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^^Extraordinary breastfeeding - tonight on C4 ^^

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harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 17:27

new thread for RTKM

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 01/02/2006 22:07

Hey - in for a penny - in for a pound

Spidermama - would you be photographed showing self expression by any chance?

sweetkitty · 01/02/2006 22:07

can i be summer? by then will have lost post bby jelly belly?

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:07

oh and what also confused me, the 8 year old had to stop cos she was no longer able to suck...but was her dh having a go too? how does that work then?

morningpaper · 01/02/2006 22:07

I agree with Puff - wasn't it LOVELY seeing how that adopted baby snuggled up with her new mummy? Ah I wanted to cry. I wonder if she took to breastfeeding in the end?

I agree with hunkermunker too - the thing I didn't like about the 8 year old breastfeeding was the 8 year old in question.

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:07

I'm sorry no offence intended and this does not mean I think anything is wrong but those older girls still bfeeding were WEIRD!!
Don't mean cause they were bfeeding, they were just weird!!!

Blossomhill · 01/02/2006 22:08

The 8 yr old was a complete brat IMHO

As for adoptive mum I found it very difficult to watch. I think bf from newborn then it's a no, no.

JoolsToo · 01/02/2006 22:08

lockets - your man has only one fault - he's useless at nicknames

sweetkitty · 01/02/2006 22:08

oops posted twice

going to get DD1 to start BFing again so I can tandem feed too

harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 22:08

yes
lots of crappy mixed messages

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BonBon · 01/02/2006 22:08

Hi everyone - and I'm with Puff below here.

We are a pitifully young race. I?ll spare you the full ?if the history of Earth was a 12 hour clock face; we only arrived in the last 30 seconds? ding-dong. But evolution has been a recent and speedy affair. Like any race, some heard the pistol before others, and maybe caught on a little quicker. So what is the debate here? Is it socially disgusting to imagine the young feeding from their Mother when they should be stuffing their chops with a BigMac, or that for some the parental provider/survivor bond is more deeply set, and they are genetically comfortable with that provision of convenience, and perhaps enjoy some sort of ?grooming? impulse from it.

Other than that, the documentary hue and cry can only be from the immoral banshee posse, and will inevitably circle round to some sick sexual inference - which is probably only a heartbeat away from suggesting a pre pubescent maternal boot camp for cunnilingus training.

Good grief. I wish my husband gave a shit.

wantedmyboobsback · 01/02/2006 22:08

with parents like that they have no option to be weird!

morningpaper · 01/02/2006 22:08

Yeah that cold turkey weaning of the twins was HARSH. And she was dripping with milk so it obviously wasn't remotely gradual. And why didn't her HUSBAND go into them at night, the poor things? Why didn't she just go away for the weekend or something? Pah

VeniVidiVickiQV · 01/02/2006 22:09

Any month after april please - DS will be over one year old then

hub2dee · 01/02/2006 22:09

I was paid by the producers to keep shtum, so I can't really discuss much. Let's just say that, factually speaking, you are not about to see the world's largest dong.

pmsl.

1/2 ton man next Monday... blimey. Poor bloke.

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:09

I want to be the first woman b feeding whilst doing the weather, can i can i can i????

Miaou · 01/02/2006 22:09

Hmm. Interesting and thought-provoking prog - not as sensationalist as I thought it might be. Not read the rest of the thread, sorry.

It made me think about my own attitudes towards breastfeeding. The two year olds I was fine with, the four year old made me feel a little uncomfy, and the eight year old ---no. But then she was a very irritating 8 year old which didn't help

Husband breastfeeding - barf

Girl that ran ?Little Angels - I would like to do something like that. I have been thinking about it for the past month or so and am going to get in touch with the Maternity Unit to see if I can do something like go to antenatal classes and demonstrate how to b/f without showing any bits, etc.

I'll read the thread now!

JoolsToo · 01/02/2006 22:10

how do you expect an 8 year old to behave when they're pampered

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:11

I am pro breast feeding & v non judgmental etc etc but my main problem with it all is the extent of invasion on mother's space. It turned my stomach tbh watching mum of twins bf'ing in the kitchen while she seemed very busy ... I believe in my absolute right to my own needs once my dd is old enough to be weaned. That's obviously just how I feel, about my own body and my own life, obviously that mum felt the same cos they went cold turkey for that reason, but the crazy mum was happy doing it for as long as she could, so each to their own and all that I suppose.

wantedmyboobsback · 01/02/2006 22:11

cold turkey is harsh i did it but they were still babies so probably didnt take as long and there dad was always on hand to give them plenty of cuddles

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:11

Think that behavour would have come about regardless of bfeeding. If they did not b feed you can bet they would still be thumb sucking

morningpaper · 01/02/2006 22:11

bournville I agree, a lot of it was quite PRIVATE

espec the adoption scenes

but I suppose that's the point

JoolsToo · 01/02/2006 22:11

don't know why anyone is shocked with hubby bf - men love boobs! AND big nipples - come on now!

VeniVidiVickiQV · 01/02/2006 22:12

Btw - DP only saw a brief clip on R & J and called them freaks and "oh look at them, ah yes, educating at home, typical". The discussion that followed was, um, interesting

FrannyandZooey · 01/02/2006 22:12

Ooh, am I too late for the calendar? I would like to be February with ds dressed as Cupid with wings and a bare bum, please

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:12

that was in reference to the older girls JT