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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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harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 22:12

BonBon that is a cracking post
fabulous stuff
VVV yeuch! bf a one year old. sicksicksick

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JoolsToo · 01/02/2006 22:12

I really must go and read the rest of the forum

laughinglil · 01/02/2006 22:12

my opinion hasn't changed however the young girl promoting breast feeding was great! there should be more people like that around our maternity wards. I do believe breast is best but I don't think i could do it until 2. I think the mother with the twins had her personal reasons for going cold turkey with the twins and maybe it was a bit mean but hey it worked in the end..it was definatly a comfort thing for them and I think that the women was right into stopping for the sake of the rest of her family!

wantedmyboobsback · 01/02/2006 22:13

bourneville i agree with you exactly and thats what i did they got 6 months then i stopped

morningpaper · 01/02/2006 22:13

VDV Yeah my dp said "Fucking prayers to mother earth, they are BARKING"

Although he DOES pray to baby Jesus but I thought best not to mention it

alexsmum · 01/02/2006 22:13

knew that there would talk on here about this!
woman with twins had taken the 'on demand' thing too far. woman feeding eight year old was loopy,adoptive mum was a bit obsessed, young woman running support group-great.
nice programme- felt it was pro rather than making a point about freaks.

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:13

Who wanted to slapp the burberry clad boy with the chelsea smile scars??
And he wonders why he was slashed in the first place!!!

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:13

can't keep up with thread - just to clarify it turned my stomach not cos of the age of the kid but because she seemed so busy.

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harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 22:15

franny you may have the PICK of the months darlink

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starlover · 01/02/2006 22:15

ok i can't even read the amount that was posted since my post!!! lol

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:16

also, just to say, little angels - i meant the page 3 bit was a bit militant for my liking. Generally i also loved what they were doing, and i too thought "that would be a nice job" - the helping new mothers breast feed part.

snafu · 01/02/2006 22:17

Bugger, I'm broody now...

wantedmyboobsback · 01/02/2006 22:17

back to my earlier point so long ago no one probably remembers but i bet the mum of the 8 year old has really saggy boobs with the size of her kids constantly hanging off them actually she mentioned saggy boobs but her hubby obviously loves them!

starlover · 01/02/2006 22:18

i thought that too about helping new mums!

alexsmum · 01/02/2006 22:18

the husband b/fing was a bit..yuk

starlover · 01/02/2006 22:18

me too snafu!!!!

laughinglil · 01/02/2006 22:18

her boobs were maaasssivvvee hehe

Aloha · 01/02/2006 22:19

Ha! I sobbed my way through the adoption prog with dh saying like a mantra 'you shouldn't be watching this' then both of us gloomily pondering the awfulness of the world, but I am THRILLED that even some of you hard core lot are now converted to the breastfeeding eight year old = mad as box of frogs line!

Though still v pissed off that this programme is a giant step back for breastfeeding in the UK.
Really, did ANYONE think that a woman who breastfeeds an eight year old would be remotely or vaguely normal?

Flossam · 01/02/2006 22:20

I said that one lower down. I'd love another, and in the back of my mind I'm thinking DP now wants one, we have mortgage but no! At least another year. maybe.

starlover · 01/02/2006 22:22

i already wanted another one... now i do even more.
and i'm SO breastfeeding til it's 8! lol

JennyLee · 01/02/2006 22:22

I bloody missed the programms due to ds wanted food at night claimed hunger and needed egg on toast and then had sore tummy and wanted hugs aah! aparently its on more 4 tomorow though, saw ten minutes of it and my tits feel odd from seeing the breastfeeding? are they coming ALIVE?

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:22

You know what, i don't know what to think any more. I too read the July thread about all this, and when i first clicked on it I was all like "ooh that's just wrong" or whatever but had my mind changed by you lot, found it difficult to argue against it, and concluded that there was nothing wrong with allowing the child to wean themselves, although my instincts still say 4 years old is too old and I would never do it myself. But now this prog is making me question my conclusion - that 7 year old self weaned and even when it came to the point of weaning she was sulky about it, and talking of bf'ing herself... clearly that family has "issues", but would it really be possible to continue bf'ing a child for that long in a healthy non-crazy way? I just don't know what to think, where a cut off point "should" be....

Nettee · 01/02/2006 22:23

I cried with the last time breast feeding the twins scene - I am doing a gradual weaning at the moment and it is sad. And all the crying the next day was also heart breaking.

I thought the adoptive mum was great - I am sure the little girl will breast feed - very sweet when she went to sleep on her new mum's shoulder

I was impressed with all the militant breast feeding in public - i haven't been as brave as I would have liked to have been with that - Go girls!

Flossam · 01/02/2006 22:25

I've said this before so sorry, but I never felt stared at or out of place while BF in public. And that was despite being sat there staring at everyone waiting for them to stare back at me...

Nettee · 01/02/2006 22:26

Oh yes and I agree with Clapsmum about slapping the burberry clad bloke. Some people are obsessed with "paedofiddlers". Breast feeding is hardly indecent exposure of the children is it

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