Is it tidiness or not?

[fsmail]

Just out of interest thought I would do a survey on whether tidy, homeproud people are more likely to bottlefeed, i.e. are breastfeeders better at letting the house go. Any feedback would be interesting.

[jampots]

I would say Im in between - im not anal about housework but dont like a mess either. I failed the breastfeeding thing twice and bottlefed

[fsmail]

Thanks Jampot, I df most of the time but did give bottles when I could not cope with the mess and therefore also a bit of both.

[fsmail]

Thanks Jampot, I df most of the time but did give bottles when I could not cope with the mess and therefore also a bit of both.

[Fran1]

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How does giving bottles contribute to a tidy house.

I am quite obsessive about tidiness and house hold chores. I breastfed. And i was also quite mature enough to realise that if my dd needed a feed then the housework would have to wait!!

What did you do prop the bottle in baby's mouth whilst you did the hoovering??????

[fsmail]

Thanks Fran for again making me not want to go on to mumsnet again!

[Fran1]

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does that mean you are sensitivesubject?

If so have you read my response on your other thread?

[hercules]

this will defintely kick off.
Imagine asking if homeproud people are more likely to breastfeed, i.e. are bottlefeeders better at letting the house go.

[Fran1]

I'm not trying to be horrible. Genuinely shocked and having difficulty understanding how you think bottle feeding helps your house get tidier?

Do you leave the bottle propped in mouth?

IMO bottles make more mess in the kitchen!

[Fran1]

Is this another, don't post if you don't agree thread.

I misunderstood your "Any feedback would be interesting" obviously.

I'm sorry but i just think its a crazy vision to imagine all houseproud women out there thinking they definitely couldn't afford the time to bother breastfeeding their babies!

[fsmail]

I felt it was rather offensive of you to consider that I would leave a baby propped up with a bottle in his mouth while I hoovered. Do you get that, you are perfectly welcome to make your point without being offensive. End of story! That is nothing to do with agreeing or not agreeing

[Fran1]

Do expand on that comment Lockets.

[Enid]

my house was lovely and tidy as dh did it while I lounged on the sofa breastfeeding, chatting on the phone and eating cake

[misdee]

my house is a pit 6 days of the week, on the 7th i get a cleaner in.

i breastfeed.

[NotQuiteCockney]

It's an interesting question, but both breastfeeding/bottlefeeding and cleaning-obsessed/slovenly are sensitive issues, so I don't think this question is going to help anyone.

Noone's going to be happy to think, "oh, that's why I didn't manage to bf, I care too much about dusting!". And nobody's going to be happy to think "oh, that's why I managed to bf, I'm a disgusting slob".

[Fran1]

Lol nqc

maybe i should have said something more

(makes mental note for next time)

[fsmail]

Agree NQC. Did not think it would be so bad. Sorry folks

[Fran1]

You don't have to be sorry just don't tell me i make you want to leave!!

Out of interest have i made you want to leave before or were you speaking generally??

[SoupDragon]

I have absolutely no idea why you think bf-ing leads to a messy house. What a load of rubbish! I breastfed both DSs but my house was a tip before then.

I am a naturally messy person. Some people are naturally tidy people.

DSs both finished feeding in under 15 minutes on average. Probably less time than it takes to sterilise bottles, teats, make up a feed, wash bottles etc...

And isn't your implication that breastfeeding mothers are not houseproud and better at letting the house go just as insulting as a comment about propping your baby up with a bottle whilst you hoover?

[Fran1]

Actually you're quite right SD i wasn't assuming you did prop a bottle, i was just asking how else you may have found bottle feeding an aid to tidying the house?