I have never felt so strongly about any tv programme as I do about C4's Bringing Up Baby that has just finished. Three regimes of early childcare are being tested - rigid 50's Truby King, 60's relatively balanced Spock and a relaxed tribal-style 70's approach - forgotten the 'guru' followed on this one.
The 50's approach had me crying - the babies are on a four hourly regime, left outside in the garden between feeds, no eye contact, no cuddles, baby held away from body, left to cry whilst still only ONE DAY OLD. The damage that may be being done to these babies is terrible. I've read a little about attachment theory and I am worried about the effect this regime will have on the babies in the programme. They are on the regime for their first three months of life - the most important time. If these babies are still on the regime I feel they must be taken off. I've never demonstrated for anything but this is wrong! Wrong!
I was brought up in this way myself - 1972. My mum was trained to do this by my paternal grandfather who was an advocate of Truby King. He held her down in the bed as I cried at 2 days old to be fed and did not let her go to me. I wasn't fed till 3 hours later.
Anyone else desperate to stop these babies being put through this. Want to go down to channel 4 now! Jesus, I'm livid.
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minniemitch · 25/09/2007 22:22
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