I've come to this one late, and, getting it back on topic, I wonder just how much of a "problem" this really is, in terms of people complaining or being upset by it?

My wife breastfed all 3 of ours, very often in public, between 27 and 22 years ago, the last one often when the other 2 were with here, so not always possible to be very discreet.

She was never, in all that time, given any snidey glances (that either of us noticed), had any comments made, nor was she ever asked by the staff of a cafe, restaurant or other establishment to take herself off out of sight, or to the toilets.

Her sister did the same from 30-25 years ago with her 4, again without ever having any comments made.

Our daughters don't have kids yet but some of their friends do. Again, most of them feed them in public, or at friends' houses, without any comments at all. I did a quick poll of YD's babied-up friends (about 6 of them) after reading this thread and none of them can recall a single instance so far when they had comments made, or noticed dirty glances.

So just how common is this situation? Sounds to me as if there's a mountain being made out of a molehil, and that the number of cases is probably very small, but because of the relative rarity, tend to get publicised?