WATCH ABOVE: A mother of three visited a St. Catherine's mall to get a picture of her children with Santa, but when one of her kids got hungry she had to think fast. Ashley Carter shows us what the mother experienced and how the picture with Santa turned out.
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – An Ontario woman behind the viral photograph of herself breastfeeding her child while sitting on Santa’s lap says she’s disappointed with the public reception she’s received.
Speaking with Global News, Dunbar said the moment came out of necessity.
“Honestly, we were just in line and my little guy, who has the patience of nothing, decided he was hungry in about two seconds,” Dunbar said. “He would have just screamed the entire time so I started nursing him. And we were next in line.”
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Dunbar joked to the staff that it would be funny to carry on the act on Santa’s lap.
“We joked about it but then thought, ‘Why not?’ So we asked the photographer and he was comfortable with it because he has two children and they both nurse.”
Dunbar posted the photo on her Facebook page but in no way expected the reaction it would receive online.
“With my friends it’s been very positive,” she said. “But I’ve seen a lot of negative comments on social media which is disappointing for to see.”