Sadly, headlines about mothers who face backlash for breastfeeding their little ones, either in public or just in front of someone with a strong opinion, are all too common. Eye-roll- and sometimes even anger-inducing conflicts along these lines have played out time and again for celebrities, social influencers, and moms all across the country. It seems like closed-minded people are everywhere and just waiting to give moms a hard time for nursing their little ones. Thankfully, the more these real-life trolls come out of the woodwork, the more breastfeeding mamas fire back with responses that make the whole internet burst out into spontaneous applause. Here, 15 times nursing moms perfectly put their haters in their place after being shamed for breastfeeding. “I was pretty shocked,” Locke later wrote of the incident on Facebook. “I think I responded with a blank stare, considering the place was nearly empty and the only innocent children around were my children, and also, I was nursing a child not walking around topless. She stared at me for a moment and said ‘I guess there is nothing I can do then.’ I said ‘I guess not’ and she walked away while I finished nursing my son.” Ultimately, the Center apologized and Locke accepted. Preach, mama. “Maybe it was a lack of education on the subject that led [the commenter] to say what she did or simply a lack of support,” Sarah wrote to the Breastfeeding Mama Talk Facebook page. “Either way, I know I’m doing the right thing. I know I’m providing [my daughter] exactly the comfort and nourishment she needs to grow and heal. Just as I did with her three big sisters, I will continue to nurse my sweet girl, despite the comments, harsh words, or judgments.” A post shared by FITNESS GUIDE SarahStage.com (@sarahstage) on Jun 12, 2015 at 6:08pm PDT A post shared by Black Women Do Breastfeed (@bwdbf) on Jun 6, 2017 at 11:05am PDT In an Instagram post on the Black Women Do Breastfeed page, she wrote, “She was trying to talk me into supplementing formula since they were 6 weeks early, I politely declined her advice. As a result, my babies were 4 lb 5 oz and 4 lb 7 oz when leaving the hospital but a month later they are both 6 lb 8 oz off of nothing but breastmilk.” Robison later told CafeMom: “I just hope more moms realize that it is okay to stick up for themselves and to follow that maternal instinct. Oh, and of course to normalize breastfeeding.” A post shared by Christian Serratos (@christianserratos) on Jul 5, 2017 at 4:30pm PDT But this is the bottom-line for her: “I’m going to give my girl whatever makes her happy and feel good. Plus. I love the bond it brings & that I am the only person who can give her that.”
