Have you seen the photo blowing the minds of mums, dads and non-parents everywhere?
This week, Life of a Dad posted a photo of mother of two Toluca Lake breastfeeding on their Facebook page, with the caption, “Every parent knows this joy.”
Queue: collective gasps.
But wait there’s more. Lake is also breastfeeding ON THE TOILET.
Queue: internet meltdown.
The photo – attracted two hundred thousand likes – and quickly divided the internet.
It’s outrageous that we live in a world where people have such strong feelings about breastfeeding a child and, importantly, where the breastfeeding is done.
However, here’s what happened:
It’s a bit like the dress debate – and everyone falls into one of two camps:
The first is..
1. This is the most revolting photo. Ever.
Mums, dads and non-parents alike pounced:
“This is totally ridiculous.” wrote one Facebook user.
“I have 4 kids and breastfed them all as babies, never once did I do so while using the bathroom. I have in restaurants, shopping malls, on an airplane, at home, the park, and a bunch of other places, but not while on the toilet. That’s not even a small infant, she’s at the age where she can wait,” the person wrote.
While another described it as “gross.”
Top Comments
I don't have an opinion about the child breastfeeding ... I'm more repulsed that she's got someone in taking a pic while she's on the bog ... I mean, if it were a wee, she'd get the baby to wait because she'd have finished doing her biz by the time she pulled up her shirt. So she's clearly doing a #2 ... with her partner (or whoever it is taking the pic) in with her .... ewwwwwwwwwwwww.
each to their own...her home, her toilet ,her boob she can do what she likes. However...we are all quick to throw up our collective hands in horror when it's suggested breastfeeders in shopping centres should go and breastfeed their kids in the toilets/baby change rooms ( which also double as toilets) because it's unhygienic and ' would you eat your lunch in there ?' etc etc.....how is any different? because it's in her home? or because she took a photo of the act and published it online? Double standards maybe ?? very possibly......how weird