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To think you should be able to sue your mum if you weren't breastfed

694 replies

Richocet · 15/03/2012 08:04

and have suffered health consequences that could have been prevented by breastfeeding?

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Kayano · 17/03/2012 10:55

Shagmund even if I did all those things correctly as you say, if someone like you decided to advise me on how I could have prevented it

Even though you say yourself you couldn't prove anything

I would whack you

Must be because I was adopted and ff

Biscuit
buttonmoon78 · 17/03/2012 10:55

Thank ledkr.

Astronaut I am Welsh. That made me Grin. And yes Ariel I'm sure Welsh rates for bf are certainly no higher than in the rest of the UK!

Kayano · 17/03/2012 10:58

Parental choices implicated in children deaths

Hmm maybe if I decided not to feed her at all or decided her cot was the ideal place to store razors...

I am so Angry at this thread

ArielNonBio · 17/03/2012 11:01

HIDE IT KAYANO HIDE IT. Have a cup of tea.

LST · 17/03/2012 11:03

She talks bollocks!! AngryAngry

annalovesmrbates · 17/03/2012 11:03

Kayano, I am so sorry for your loss. Please ignore Shagmund's rantings, she sounds like an obsessed loon. I am going to hide this horrid thread and get on with the weekend.

annalovesmrbates · 17/03/2012 11:03

Kayano, I am so sorry for your loss. Please ignore Shagmund's rantings, she sounds like an obsessed loon. I am going to hide this horrid thread and get on with the weekend.

LST · 17/03/2012 11:05

I can't hide it... It's on my phone. I don't want to look but here I am again! At least it seems she and the OP have buggered off..

Kayano · 17/03/2012 11:06

I haven't had a loss. Apart from loss of my mind at how insensitive this all is to people who have

CherryCheesecake · 17/03/2012 11:22

Can i ask why putting your baby to sleep in there own room before 6 months increases the chance of sids? Tis a genuine question, not challenging your statement. I really dont know the reason.

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:36

But surely a bereaved mother would read the same on the FSID website? Perhaps we should stop any SID campaigns in case it upsets someone Hmm

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pigletmania · 17/03/2012 11:38

Well shag what are you supposed to do when paed is threatening admitting your baby to hospital and topping up if you don't comply! Women should not be judged for doing what is best for THEIR baby in individual circumstances. Stuff what other blooming countries do, who cares when your baby is not thriving and dehydrated!

shagmundfreud · 17/03/2012 11:38

If you agree with the view of major medical organisations that not breastfeeding increases the risk of SIDS, then there is no excuse for this information not to be out there in the public arena along with all the all the other things we can do to to keep our babies as safe as possible.

Obviously some contexts are more appropriate for this discussion than others. A conversation with a bereaved parent is not the right context unless you happen to be a HP charged with the responsibility of providing care and information in the next pregnancy, or giving information in response to a parents request to know more about risk factors.

I think a thread about the health issues connected with baby feeding on AIBU is a perfectly reasonable context to discuss this information, because people who don't want to engage because they find this information upsetting are free to not look at it. Kayano - that means you.

If you want to discount medical advice aimed at keeping your baby safe from organisations like the NHS and the FSIDS, you are absolutely free to do so. But don't get on your moral high horse about public discussion of the subject.

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:38

Cherry- because you are more aware if babe if they are in the same room. I think also it's been proven that bf mothers are more 'in tune' with their babies, hence why it reduces the risk by bfing. Also the fact that they tend not to sleep too deeply and for as long (but then this is seen to be a + for ff by some).

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Hecubasdaughter · 17/03/2012 11:39

cherry it is thought to be due to a few reasons. The parent is closer to notice any problems and do something about it if necessary and an adult breathing so closely is thought to help regulate the child's breathing. I don't think they are 100% sure why it works just that research shows that it does.

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:40

I find a lot of posters attitudes towards infant nutrition truly shocking.

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ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 17/03/2012 11:42

Richocet
I find your attitude towards most of the posters on this tread truly shocking.

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:43

None of my posts have been directed at any one individual poster.

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ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 17/03/2012 11:43

thread not tread

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:44

Just because I hold a different opinion does not make it wrong.

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CherryCheesecake · 17/03/2012 11:44

Oh okay just cause my 6 week old has just grown out of her moses basket and we bought the mattress for her cotbed today. Guess we'll be moving that from her room to ours lol took dp about 4 hours to put that up, he wont be happy haha.

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:45

MN should include the following in their codes of conduct:

Ou post mainstream opinion, else you will be subjected to troll hunting and personal attacks.

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ArielNonBio · 17/03/2012 11:46

That as may be, but has it dawned on you that you are not going to change anything at all with this sort of approach? All you are doing is making yourself look like a twat and annoying and upsetting people. You really, really, really aren't going to change anything through your actions on this thread.

Richocet · 17/03/2012 11:47

Cherry- DS3 is 10 months. His cot has now become a permanent fixture in our room. My DH is equally displeased as it's in the spot that the tv is going Grin

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ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 17/03/2012 11:49

But your posts are ignoring the fact that posters like me have lost a parent at a young age and may be at higher risk of developing a terminal illness because of that. Are you really suggesting that, if she wasn't dead, I should sue my mother because of parenting choices she might have made.

Are you suggesting that a women with PND should continue to struggle with bf even if it is making her pnd worse because bf is the only factor that has an impact on a child's health.

Should someone sue their parents if they live near a polluted road?

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