Miriam Stoppard is an idiot who should not be allowed to spout this rubbish about bf

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Some of my La Leche League friends have just shown me this and I am totally surprised that this supposed 'doctor' can spout this crap in a national newspaper?!

www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/when-should-you-stop-breast-feeding-1259599

And then we discover she has links to Nestle... what a surprise...

boycottnestle.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/nestle-panic-miriam-stoppard.html

Miriam Stoppard you should be ashamed of yourself for writing this totally innacurate rubbish.

She's probably justifying why she didn't bf for longer. Even doctors are susceptible to this!

At least the comments below the article all seem to agree she is talking rubbish.

yes when the baby gets teeth, you should start solids and stop bfing. good luck for the babies born with teeth

what a plum.

I got told by a doctor about a month ago that I was only still feeding DS2 for my own psychological benefit, and that breastmilk has 'no nutritional value' after 6 months

Sad to think that this is the advice given by health professionals

There's already a thread about this in the breast and bottle feeding topic

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/breast_and_bottle_feeding/1540270-More-anti-breast-feeding-in-the-press

How is carrying your child in a sling 'extreme parenting'? I just wanted my hands free to look after my other DS so had ds2 in a sling most of the time. Really disappointed to see this jibberish in a national newspaper.

Belina - I had a similar comment from a doctor a couple of weeks ago, he said I was bf for longer than a normal person would for bf past six months!!!ffs, what's wrong with these drs?

It is the Mirror, LargeLatte. It's not exactly a quality newspaper

I'm surprised. She used to be pretty sensible about parenting matters.

she's old. she was around when i was a new mum in 1982. not that all old people are idiots - i, myself, am very sensible!

six months is a piddling short time to breastfeed. daughter was four years old when she stopped.

i'd let the child decide - let them take appropriate food from your plate and let them breastfeed until they don't need it any more.

oh dear lovebunny not doing very well then, ds is 6.5 months and i am expressing as he failed to latch due to heath issues at birth, so never took to latching once a bottle was introduced. I am thinking of giving up in a couple of months as its hard work and i have an sn dd to look after. any amount of bm is better than no bm at all dont you think

Yep disgusting. And as for the comments about when they have teeth, some babies are BORN with teeth. Arrgh, just arrgh.

I'd be happy to see breastfeeding promoted until at least early toddlerhood.

I read several of her books before ttc in the late 90s. She spouted rubbish in her books back then too.

What a load of old rubbish she is spouting! I thought the WHO advised children should be breast fed until at least 2 years old!?

lovebunny actually 6 months is a good effort I think. Some people really struggle with bf (myself included so sorry if I'm a little over sensitive) and comments like that are not helpful. I was damn proud of myself when I got to 6 months.

But, I agree ... the article is nonsense!

Interesting she thinks no child would refuse a breast feed. Mine stopped himself quite happily at 2.
Hope my DM doesn't read that article!

YABU - she's just as entitled to have (and express) an opinion as you are.

Please consider putting a complaint in (it takes two minutes):

The Press Complaints Commission stating Clause 1, Inaccuracy.

Thanks MakesCakesWhenStressed for the link.

I can't see what's wrong with mixed feeding from 4 months (if you have a baby who is happy to feed from either a breast or bottle).

Personally, I don't think that anyone should be made to feel bad about whatever decision they come to wrt bf/ff. No two people are the same and there is no right or wrong in this decision.

People who want to bf for significantly longer than 6 months, will do so regardless of the opinion of Miriam Stoppard. It's those women who do it for less than 6 months who tend to get guilt tripped imo, so it's maybe nice for them to hear someone say that it's okay to stop, if you want to.

how is this worthy of complaining to the PCC? !!

BackforGood, the problem with Miriam Stoppard expressing an opinion (especially one as silly as the one in the article) is that she's considered a childcare "expert", and has published a number of books full of parenting advice.

That means that people are more likely to listen, and act on her opinion, when it comes to parenting matters.

What a dickhead opinion. Stupid people could easily believe this crap. Shame on her.

Never heard of anything so irresponsible ?? She's clearly led quite a sheltered life then. Silly cow.

Ridiculous woman! Everyone should do what suits them and their baby but be armed with the correct information. Her information is wrong which is dangerous if someone has a position of responsibility.