I get to work today totally rushed realizing i didn't even have to be there for another hour. Then when it was time to pump I realized i forgot my pump-ouch! and the worse thing about today was the manager of our building came up to me and asked if i would do him a favor.
let me back up:
since i've been back to work i have been taking 1-2 breaks to pump in the bathrooms-gross, i know, but you got to do what you got to do. So i have been taking a chair in there to have something to sit on (the toilets in the bathrooms don't have lids). Well, here and there I will leave the chair in there becasue it is such a pain in the butt to get it in and out with my pump, water, book and the occasional heels. Apparently someone has complained about this because he asked that i take the chair out every time i use it. ugh.
Now i know where he is coming from, i am sure the cleaning people are the ones that are complaining, but seriously give a mother some sympathy. now i know all i have to do it take the chair out, but i guess I am super sensitive about the whole thing. It is so hard to breast feed and such a sacrifice and that one little thing just rubbed me the wrong way and really hurt my feelings.
so the venting begins....
why is it not a law that big building have to have a mothers lounge for employees and customers? Breastfeeding is looked down on because moms "just whip it out", but if we had a place to do it maybe we would see less boobies. am i right? I hate that i have to make my babies food in the bathroom where people do "their business." I have had to time my pumping right or if i wait to long before lunch i can't even go in there because it reeks so bad. Now i know a bathroom is a bathroom and that is what we are supposed to do in them, but where is a mother supposed to go and pump or feed her child???
GURR!
and another thing why are ALL shopping carts different sizes? some fit a car seat and some are so tiny you can't even put your purse in. and same with parking stalls. these are just things i have noticed since having a baby. No wonder in the past i would come to my car and have dings in it from someone else's car seat. There's NO room between the cars to get it in and out.
ahhhh......ok thanks i feel better.
now i will try and get over all of this and move on......
thanks for listening.
6 comments:
Amen. I now understand why moms drive minivans. It is amazing the things you learn after having a baby. I am so sorry about that situation. Can he at least provide you with a folding chair that is easy to move? Did you text me and ask for my address? I will email it to you. Good luck! And you baby is BEAUTIFUL!
People can be so catty about the littlest things. I agree, maybe see if you can station a folding chair in there, and maybe fold it up? That way it's not in the way and no one can complain - that's so lame!! Sorry!!!
I can sympathize with you! Having to pump when I went back to work at the hospital. Lucky for me, all I had to put up with was Todd :). Hope they can help you figure out a solution. I now always park out in the boonies just to avoid other cars and giving me room to get my kids in and out. Good luck!
Okay, wow. I TOTALLY feel ya on that one. I hate how hard it can be to be a breastfeeding mother. It's like people would rather that you feed your baby a bottle of formula. Well, do your best Christina. That is so awesome you are trying your hardest. You are a good mama.
Your whole perspective changes, doesn't it?! My friend was nursing (covered) in a restaurant when someone came up & asked her if maybe she should do that in the bathroom. She replied, "Would you like to eat your dinner in the bathroom?" and kept on nursing. Love that! Maybe the manager can come up with a good solution, a private area where you can "be a mother!" You're sacrifice to nurse that cute little guy is awesome! By the way, Miles is DARLING!
The parking spaces in Colorado are even smaller. The worst is when someone parked so close to the side you need to get the baby in. There have been several times I have had to load them by climbing in the other side...not fun.
I'm sorry about pumping at work. Some people just don't get it.
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