Ooooooh! I’m just so goddamned mad I could spit. Not many things get me really worked up. But when I hear stuff like this, I am reduced to raw nerves and irrational behavior. Via New Breed Librarian, some librarians in Normal, Ill., have asked a library board member to refrain from breastfeeding her child during storytime. Aaaaarrgh! If a woman has made the decision to breastfeed her child then let her do it! How many more goddamned studies do we need proving that breastfeeding is medically beneficial to both mother and child?

(Deeeeeeeeep breath, sugar.)

Okay, Ari just pointed me to a thread over at Metafilter on this very topic, and while I haven’t read through the whole discussion yet, I’m generally pretty proud of the overall support for breastfeeding. And I’m totally with user “sudama” who said, “If anybody suggested to my wife that she breastfeed our son in a bathroom, she’d (verbally) kick their ass on the spot and tell them to take their own meals in the bathroom. I’m a little disappointed it hasn’t happened yet.”

I’m usually pretty open to compromise. But not in this case. These people complain that they are “just not comfortable with it.” I say to them: Tough. This is not about you. As much as you’d like to be the center of attention, you are not. As much as you’d like to believe that breastfeeding is about you, sorry, it’s not. The only two people who should factor into the equation are mother and child. This is a health recommendation that many women have chosen to heed, and the benefits are far greater than your sad, dysfunctional neuroses. So grow up and get over it.

(I know, I know, here I am pitching a fit like a ten year old all the while telling other people to “grow up.” Oh well. It’s my right. And I must say, I feel better already.)