AIBU to think that breastfeeding isn't a "modern" thing

[ziptoes]

Some very plummy sounding geezer from the Telegraph was reviewing the sunday papers Radio 4 this morning and pointed out an article about the first occasion someone had breastfed in the house of lords. He said it's nice to see that the house of lords is being modernised. I nearly fell over laughing. How on earth does the old bufty think that baby lordships were fed in the olden days? BFing is hardy modern!

I'm sure you know how he meant it

Modernised in the sense that not only can women work whilst having a family, but that they can also involve the two?

I guess baby lordships in the olden days were fed by a wetnurse?

What he meant is that its only recently become acceptible for woman to work whilst having small children and to bring the baby to work. In the olden days the mother (or wet-nurse!) would stay at home with the baby.

FWIW I visited the House of Lords a couple of years ago and SIL breastfed her baby son in the family room. But it wasn't news of course as SIL isn't a peer!

Modernised in the sense that only a few years ago it was very unusual for a female member of parliament/lords to work and care for a young baby and feel comfortable bfing in a 'public' work environment - and be allowed to do so (not being sent to the toilets)

So yes the house of lords/parliament is modernised.
Bfing isnt modern - bfing in the house of lords is

I know I just thought it was such a funny turn of phrase.

She can't take her son through the division lobby because he hasn't got a peerage. So does that mean if I hunt down and marry lord or baron something and give birth to a little lordlet/countessina, and then persuade a politician to give me a peerage, that I can BF little duchessita/baronoid while walking through the division lobby?

I thought exactly the same thing when I heard it!

ziptoes - no that wouldn't work as there are no more hereditary peerages so your baby wouldn't have a peerage. Even if there was hereditary peerages the dad would have to die for the baby to get the peerage!

She could sit in the gallery (spectators) - with the baby. She wouldn't be able to speak from there but she would be able to hear what was going on.

Ah - I had forgotten about the need to bump off the dad for my cunning plan to work. I suppose they have a lower age limit for the hereditaries, or orphaned lordicules would get to vote?

Anyway, I don't think DH would give me a divorce for such a stupid plan.