Mom Told To Nurse In Dillard’s Restroom Points Out Absurd Double Standard

In the caption, the mom explained that she was shopping in the store earlier that day when her daughter became fussy. “I searched for a quiet secluded area to nurse my child,” she said. “When I found a place I asked if it was okay for her to eat here. The employee at customer service nodded.”

“I didn’t use a cover up (I did that in the pic to prove the irony),” Hale noted. “I discreetly pulled my shirt down and her head covered me up.” But then the same employee allegedly told her she could not “do that here” and directed the mom to the bathroom.

Hale said she was “completely shocked” by this response, as she’d been breastfeeding for 18 months and never experienced any unsolicited comments from strangers. 

To avoid any misunderstanding, Hale made sure she heard the employee correctly, to which the woman responded by again directing her to the bathroom. The mom asked for the manager so that she could file a formal complaint. 

On her way out of the store, Hale said she passed by the advertisement for bras in the photo and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to point out the ridiculous double standard. “I mean seriously the lady’s face is not even in this,” she wrote, asking “Why is it acceptable for a giant picture of BOOBS to be on the wall but I can not feed my child?”

Hale signed her post, “Pissed off Mommy who will never be shopping at Dillards again.” 

The post reached over 3,000 likes and nearly 2,000 shares. The popular breastfeeding support page, Breastfeeding Mama Talk, also shared the mom’s story and garnered almost 7,000 likes. In response to Hale’s story, many fellow parents posted complaints in solidarity with her on the Dillard’s Facebook page.