I BF both my kids, and I did it everywhere. Obviously I support public breastfeeding.

As for Salma Hayek, I think it's fantastic. She had the means to help a starving baby. What could be wrong with that?

Imagine how different the story would have been had it been Courtney Love or Amy Winehouse instead of beloved Earth-mother goddess Salma Hayek.

I'm really out of my zone here but wouldn't communal breast-feeding lead to greater baby health due to the variety of immunity agents passed from mothers to babies?

What on Earth are you doing here OMG2? I'm worried about this new mellow version. What next? Sumitting recipes?

What's next with OMG? I'll see you over at the artsy-craftsy blog!

WISH I WAS THAT BABY !

Breastmilk is breastmilk (unless there are disease or medication issues, of course). There's no medical or hygenic reason why a healthy woman shouldn't nurse someone else's baby. Good grief.

I'm trying to figure out if this topic is somehow infringing on Dining@Large's turf.

Breastfeeding in public is more common in Mexico than in the US. While a cloth is placed over the baby's face here, that is also not usually done. Nursing babies don't cry or scream, so enjoy.

She is a famous actress so she is acting what actress should do in front of the audience. No surprise, even more than that much if she got a chance. What Shakespear said, the world is a stage....
Win.

Generations of upper-class babies were breastfed by women not their mothers. The women were called wet nurses. Wealthy women didn't do anything as tacky as BF.

Good for Salma!!! If you had an opportunity to give a hungry baby the most wonderful food on the planet, wouldn't you do it?? Are peole really that shallow and ignorant that they would give salma a hard time?

Yes, I am.

Whether you breastfeed or bottle feed - your baby is going to get hungry and has to eat. You can either lock yourself up in your house all day long - or pack it up for the road and have a life again! There is nothing wrong with BF in public. If you don't want to see it - don't look! = )

I am glad she BF that baby. Only in America can this be a bigger issue that what it really is... NO BIG DEAL!!

I think Selma was amazing and compasionate. How could anyone judge her for giving a starving baby what it needed. Have a heart people..a boob is a boob our bodies were made to do this.

I think it is awesome. It is celebrities that can change the views on things like breastfeeding, natural birth and things like this a lot quicker than anyone else. People watch them, look to them, they are what a lot of people consider role models (how scary is that). People need to remember that what is considered faux pas in the US can be very different in other countries. There is something wrong in a country when it is OK to see most of a women's breast in a dress or bathing suit, or all of them in a movie, but seeing a small part while nursing a baby is considered crude. Whether breasts are just for feeding baby, or whether they are also a sexual thing (as some scientists agree) feeding a baby should be the least crude public display of them. I have 3 kids, a 5 year old and 3 year old twins and they all nursed in public when they were babies. I never had a problem, but I am in Canada, where nursing is more common.

I think the fact that she nursed a baby that is not hers shows that she is very open and positive about the benefits of breastfeeding. It is unusual for North America today, but I am sure many of our ancestors were nursed by a wet nurse. It would be hard not to do if you saw a starving baby and had the milk right there!