To want to set the record straight about the Cedar Falls Nurse In

[Mamagiraffe]

I am organising the peaceful protest OUTSIDE THE GATES of Cedar Falls. The protest is not taking place because Victoria tried to take an under 16 to an age-restricted place expecting special treatment it is because the spa have cancelled her booking rather than allowing her to make alternative arrangements. Whatever has happened in the past is immaterial and I am horrified by the muck-raking and bullying instigated here last night. I, personally, do not condone the online attack on their Facebook page but that is of course up to the individual., I have also requested members of the event to remove any they may have already posted but I have no power to do so. For those who are uninformed breastfeeding at 1 is not only recommended but it aids nutrition, soothing and attachment- for Victoria's child they may or may not have required a feed during this weekend but provision needed to be in place to facilitate this and it would be unfair for the child not to ensure this is possible, this does not mean that a nursing mother must be sequestered away from living a normal adult life for the duration. The rights regarding discrimination is to protect the right of the breastfeeding mother to do so. I won't be returning here to fight the fight but as MNHQ deleted the last thread I have had to start my own to give you my own twopence'th if anybody wants to contact us for more information the email address is [email protected]

What are the designer fanjo pads?

personal fango sparkly dust pads

I'm impressed that one woman is managing to make so many other women lose any common sense they have and make total arses out of themselves right along with her. Can't wait until these babies are older and they can tell how they were nursed outside of an establishment that has done absolutely nothing wrong (other than stick to the rules of the establishment and of their prize draw). Bet they'll be so proud [pa

If I were them I would be more than a little concerned Cedar Falls are not seeing a legal team themselves.

Especially if they have an email audit of the conversation.

What fucks me off immensely is that some people have been discriminated against because they are breastfeeding - this kind of thing makes people take those sort of people less seriously.

Anarchy99 I agree with you.. I was just wondering what Mr Tie Dye Fanjango Lady, would say..

I'd love to hear their side of the story

Me too... I wonder how the two sides would compare.

We would have been perfectly understanding that they may not want us to feed on the premises (indeed we were expecting that to be the response to the initial enquiry) and were quite happy for Victoria to nip out to the car to feed there. However as the venue switched their position from it being fine to the cancellation in one fell swoop, there was never even the chance to discuss that with the venue

So in this statement there is nothing to say that the cancelation was due to bf then!?

TheOther12
unfortunately a lot of what has transpired since seems to have occurred due to misinformation on both sides of the debate

But there is no debate is there? The venue doesn't allow under 16s.

Regarding being told it was fine and then having the booking cancelled, I am willing to bet that somebody fairly junior answered the phone, gave what they thought was a reasonable response and then when trying to make arrangements found they'd given the wrong information. Either that or they'd googled your wife's name...

@ Nancy66

If there was a message on her wall, I'm not aware of it (it's certainly not there now, but that does not mean it wasn't removed). I've absolutely no intention of misleading anyone over this. Even if that is correct, it still doesn't invalidate the other points made.

With regards to the feed in, that's something that other people have done off their own bat.

And why, if there were no under 16s allowed, would she have asked about provision for breastfeeding in the first place?

No under 16s means just that - surely she would realise that she can't take her kid, and that she had a choice to stay at home if she couldn't leave the child.

With regards to the feed in, that's something that other people have done off their own bat.

However your wife was discussing it with people as it was on the nurse in thread before it was pulled.

She seemed very supportive of the FB sit in page tht has since been removed/hidden.

It looks like you may not be fully aware of what Mrs Victoria as written and where she has written it Mr Victoria.

TheOther12 You said you would be happy to answer questions - you have now been asked some - any chance of some answers?

but please answer why either of you thought it was appropriate to ask for a place to BF at a venue that does not allow children?
Why would it even enter your head to call up a over 18 venue and ask for a place to bf a child that is NOT ALLOWED IN THE VENUE?

so are you saying, Mr Victoria, that you just assumed the cancellation was due to the bf enquiry? is there a chance your wife or mother in law broke another rule of the competition?
such a fuss over nothing.

Of course there was a message on her wall - how the hell do you think we all know about it.

She actively encouraged 1000 followers to ruin Cedar Falls and deserves everything Cedar Falls throws at her.

If there was a message on her wall??? Are you kidding? Everyone saw it. It was copied and pasted on here. Which,I could show you if your wife hadn't whined for it to be deleted!

Apparently pulled because of the Fb links hairy

this is like one of those letters they used to print in Viz

"Yesterday I went to my dry cleaners and asked for a pint of milk. imagine my outrage when the man behind the counter said 'I'm sorry, we don't sell milk, we are a dry cleaners.' How dare he. I am a tax paying citizen, who do these people think they are? "

It was on her wall, we all read it yesterday and marvelled at those monstrous crimes against sanpro

I'd be very happy to tell Cedar Falls lawyer exactly that.

You're digging a very large pit by continuing to egg on this ridiculous campaign.

Many, many breast feeding supporters have told you this. Listen FGS!

Whether you chose to believe any of this is entirely up to you

Why thank you for your kind permission to have grave doubts over accuracy, even handedness and "whole truthiness" of the account proffered above.

All things considered, having seen various members of the family in action on social media, I will be exercising the kindly offered option to set aside your version of events as believable.

If I were you I would expect that to be pretty much par for the course if and when this hoo har does garner a larger audience. If it sounds unconvincing in an arena well populated with breastfeeders, former breastfeeders, potential breastfeeders and breastfeeding supporters, just think how it is going to go down with the slightly less breastfeeding friendly gen pub.

Agree, this isn't a breastfeeding issue, it's a fucking eejit policy/insurance/admin/something else issue.

Still, even if Mr Sparkly Fanjo isn't prepared to answer any direct questions, at least the members of Mumsnet have learnt about breastfeeding today, from the oh so patronising OP.