every place is as friendly to breast-feeding moms as Sweden is, but honestly, the hassle of a cover does seem a ridiculous extreme, even in my prudish homeland.  I refuse to believe that any mom using one of these things imagines she doing anything other than drawing more attention to herself, so it’s probably not for her own comfort that she trusses herself up like that.  Wouldn’t it just be a better solution all the way around for the non-involved parties to avert their eyes from the boob when they encounter a woman nursing?  Is that too much to ask?