"New studies question the importance of two behaviors mothers are often shamed for: drinking during pregnancy and not breastfeeding.
My 10-year-old is now one of the mellowest kids you could ever have the delight to interact with, but when he was an infant he was a fussy, colicky nightmare. He especially hated to get overheated—and he ran hot, so he would overheat all the time, especially when strapped to my wife in the baby-carrier. This was even the case in the Chicago winter, and so, to prevent screeching and encourage napping, my wife would often leave his hat off. This made him much more comfortable…but others were discommoded. Passersby would tell her earnestly that the baby needed a hat. People would even slow down and shout at her from passing cars. Eventually she started telling folks who expressed concern about the hatlessness, "It's okay, I'm a doctor." She isn't a doctor, but it did get them to shut up."
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/leave-mothering-decisions-to-mothers/284366/
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