Comments on: Nursing in Guate

By: Nursing in Guate, Part 3 :: Guate Living

Nursing in Guate, Part 3 :: Guate Living — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:40:47 +0000

[...] may recall the time a bus ride led to a up close encounter with a wet nipple and my recommendations to expats when locals offer to breastfeed your children. Well, the other [...]

By: Chicken Bus Stories :: Guate Living

Chicken Bus Stories :: Guate Living — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:34:15 +0000

[...] bet they’ve never had a bare, wet nipple rub against their thigh though… Share and [...]

By: The Subway :: Guate Living

The Subway :: Guate Living — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:31:27 +0000

[...] to say that I’ve not yet been groped in these circumstances, although I have had multiple close encounters with exposed breasts. I’ve got more to say about the Chicken Buses, but that will have to wait for another post. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:20:06 +0000

I was with an American the other day who is new here and just visiting, and a woman was nursing her baby when we approached her near the post office. She disconnected the kid, swung him onto her back, and started soliciting us….all with the left breast hanging there, staring at me, taunting me, as if it were aware of my blog entry.

Even better was the look on my companion’s face; his eye was twitching and despite biting his lower lip you could still see a smile desperately trying to creep through. Of course, I told her that he needed to buy a lot of things for his wife and girlfriend back in the states, and left him there.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:07:31 +0000

My husband (Guatemalan) and I were out in the street in front of the house last night when one of the neighbors came over to talk to him. The teenage girl and my husband carried on their conversation as her son walked over. She casually picked him up, took out her breast to feed and didn’t attempt to cover herself in anyway. No interuption of the conversation and not a blink of the eye from my husband. It was perfectly normal for them both. You’d think that I’d get use to it after several years here but no.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:12:34 +0000

Laura, you’ll fit right in.

By: Laura Grimsley

Laura Grimsley — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:15:32 +0000

Excellent. I am moving to Guatemala from China with my 8 month old daughter who I am still breastfeeding. The Chinese women seem to be all for formula and locals like to stop and watch me breastfeed despite breast and baby being covered up with a muslin. Look forward ro whipping it out!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:55:29 +0000

Great points. With few exceptions, the women here are very modest, something I appreciate as I have teenage sons.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:30:40 +0000

Modesty is relative. We walk around in shorts showing our legs but gawk at exposed breasts, and people here think nothing of a breast but consider a woman to be fast or indecent if she shows her legs.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:29:06 +0000

My thoughts exactly!