Last week we saw photos of working new mom Miranda Kerr traveling with her hubby Orlando Bloom and their beautiful baby son Flynn but today we get to see a photo of just Miranda and Flynn taking a lunch break during a photoshoot this week. The lunch break was for Flynn, actually, as Miranda was the one feeding him … on set … right from her breast … as moms are wont to do.
Another day in the office xxx
Can I just say how much I LOVE Miranda‘s ease of sharing a photo like this. It’s really ridiculous how much flak moms who breastfeed their children get from some people. There is nothing more natural as a mother breastfeeding their child and yet, some people find the public practice inappropriate and/or offensive. Clearly, Miranda has no qualms about feeding her son whenever she wants to, wherever she is. And while she doesn’t, necessarily, need to share the photos with all the world … I’m glad that she did. There is nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her child. This is a beautiful photo. In fact, it may be the most beautiful I’ve ever seen of Miranda Kerr.
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Amen!
She looks great, and I think it’s good that she’s spreading a positive breastfeeding image. I’m pregnant right now and I plan to breastfeed, but in the past I have been uncomfortable with mothers feeding in public. Maybe my mind will change once my own baby comes but … I don’t know, I just think there is a proper way to do it. I used to work at the Goodwill and watch women wander up and down the aisles with exposed breasts and I never understood it. I really like this picture of Miranda. She looks beautiful and it’s very tasteful, I guess because I can’t actually see what’s going on. I plan to stay as covered as possible with my public feedings, but perhaps my mind will change when I’m actually there.
Good for her! :) Unfortunately, I never looked that good breastfeeding my son… ;)
i was thinking the same thing! :)
she’s a beautiful mama and that is a beautiful photo
i cherish the few photos i have breastfeeding my babies
As beautiful as Miranda Kerr looks in this photo, I’m one of those people who believe that breastfeeding should be done in private. I’m not offended when women breastfeed in public, however, I don’t want to see it, no matter how stunning the woman may be.
I’m with you on that one.
Then don’t look. You can’t even see her breast in this picture, so what exactly offends you?
I’ve seen ill-mannered adults eating in restaurants that have offended me more than any mother breast feeding her baby.
I’m not against breast feeding I just think some not all but some women need to be a little more discreet. I once watch a man walk back and forth trying to look at this women who was breast feeding in the middle of the mall. He looked like he could be a closet rapist or something. I watched him watching her until I could not take it anymore. I ran up to her asked her if she knew him and she told me NO…needless to say we berated him so bad he could not run away fast enough.
For the record…I do look away. This is just my opinion and I don’t know where you live, but I live in America and right now we still have the freedom of speech.
Tracy: You’re kidding, right? Women shouldn’t breastfeed openly in public because some men are pervs and might try to look at us in a skeevy way?
You do realize that’s the exact same argument used about rape? That a girl “deserved it” or was “asking for it” because of the way she was dressed?
And it’s the exact same argument used in conservative Islam that requires a woman to be covered head to toe in public? Because showing any part of her body is just too much of a temptation and invitation to men?
How about the men take some responsibility for their own actions?
You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but this is actually a civil rights issue. As a comparison… you could equally well say “black people shouldn’t go into this kind of place because the white people will stare at them and maybe beat them up” — in fact that kind of thing WAS often said not too many decades ago. It took quite some time for the social views on that to change. The problem wasn’t the black people going places where they shouldn’t… the problem was the white people wanting to beat them up!
And the problem did not get fixed by complacent black folks saying “oh we don’t want to invite trouble, so we’ll just stay out of those places… we deserve it if we get beat up in there.” Neither will the skeevy-thoughts-about-breastfeeding problem be fixed by complacent moms sitting under blankets or staying home.
The fact is, that by law (in most States, there are still a couple behind the times), women are legally entitled to breastfeed wherever they themselves are allowed to be. Period, full stop, that’s it.
Remember the time I said I wasn’t offended, I just don’t want to see it?
Trent, yay for you to share this picture and your supportive comments! There are so many youn women reading your site that will thunk about what you’ve said- breastfeeding IS nomal, simple as that. It is ridiculous how ‘offended’ people get about a mom feeding her baby while celeb nip slips are never criticized as ‘gross’. Anyhoo, thank you!! Xoxo, a proud breastfeeding mama
If babies can go out into public, they will get hungry in public. If babies can get bottles in public, they can be breastfed in public. It’s as simple as that.
Either tell moms to stay home all the time, or tell them they cannot breastfeed, period. Tell them “sure, breastfeed, but I don’t want to see it”… that’s just completely senseless. It’s directly implying that breastfeeding is a dirty, disgusting thing that proper people would never do in public, in the same category of other non-public activities that we all do — like farting, pooping, or picking your nose. The other argument is that it’s ‘private’ in the sense that sex is private. Really, think about that… then the implication is that feeding your baby is sexual. Which, unfortunately, lots of people seem to actually believe.
Women walking down store aisles with their boobs hanging out likely aren’t in the act of breastfeeding… That’s a separate issue. If they ARE breastfeeding, then their boobs are covered by the baby — covered at least as much as they would be by many fashionable tops these days!
There are lots of disgusting things I don’t want to see (just go to the ‘poorly dressed’ or ‘people of walmart’ websites to see what I mean), yet a “normal” mom calmly and discretely breastfeeding her hungry baby in a restaurant or museum gets insulted and thrown out?
It takes time for social norms to change, it’s just weird that we ever got this phobia in the first place. Thanks for the sensible, NORMAL words Trent!!
Well said, Heather! :)
I totally concur! Well said :)
Heather, your logic is beyond flawed.
You have already compared breastfeeding to rape, Islamic women, who are told to cover up or they will be stoned, black people, who were lynched, hosed down, and beaten up because of the COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, farting, pooping, and picking your nose.
I’m not really sure where these ludicrous comparisons came from, but by you calling this a “civil rights issue” is an insult to all those people who fought and died for their rights, such as Jews, blacks and gay people who were(still are) singled out for the way they were born, not because they were breastfeeding.
Heather, please remind me of the last time a woman was physically attacked for breastfeeding and do yourself a favor and don’t fight for the rights of anyone, because you do a terrible job. All I was saying is that breastfeeding is an intimate bonding between and mother and a child and I feel that it is something that should be done in private, regardless of how beautiful it may be.
You know…I have to agree with Heather. I agree, her examples may be extreme, but saying that breastfeeding women shouldn’t go out in public is pretty unfair, which is her point overall.
We don’t ask other people who to do things that make us uncomfortable to stay home- it makes me uncomfortable to carry my daughter through clouds of smoke to get into a mall, but I don’t ask that smokers stay home. If I did, everyone would tell me how ridiculous a request that is, just as asking breastfeeding moms to only do so at home is. AND, breastfeeding is a healthy, safe choice that doesn’t harm me, my baby or anyone else (unlike smoking). If I want to avoid second hand smoke, I need to stay home or avoid places I know I will encounter it. People who don’t want to see a mother nourishing her child in the healthiest way possible should do the same.
We can argue the details of someone’s argument all we want, but her basic point is that breastfeeding should be allowed and welcomed in public, and there is nothing wrong with that!
i love how she’s rocking the red heels while breast-feeding and looking radiant.
Love love love :)
I have no problem with breastfeeding in public, but some women just whip their breasts out and it makes people uncomfortable. I plan on breastfeeding, but I don’t plan on showing the world my engorged goodies. Get a blanket or something and cover it up.
meh, its just a boob. i dont understand why they need to get a blanket to specifically cover it up. of course its all up to the individual woman breastfeeding. now if they are just walking around with their breast hanging out without the baby feeding then that is different. i dont have children and i probably wont for a while but when i do im not going to care if some other people are uncomfortable by my public breastfeeding. go away and quit looking if it bothers you.
Thanks, Trent!!! Since becoming a mom a year ago I look at things so differently than I once did. I commend you for posting this and commenting in such a positive way about it. By the way, if I could only look half as good as her doing that…seriously! She’s fabulous!
Beautiful! Thank you for posting. Although I am currently breastfeeding my 3rd child & I only wish I looked half as gorgeous as Miranda does!
THANK YOU!
I was just out for lunch with my husband and his friend and my 10 month old daughter needed to nurse. As I discretely lifted my shirt and got her latched on, my husband’s friend said: “You’re allowed to do that here? Just out in public like this? At a restaurant? Really?!”. I was really offended, even though he quickly changed his tune once I explained that it was actually illegal for them to ask me not to, or to leave.
As for the covering up with a blanket…it’s really easy to say that if you have never breastfed a baby, or had a baby that didn’t mind being covering up. My daughter refuses to nurse under a blanket, she just rips it off. I am still discreet, usually by wearing layers of shirts that make it possible to nurse without showing much skin, but still…people should be a lot more understanding. There are SO many benefits to breastfeeding for babies and moms- I say if you don’t want to see it, YOU put the blanket over your head. Or stay home.
Anyway Trent- good for you for posting this and being so positive! I hope your readers that aren’t so comfortable with breastfeeding in public take this opportunity to change their thinking :)
Good for you, Nicole! :) When I covered up with a light blanket, my son often pulled it off too. I was lucky enough that no one actually said anything to my face when I was breastfeeding in public, although I did sometimes hear them talking about me behind my back. ;) However, during the time period I was breastfeeding, my coworker would say how disgusting breastmilk smells and how women shouldn’t breastfeed in a restaurant b/c it’s “unsanitary!” I was shocked that an educated person, who had pumped breastmilk for her daughter for 6 months, could be so ignorant! :p
Reason #2839 that I love your site, Trent!!!!!
Trent— I wish that I could do a million nice things for you right now. Your comments in support of breastfeeding mothers brought tears to my eyes. I agree with one of the other comments about how young women need to see that it is indeed ok (and the absolute best thing for your baby) to breastfeed. I have high hopes that more women will see the benefits in the coming years and become more supportive of each other!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!
I do have to say, though, that I am very jealous as to how stinkin’ hotttttt she looks!! ;)
Nicely done, Trent.
Babies need to eat often, and breastfeeding is healthiest for them. I was once told that I should go into the women’s bathroom to feed my son; I can’t imagine that any adult would want to eat a sandwich in a freaking bathroom, so why people think that it’s a good place to feed a child, I’ll never know.
I have to roll my eyes when people complain about boobs just hanging out and making other people uncomfortable. I breastfed and have tons of friends who did too, and I’ve never, in many years, seen someone intentionally give the public a show.
Wow. Gorgeous.
Good Lord that’s a whole ton of gorgeous in the photo. She is beautiful! Absolutely. The whole picture is. Flynn is growing rapidly… Because his momma breastfeeds him! :-)
wellllllllll – regarding the breast-feeding in public discusson…
No problem have I, however at my daughter’s high school reunion, a classmate showed up with her baby and breastfed at the bar/table infront of all those peeps she graduated with – including the guys.
The are limits, I hope?
whoops! THERE are limits, I hope?
I love that she shares these pictures and I really hope she continues to do so! I think it’s great encouragement and support for women who are currently breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed their future children. It requires a great deal of patience and selflessness to feed your child every two hours, around the clock, for months on end. I am currently a nursing mother and I have gotten quite a few disapproving looks over the past 6+ months – despite wearing a nursing cover while in public. Before having a child, it would occasionally make me feel a little uncomfortable to see other women breastfeeding in public but now I just see it from a completely different perspective. It is the most natural and loving thing that a mother can do for her child. I think people tend to sexualize breasts while forgetting that they were also (perhaps mainly) designed for the purpose of providing nourishment. Not that there is anything wrong with sexualizing breasts – my husband would certainly say that they serve that purpose – but I think it’s wonderful that she is celebrating what a woman’s body is designed to do: give and sustain life. Not to mention the mile long list of health benefits for both mom and baby! So yeah, go Miranda. I think it’s wonderful!
Thank you, Trent! My attitudes on bread sexing have changed since I became a mom. Nursing covers/blankets don’t work for us because my son just grabs it and waves it around like a flag, drawing even more attention. I’ve just taken some of the money I’ve saved in NOT buying formula and going to the dr (since breastfed babies are healthier) in buying a few good nursing tops, and I don’t think I’ve intentionally ever flashed anyone. In fact, a fellow guest at a wedding though I was just holding my sleeping son – he didn’t realize I was actually feeding him. Really, Hollywood shows way more skin than me – does anyone remember J.Lo’s green see-thru Oscar dress?!?
Anyways, thanks again Trent!!!
Oh Trent, I wanted to add: I read your blog every night while I nurse my son to sleep. It’s how I pass the time, and I almost forgot that i was nursing while posting the previous comment!
Nicole and Heather— love you girls! You both make beautiful points.
Mara and Tracy— I would be willing to bet that neither of you have ever had a baby or breastfed. Have one, breastfeed, and then come back and make the same statements. You won’t. It’s hard. It’s complicated, and more women need to get over themselves and be supportive of what is a beautiful and natural act. It’s not being lude, it’s sometimes just trying to get through the day doing what you and your baby need. I, too, had a baby who would toss the blanket off and never had the energy or desire to hunt down a private spot in the middle of a feeding.
Uuuuuugggghhhh… There are so many other things to be ‘offended’ by.
Again, I never said I was offended by women who breastfeed in public. As I am now repeating for the third time, I simply think this is an act that should be done in private.
I don’t have to have had a baby to know that I wouldn’t do certain things. I’ve seen mothers allow their children to urinate on trees before and as natural as the act of going to the bathroom is, I think that that too, is an act that should be done in private.
My mother had three babies and never once breastfed in public. Breast pumps are made for this reason. If a mother wants her child to drink her breast milk, but doesn’t feel like whipping her boob out in public, she pumps her milk, stores it, feeds it to the baby when necessary, and allows me and others around, to not feel uncomfortable when feeding her infant.
I’m sure someone will again say that I am offended by breastfeeding women. If you didn’t get it the first time, I’m not offended; I simply believe that bonding time should be done privately.
I’m sure many of the same guys that wouldn’t want to see a pregnant woman breastfeeding wouldn’t object at all to women in tiny tube tops, or being topless in public (which is legal in Canada, not that it actually happens).
Love this picture! She’s gorgeous and she makes breastfeeding look so fabulous…. Glad someone is, because I certaintly don’t. Currently nursing my second son and I wish I could look that attractive doing it.