To think health visitors have a large part to play in obesity in the uk

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Yes I'm being unreasonable to do another health visitor thread
Yes I'm being unreasonable to group health visitors altogether I'm sure there are lovely proactive health visitors.
But...

I would argue there is a ridiculous emphasis on weight gains and loss for babies which causes mothers and fathers to obsess over milk and food intake. I think this pressure and concern from health visitors along with the graphs and centiles leads to over feeding and parents losing their basic instincts and common sense. I.e does my child look like they are healthy/ are they happy the majority of the time.

I'm willing to be told I am being unreasonable. I am not trying to be judgemental to those who use health visitors I personally ignored them and dc has only been weighed by the doctors and midwives at the check ups.
Interested to hear others opinions

I know Diving.It's even more hysterical because most kids have both formula and bm. Very few ebf babies for her to base her highly reliable non biased scientific research on.

And as for the term Alphaparent- give me a break.

Indeed Seagulls! It must be so great to be so convinced by your superiority as a parent, you have to write a blog to educate the inadequate masses

That is one very scary blog! Another one claiming you can spot the difference between ebf and ff children. I'd like to see her try with my children! Pah ha ha!

On the AlphaParent blog!

She links to numerous peer-reviewed studies. What more do you want?

I saw this today and it made me think of that blog post:

New Study Finds Link Between Breastfeeding, Always Knowing What’s Right For Everyone

www.theonion.com/articles/new-study-finds-link-between-breastfeeding-always,36823/

FWIW Wombles, I don't trust Alpha Parent's interpretation of those studies, nor her ability to select studies in an unbiased manner in the first place.

The number of baby deaths around the world that are saved by the simple job of tracking baby growth, as it is an early indicator of serious problems.

Of course they are obsessed with it.

Sorry if this has already been said.

Good grief that Alpha Parent blog is ridiculous. Never in my life have I read anything written by someone who is so far up their own arse.