Mom shocked after scrolling Facebook and seeing herself breastfeeding in video taken by stranger
A mom has been left shocked after a stranger posted a rant alongside a video of her breastfeeding her baby to social media.
Izabele Lomax (@izlomax) was surprised to discover a video of herself feeding her nine-week-old son, Baker, while at the beach.
You can see her response here:
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The post read: "Quick vent. Just pulled up my Facebook and was greeted with this and I just cannot understand how another female can say this and take VIDEO of this momma feeding her baby and post it to the internet."
"I blocked out the momma and baby for privacy but it got under my skin so badly." the post continued.
“I’m not shaming woman who breast feed their babies. I’m shaming the woman who breast feed in public with no respect to cover themselves up and just let their boobs hangout (nipple included) for everyone to see!”
“COVER TF UP!!! I shouldn’t have to cover my sons eyes and explain why your boobs are out and quite frankly I don’t want to see it either. Have some respect!”
And Lomax, who is from Maryland, was not happy about the negative rant towards her feeding her child.
She took to TikTok her feelings about this person's 'quick vent' with one of her own.
Her video, which was captioned 'I'll leave this here', begins a shot of the post and the video before cutting to Lomax saying: “Imagine waking up, getting on Facebook and seeing this video of yourself yesterday at the beach."
"Not only did this woman walk past me multiple times with her son, you had every opportunity in the world to say something to me. Not that I would have cared or stopped what I was doing, but you instead choose to post a video of me and my child on Facebook, publicly for the world to see.
"What if you were told that the only way you could eat at the beach is if you were covered up by a towel?"
"Next time you see a mom breastfeeding her child in public, covered up or not, tell her how good of a job she's doing."
Directly speaking to the person who posted the rant, she continued: "You had every opportunity in the world to say something to me - not that I would have cared or stopped what I was doing.
"But you instead choose to post a video of me and my child on Facebook."
“My child was also hungry in multiple restaurants and while we were walking down the street, and guess what? He ate.”
Lomax also added: “If you’re sexualizing a breast to a 4 year old, you’ve got your own set of issues.”
The mom later said to TODAY that the woman had deleted her invasive video without apologising.
“We were in our own little area and I didn’t notice anyone staring at us or anything,” she told the outlet. “It wouldn’t even occur to me that somebody would be upset about me feeding my child.”
And her followers shared her outrage, with one saying: "With these record heat spikes too. Covering up would be torture to me & my little one."
Another added: "Very well said! Feed your baby, momma. You're doing so well."
And a third said: "You did amazing mama! Feed that baby wherever whenever."
Amelia Jones