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To think this isn't very supportive? Bottle feeding related.

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RainbowInACloud · 24/03/2015 19:32

Went to have DS weighed today at local surestart and there was a huge display as you walked in. The centre piece was a rubbish bin with a sign saying 'bottles and dummies here' and some leaflets around it about breastfeeding being the best etc.
I am EBF DS but it struck me as a bit judgemental maybe about people that bottle feed. It's meant to be a supportive environment but I think if I were bottle feeding it might have made me feel a bit rubbish.
I asked for advice on how to get DS to take a bottle as he flatly refused but was kind of just told breast feeding is best etc., no real need for him to take a bottle. It's not a big issue for me so I didn't push it.
What do you think about that display?

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TattyDevine · 25/03/2015 17:07

Tell me where it is, so I can borrow a baby, preferably about 4 months old say, and some bottles, walk in, throw the bottles in the bin with great aplomb, then stride up to the group organiser, undo my top, release my boobs and ask her if she'd mind giving me a hand latching the baby on as I have SEEN THE LIGHT.

Love to see how that would go down.

LokiBear · 25/03/2015 17:18

I couldn't breastfeed my daughter due to go diagnosed lactation failure. That display would have utterly broken me.

LokiBear · 25/03/2015 17:18

Gp ^

BikeRunSki · 25/03/2015 17:56

Me too Loki.

MadgeMak · 25/03/2015 18:55

Pearpotter, is that aimed at me? Because I didn't say that. Reread what I said.

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