Couldn't Eastenders for once promote breastfeeding?

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AIBU to think that after 3 babies being born in the last few months they might promote breastfeeding just once?

yes i wondered about that rockbird....unless it was to do with mums dieting??? not sure

Ds nursery had a notice up that due to new guidlines they will only be giving semi skimmed milk instead of full fat not sure why though was in to much of a hurry to read the notice properly.

That's interesting Dm - I shall google new guidelines. :)

Ripeberry

Ripeberry Fri 03-Sep-10 20:35:02

"Have you ever seen a Chav breastfeeding?"

No, because as soon as you start BF, you immediately stop being a Chav.

Dawn breast fed Summer for a while. Keith insisted breast is best.

My memory isn't great but that's four babies that we have counted that have been bf, so imo EEnders producers are representing bf fairly well. :)

"new" guidelines here, on another forum btw

I don't think they have changed massively. Iirc advice used to be that it was fine to switch to semi skimmed after age 2 years providing the child was eating an adequate and nutritious/varied diet.

Are you talking about the vote they had at the community centre about the milk? I thought that was regarding the mums tea and coffee.

I would be greatly annoyed in RL if DS2 had been fed semi skimmed milk. No he's 7, and all muscle I can relax a little...but the boy had nothing but skin on his bones as a toddler. He still needed full fat milk/yoghurt.

If I were to answer Ripeberry's question honestly and without getting all cats bum fact on her -

No, in actual fact, I have never seen a chav breastfeeding.

And that is the god's honest truth.

No judgement on my behalf (apart from, I suppose, what constitutes a "chav") - but no, I haven't. And I have seen a lot of breastfeeding women in my travels....

Face, even.

I think its weirdly misleading the way they mention fat-soluable vitamins in that article. Why dont they just say Vitamin A/D/E

It sort of implies they can only be suspended in "fat". Probably without meaning to. But still. In fact, all it means is that they are stored in the liver (what you dont use anyway). You can get them from anywhere and everywhere (well, not everywhere, unfortunately. Not from Jacobs Creek.)

Why should a TV soap promote anything?

Though Jacobs Creek does get stored in the liver, for a time.

Oh shut up Sloany, you are boring even yourself.

Have you been at the Jacob's Creek sloany?

I have posted all kinds of inane "interesting" stuff on threads this evening. However the pinot grigio (yummy) is wearing off slightly and now I don't seem so witty/informative.

Sloanypony - I work with teenagers in care. Some are typical 'chavs' if you like (hate that term). Many have babies and plenty breastfeed. Not the majority of course, young women from poorer socio-economic backgrounds don't tend to, but plenty do. One young woman's DS was in foster care for a little while and she insisted that she breastfeed him, and the local authority bought her a hospital grade breastpump and couriered her EBM to the foster carer twice a day. She kept it up - good on her. Judgement is nasty.

I've seen a lot of smug fuckers breastfeeding though

I don't watch Eastenders anymore, but someone did tell me that there were lots of shots of NCT Breastfeeding posters in tonight's episode...

OP YABU, it's not real, and we've just shown that loads of babies are Eastenders are in fact BF.

EricNorthmansmistress It's great that the mother was BF, even with the distance between her and her baby, can I be nosy and ask why the baby was in foster care and not with her???

Starbuck I couldn't be specific - it was a period of assessment due to previous history. He was returned to her care and is doing v well :) He was born the day after mine actually, I saw her on the post natal ward!

Eric, it's brilliant to hear that. There is no way I could have expressed to feed my baby without actually breast feeding as well. It must have taken some dedication.

yabu it's the telly

Actually, I think EE should promote the fact that babies need a huge amount of attention, adn don't sleep for 20 hours a day, and are damn demanding, and throw food everywhere when weaning.

And in RL you won't have some kindly ancient neighbour who you are happy to leave your DC with.

Well Lynette she did BF during the daily contacts as well. But yes, she must have been attached to the pump for hours and while being seperated from her baby - quite a feat.

"Sloanypony - I work with teenagers in care. Some are typical 'chavs' if you like (hate that term). Many have babies and plenty breastfeed. Not the majority of course, young women from poorer socio-economic backgrounds don't tend to, but plenty do. One young woman's DS was in foster care for a little while and she insisted that she breastfeed him, and the local authority bought her a hospital grade breastpump and couriered her EBM to the foster carer twice a day. She kept it up - good on her. Judgement is nasty"

Fine, but I have never seen her breastfeed, have I?

The point I am making, is that I have never seen what people would deem to be a "chav", breastfeeding in public.

That's not a judgement - its a statement, an observation, a truth, a fact.

I dont judge - but I can see fact for what it is.

Its not to say I never will - but thus far, I'm afraid I have not

Sorry - I can't help that fact, it is what it is.

ee has no social responsibility to promote owt.is set in a pub.they all hang out in caff.hardly health living