A breastfeeding mother made a hilarious move after a stranger told her to cover up, and a photo of the incident took the internet by storm.
Melanie Dudley was breastfeeding her 12-week-old son in a restaurant in the United States when a stranger approached and told her to cover up. The stranger implied that she should not be feeding her son in a public place, even though her back was turned against diners.
Instead of covering her son up, she hilariously threw a blanket over her head, which was snapped by a fellow diner. The picture was posted online and soon went viral. The image on Facebook was shared over a quarter of a million times and shared widely across other social media channels.
Dudley told reporters:
“I was on vacation in Cabo San Lucas with my entire family and a man asked me to cover myself. I’m usually discreet but we were seated in the back of the restaurant. I did have the cover on, but it was so hot. It was like, 95 degrees, and my little baby was sweating. I said, ‘You know what? I’m on vacation, I’m taking this off.'”
She added:
“I just put it over my head. I don’t know why. It wasn’t like a salacious fight or anything. That was just my response. I had no words so I thought, I’ll just cover my head instead. If there’s a larger message to this, it’s just be supportive. I hope the momentum keeps growing. Let’s be supportive of women who want to nurse in public, with or without a cover. I mean, just do your thing. It’s not hurting anyone.”
On the shared post, the caption reads:
“A friend’s daughter-in-law was told to ‘cover up’ while feeding her baby, so she did! I’ve never met her, but I think she’s AWESOME!!! With permission, I’ve made this post public — I’m SO over people shaming women for nursing!!! PS: To reduce speculation: it was a man who asked her to cover up, it was 90 degrees and extremely humid, and, no, she wasn’t in a Muslim country disrespecting traditions.”
[h/t: Upworthy]
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