Are these two statements connected?

No, but my mind is going unpleasant places trying to link them.

I don't think "uncomfortable" is all that damning a word. I'd be uncomfortable in that situation. Doesn't mean I'd think the mother was wrong to nurse. Or that I'd be more comfortable next to a crying baby.

No, but my mind is going unpleasant places trying to link them.

Oh good, not just me then.

I probably would be a little uncomfortable as well, Strega, but I don't think I would say so as a (formerly?) reputable journalist on a national broadcast. My comfort level just isn't that important in the big picture.

The View crew also practically threw a party when Elizabeth what's her face switched to formula, giving off a strong, "about time, girl!" vibe. (No matter how many good reasons there are for making that switch for any given family, I still think that it's a weird sort of thing to celebrate.)

A telephone, a red balloon. A picture of the cow jumping over the moon. Three little bears sitting on chairs. Two kittens, a pair of mittens. A toy house and a young mouse. A comb, a brush, a bowl full of mush. A quiet old lady who whispers hush. Clocks and socks.

HAHAHA! Yeah. I could type the whole thing, too.

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises EVERYWHERE, beeyotch.

It's a time-honored tradition!! (Remember, sweetie, I did the same thing. You'll be fine! Whee!)

Yes, ma'am it is!

If Barbara were to say to me, "Can you breastfeed in the bathroom?" I'd say, "Sure. And then you can eat your lunch in there, too."

Now, I loved breastfeeding. I wish I did it longer. However, personally, I would be uncomfortable nursing in a public place IF I didn't have a cover. (Those of you who visited our home while I was nursing Em can attest to the fact that I'd whip out a boob and NOT use a cover. I found them intrusive and just plain hard to keep in place.) If the baby and breast are covered, so what? You aren't seeing anything - which, I assume, is what makes people uncomfortable - the NEKKID BREAST - OMGWTF?? When we traveled with Em by plane, it was easier to give her a bottle. I had to nurse her at one point on the way to Michigan, and it was such a PITA.

So, I get her unconfortableness to a certain point because I have it, too.

On the View, though? Isn't the whole shtick that they, well, natter about whatever comes to mind?

Hmm. I guess if reasonable people may feel uncomfortable with someone breastfeeding next to them, it might be a reasonable feeling. Which hadn't occurred to me.

But I'm with Lee on some things don't need to be said on public TV by big name personalities.

You know those big shipping containers they use on container ships and the trailers of semis?

The QUIK HOUSE is a prefabricated kit house designed by Adam Kalkin from recycled shipping containers. It has three bedrooms and two and one-half baths in its 2,000 square foot plan. The basic kit costs $76,000 plus shipping. The shell assembles by the end of the week, you will have a fully enclosed building. From start to finish, it should take no longer than three months to complete your house.

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In case your bafflement included me, I never claimed that studying it baffles me. Talking about it as a discovery does. Also note that I wondered about the discrepancy between the paper itself and the article on it, hoping that the paper had a spin that the article lacked.

Oh. Okay.

But.... haven't we -- haven't you -- pretty firmly established right here in this thread that science reporting is crap these days? I would think you'd just take it as a given that any research paper actually has some spin that the article about it lacks.