I Was Breastfeeding My 5-Month-Old on a Plane When a Woman Told Me to “Lock Yourself in the Bathroom”—Then My Older Daughter Said Something That Left the Entire Cabin Silent

offered his pacifier, checked his diaper, and whispered the song Mark used to sing off key.

Nothing worked.

He was hungry.

I pulled a nursing cover from my bag and arranged it carefully. The woman noticed immediately.

“Oh, great,” she said. “I paid for this seat to hear someone else’s baby scream, and now I have to watch you feed him?”

My cheeks burned.continue reading …