Mother’s Day doesn’t mean it’s all about you

A bloke who complained about a woman breastfeeding her baby in a pub was branded a ‘judgmental idiot’ by outraged mothers — but who exactly is being condemnatory here?

Sheldon Sparks asked on his Facebook account if it was appropriate for a young mother to have two glasses of wine during her Mother’s Day pub lunch — and then ‘flop a breast out’ to give junior his num-nums.

What was his issue — the wine, the special day or the inflammatory mammary calamity? The mother in question said it was only a spritzer anyway. She hadn’t had a drink for nine months so deserved a break, so shut up, big guy.

Militant breast-is-best supporters piled in online to attack Mr Sparks, claiming the Uk has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world and no wonder, with Neanderthals such as him roaming free. This all happened at the Spotted Cow in bristol, which prides itself on being family friendly. even so, I don’t think pubs are proper places for tiny babies, no matter how desperate mum is for a beaker or two of chardonnay. Discreet breastfeeding is fine, with a modesty blanket at the ready, although that didn’t seem to be what happened here.

That is why my sympathies lie with Mr Sparks — but mostly with the little baby. Mummy may only have taken a few steps on her journey of motherhood, but she needs to realise sharpish that her needs and wants are now going to have to come a very, very distant second place.