To think that I shouldn't even bother going to the interview...

[flowergirl24]

I've got a 7 month old boy who is breastfed. I've started giving him some mashed up foods, mainly for dinner, but not much tbh and he is a boob monster mainly.

He's never so much as had a bottle of breast, nor formula, nor really even been left by me for very long at all. I'm not sure how he would cope.

I've been invited for a job interview on Friday, but as it is in teaching, they are usually a full day.

Here's my conundrum: do I hope that baby is OK left with DH and sneak off and pump in the loos, (and hope that baby will actually EAT something without me there!) or do I say that I have a baby and that I will need a break to pump?

Obviously I know that honesty is the best policy but I think that if they know there's a baby in the mix, they might turn me down for the job (even though by the time I actually start the job in September, he will be fully weaned etc)

The ideal situation I suppose would be to phone them up and ask my DH to bring him to the school gate, where I could feed him in the car.

Anyone any experience of this kind of thing?

Grrr, this whole getting a job thingy is worrying me a lot.

If you do go just be honest with them.

Can you ask what the structure of the day will be and if there are no breaks, then ask for one to be incorporated?

Yes, I think structure of the day would be a good plan.

Marthasginyard, I know that legally they are not allowed to discriminate against candidates in that way, but I sort of feel like they WOULD if you see what I mean.

Department I work in (teaching) recently took someone on who was still breastfeeding. She was going out at lunch to feed him in the car- her mum bought him over. He's weaned off that feed now though.

thanks greathat - that really gives me hope. I think I'm going to give it a go!