Breastfeeding covers

Breastfeeding is very much part of the local Emirati culture is usually met with no objection providing you are a little discrete so Mum likes to use a feeding cover to slip over us both when I'm having a feed in public.

The first one she bought is a vividly patterned Bebe Au Lait brand which looks pretty cool but Mum thinks it attracts a bit of attention due to the bright pattern. Look at us everybody- I'm about to have a breastfeed!! Hmmm, perhaps she should have gone for one of the plainer styles.

Its function is good- a bit like a mini apron with a loop that goes over Mum's head and there's boning built into the top edge so she can easily look down at me to see what I'm up to. There's also a little pocket in the inside bottom corner, handy for keeping a breast pad or wipe in. It does fold up quite small but still takes up a bit of room in my bulging changing bag. And although the material is a fairly light cotton, it's not so floaty and can sometimes get a bit stuffy and hot under there.

Our second one is made from a pashmina and can be used as a normal scarf, but this is no ordinary scarf. It's very simple and has a discrete loop for Mum's neck which is a simple strip in the same fabric and pops into a loop with poppers. It also has boning down part of one of the edges so Mum can peep down at me easily. The best bit is that the scarf is so light we don't get overheated during a feeding session and although it totally covers everything I can kind of see through when my face is close up to it, but no-one can see in. Now I'm a bit bigger I sometimes like to wiggle around and grab the scarf during a feed, but because this one is so big and floaty, there's no chance of exposing Mum.

When we're out and about and we're not using it, Mum wears it like a normal scarf and you'd never guess it was a breastfeeding cover. Sometimes she just ties it to her bag or just squishes it inside. It's lovely and soft and makes a good little impromptu blanket.