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At first glance, it looks like a harmless photo of a woman breastfeeding her baby. Look closer, though, and you\u2019ll see the hidden detail that caused this picture to go viral.<\/p>\n

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Breastfeeding is a natural and beautiful process that helps create intimacy and bonding between the mom and her bundle of joy.<\/p>\n

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Feeding babies whenever and wherever they are hungry is something mom\u2019s shouldn\u2019t feel bad about, but sadly, there are people out there who give them a hard time as they believe feeding babies in public is not appropriate or acceptable if they don\u2019t use a cover.<\/p>\n

Back in 2018, Melanie Dudley, a mom of a 3-month-old baby, was at a restaurant with her family and some friends when the little one started crying for food. Without hesitation, Melanie, who is from Texas, started breastfeeding her son. And although everyone was fine with that, it looked like a stranger who was sitting on the next table was uncomfortable with this mom not being covered while breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

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He approached Melanie and asked her to cover up. And well, she did just that, but in a manner that stranger expected.
\n\u201dI was on vacation in Cabo San Lucas with my entire family, and a man asked me to cover myself. I\u2019m usually discreet but we were seated in the back of the restaurant,\u201d Melanie told Yahoo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did have the cover on, but it was so hot. It was like, 95 degrees, and my little baby was sweating,\u201d the Texan told TODAY.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m on vacation, I\u2019m taking this off.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Melanie took the cover and put it on her head instead, having the entire restaurant bursting out in laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201dI just put it over my head. I don\u2019t know why. It wasn\u2019t like a salacious fight or anything. That was just my response. I had no words, so I thought, I\u2019ll just cover my head instead,\u201d the woman explained.<\/p>\n

A woman who witnessed the entire thing, Carol Lockwood, took a photo of Melanie and shared it online with the caption, \u201cI\u2019ve never met her, but I think she\u2019s AWESOME!!! (Please share! With permission, I\u2019ve made this post public \u2014 I\u2019m SO over people shaming women for nursing!!!\u201d In no time, the photo was shared 225,000 times and counting.<\/p>\n

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