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

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flowergirl24 · 04/02/2019 17:35

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.

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MarthasGinYard · 04/02/2019 17:38

If you do go just be honest with them.

DanglyBangly · 04/02/2019 17:42

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

flowergirl24 · 04/02/2019 19:09

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.

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greathat · 04/02/2019 19:47

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.

flowergirl24 · 05/02/2019 11:40

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

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