Monday, September 24, 2007
A tip for you
In case you are ever riding as a passenger in a car and have the habit of peering into other people's cars because you are bored or for whatever reason people stare into other people's cars, and you happen to see a woman in that other car's passenger seat with her ta-ta's hooked up to some strange suitcase-like machine with large suction cups and miles of plastic tubing, and that woman is delicately balancing the machine and all of its attachments on her knees as the car bumps up and down and three kids are in the back of the car crying at the same time and the woman is also desperately trying to cover her ta-ta's with a 12 inch cloth diaper/spit-up rag tucked under her chin, DO NOT press your nose to your window, drop your jaw, point, cover your gaping mouth with your hand, and then turn quickly to inform your driver just WHAT is going on in the car next to you.

Just give a gentle wave, maybe a thumbs up, and look away. LOOK AWAY.

Because that woman does not want to spend her car rides hooked up like Bessie the cow to an electric breast pump. But she does it because it's for her baby. And maybe also so her boobs don't explode during the drive home from a four hour birthday party.

Just hypothetical advice, you know.

Not that it's ever happened to me. Heh.


12 Comments:

Blogger Lost A Sock said...

Holy. Crap.

Now THAT had to be an experience, eh?

Blogger luckymslucy said...

Holy Crap is right.... what the hell? Even if I was to see said 'crazy lady with hoses hanging from her ta-ta's', I would never point, or drop my mouth... What a bitch.
Anyway, I love you even if you are a walking breast pump.

Blogger Jean 2 said...

I would totally stare and laugh-I mean....COME ON!!!!

Blogger Laurie said...

Heh. Heh. Thumbs up would be great! But THUMBS people! No other fingers are acceptable.

Though, that was certainly a lesson my mother failed to teach me. heh. heh. You wouldn't want to know *what* I believed the rhythmic electric sound was coming from under a restroom stall (at work, no less) the first time I heard a breastpump!

HUGE KUDOS to you in your effort to feed your baby the best in all of today's hustle and bustle. ;) Next time, just imagine that it's Laurie giving you a huge double thumbs up and send a huge smile back to them.

It still amazes me that with Victoria displaying all her Secrets all over the mall and people are still freaked out about a mother trying to discreetly nurse her baby. Sheeeesh.

Blogger Stacey said...

Damn, Donna. Was that YOU staring?

Blogger Alison said...

I'm envious, because that 12-inch spit up cloth would've covered both of my ta-ta's no problem...EVEN when I was nursing. No fair!

Blogger Rachel (Crazy-Is) said...

So then that means it's ok to take a picture and then blog about it, right?

Blogger Donna B. said...

Oh, have I been there, except it was me bent over the baby carrier nursing since I didn't have my pump with me.

I would totally stare.

But sadly, I have no home training.

Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK you have me beat, and to think I thought staddling a mop and bucket in a broom closet at MSU was bad ( It was the only electric outlet in a discreet location ladies). The visual in my head of your devotion to Delaney is priceless! I needed a good laugh today.

Carey

Blogger SJINCO said...

Oh man, I'd probably totally stare.

I'm sorry.

But really, huge kudos to you!

Blogger Shawna said...

I sooooo needed that!

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