Furious mum ‘told to stop breastfeeding baby at funfair by guard who compared it to getting his penis out’
A MUM was told to stop breastfeeding her baby by a security guard who allegedly told her it was “the same as me getting my c**k out in public”.
Hana Moshie, 22, was queuing to go into a funfair with her children when she claims the member of staff made the derogatory comments.
She said he approached her while she was feeding her four-month-old son Carter and told her to stop because it was “inappropriate” at a family event.
Supermarket worker Hana told The Sun: “My youngest started to cry because he was hungry so I decided to start breastfeeding him in the queue while waiting to get into the fair.
“No one could even see, I was very discreet.
“Then one of the security guards came up to me and looked at me in disgust. He said 'you can’t do that, this is a family event'.
“He went on to say it is the same as him getting his c**k out in public. I couldn’t believe it.”
Single mum Hana was at the carnival in Croydon, south London with baby son Carter and her three-year-old daughter Ava.
Hana said: “I asked to see the manager and she said I’d have to leave the premises of the park to breastfeed but I’d be allowed back in once I’ve finished.
“As we had already paid for our tickets we decided to continue and tried to enjoy the rides.
“However I couldn’t completely relax as the security guards kept a close eye on me and was checking if I was breastfeeding.
“I was left feeling paranoid and anxious if my baby needed to be fed, I knew I’d have to leave and stand up outside of the event alone or go to the car which was a few roads away.”
Hana, from Brockley, south London thinks there needs to be more safe environments for breastfeeding.
She added: “Breastfeeding needs to become completely accepted so women can feed their babies wherever they want to.
"Health care professionals tell us to breastfeed our children and tell us breast is best but nobody prepares us for the awkward stares or the discriminating comments.”
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The breastfeeding row happened on August 13.
A spokesman for Funpark, the company hosting the fair, insisted the word 'c**k' was not used by any of their staff.
He said: "We never refused anyone entry for breastfeeding on site in our Funpark including Miss Moshie who spent a full day at our event. If we had any problems with breastfeeding we would have had this issue long before now being as our event is for families. Miss Moshie was offered a more comfortable place so she didn’t have to breastfeed in the queue."