New Breastfeeding Canopy a Hit With Celebs

on January 26, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Breastfeeding tents and covers are pretty popular among moms who nurse in public and don't want to get thrown out of restaurants like Denny's. A new breastfeeding canopy was creating quite a stir recently at celebrity gift show several days before the Golden Globes recently.

It's called the Booby Trapper -- a lightweight cotton canopy that protects mom's privacy but allows her full view of her eating baby without covering up baby's face.

The inventor, Regina Nancy Armstrong, loaned her canopies to several breastfeeding stars to try out and she got positive feedback from Marisa Coughlan of the TV show Bones, wife of comedian Craig Shoemaker, and Mayim Bialik, the star of the '90s sitcom, Blossom.

Unfortunately, at $45 US dollars it's priced for celebrities, too. For that price I think I might just stay home and nurse.

How do you breastfeed in public? Do you use a canopy, blanket, carefully unbotton, or just unabashedly lift your shirt and whip it out?

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About the author Cynthia Dermody

is The Stir's Managing Editor who has trophies in her home for her skills at the Irish Jig. She makes cupcakes with as many fattening ingredients as possible, doesn't comb her hair for months at a time, and was probably a faerie in a former life.

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Comments (12)

RanaAurora

on Jan 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM

$45? That's ridiculous. You can get a Hooter Hider or UdderCover for half or a third of that. The Hooter Hiders are sold at Target and Wal-Mart and are really nice and high quality.

I use a cover NOT because I'm hiding that I'm nursing (besides, covers advertise what you're doing more than if you didn't use one)... I actually use it because I'm really modest about my body that I've never liked.

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SpiritedTigress

on Jan 26, 2010 at 2:38 PM

I got my UdderCover for $8 O,o
I dont use it though. I have a shirt on top and a tank top underneath, I lift my shirt and lower my tank. You cant see anything and no one even knows what I'm doing unless their actually LOOKING.

PhilsBabyMama

on Jan 26, 2010 at 4:12 PM

I used to wear a nursing tank under a t shirt. When I'd nurse the shirt would come up (covering the top of my breast) while I unsnapped the flap of the tank top. (the tank would cover my stomach.) When I got more confident and wouldn't have to fumble around trying to get my son to latch I just stopped wearing the tanks. It's not like you can see much and if someone does, they'll get over it. My right to nurse is protected and I've never had a problem nursing in public, which I've been doing for more than 2 years now.

onecuteladybug2

on Jan 26, 2010 at 9:55 PM

All they've done is put a longer piece of boning into the top seam. A friend of mine actually made me a cover out of a beautiful piece of fabric that does the exact same thing as this $45 thing. It cost less than $5 to make and most of that cost was the fabric that she had chosen.

grouchymama

on Jan 27, 2010 at 9:50 AM

I always just whip it out. It is legal in most states to breastfeed anywhere. As far as the $45 price tag, I don't think it's outrageous. Moms pay a that or more for a cheap sling and those are just a piece of fabric with 2 seams.

maggiemom2000

on Jan 27, 2010 at 5:08 PM

I think these breastfeeding covers are ridiculous! Just lift up your shirt and slip baby underneath. You can't see anything! These draw way more attention to a breastfeeding mom then just latching baby on by lifting your shirt. You may as well be wearing a sign that says I AM BREASTFEEDING. I can't tell you how many times I have nursed while walking up and down the aisles of the supermarket and know one realizes my baby is nursing.

nmmama09

on Jan 28, 2010 at 1:43 PM

I used to wear baggy t shirts and covered my baby with a lightweight receiving blanket. I got a billion of those blankets at my baby shower so I always had plenty and didn't have to spend a dime! I didn't really cover their face either just kind of draped the blanket over my shoulder. Luckily I never had to deal with rude people, everyone always used to compliment me about my decision to breastfeed.

tazdvl

on May 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM

My kids wouldn't take the breast so I pumped and fed with a bottle. I would never feel comfortable BFing in public, just can't see myself pulling out a breast with no one seeing.