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Infant feeding

Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.

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Original poster

^^Extraordinary breastfeeding - tonight on C4 ^^

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harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 17:27

new thread for RTKM

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nanneh · 01/02/2006 22:27

My problem is though how much of an impression did it actually leave on mother's who are still unsure about BF ? Probably not much, but I guess that's was not the aim of running the programme.

Also sad that it had to be shown on the same night as "The Man With The Biggest Penis", so I guess most people won't take any of the intelligent stuff mentioned at the beginning (WHO recommendations, UK's poor BF rates, etc) very seriously !!

snafu · 01/02/2006 22:27

'Bottlefed and as strong as an ox!'

Twunt.

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:28

Yeah, must check on my friend who is a nanny who previously thought it was wrong and unnatural, she texted me during the first ad break saying "THey're making it sound quite natural actually". Wonder what she thinks now? :/

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:30

I actually thought is was benifical, out of everybody that was on the show he was the most misinformed with the poorest argument.
I live north of the border and I have been openly congratulated by strangers for having the bottle to bfeed in public. Just felt natural to me but its nice to be nice. Had no idea that attitude even existed

wantedmyboobsback · 01/02/2006 22:30

still not going to breast feed past 6 months with next baby

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:30

Just to clarify, my nanny friend doesn't think b'feeding is wrong or unnatural, just "extended" b'feeding!

nanneh · 01/02/2006 22:31

Well can't take a guy dressed in (fake) Burberrys and a slash running from one ear to the other very seriously.

Someone had to say "it's disguuuusting, it shouldn't be allowed" and I am glad it was him rather than someone who looked a bit more sane....

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:31

chapsmum -the bottle to breastfeed
yeah agree the ppl anti b'feeding looked stupid, but that might be because of who we are...iykwim

roosmum · 01/02/2006 22:32

wonder if any of the mums on there are MNers...could be talking to them right now...spooky!

bourneville · 01/02/2006 22:33

wantedmyboobsback - i weaned dd at 14 months. if i have another i've been saying i wouldn't want to do it longer than 6 months (in reality i prob would go for a year again). After weaning dd i felt like i emerged from a thick fog, hadn't been realising how much it had taken out of me. good luck to those who can do it for years, but the thought of it tires me out...

alexsmum · 01/02/2006 22:37

got to say i breastfed both mine for a year each. fed them all over the place but never had anybody make a comment or anything.
i think most people do feed discreetly-not with norks on full show like the woman with the twins!

wantedmyboobsback · 01/02/2006 22:37

think im just too selfish to go for longer than 6 months and husband likes getting to feed babies as well which he misses out on for 6 months if people want to feed for longer than fair play to them but i think it comes to a point where you have to stop and 8 is definatley well passed it!

hercules · 01/02/2006 22:38

Well, despite saying I wouldnt, I did watch it with dh who was bf till he was 4. We both thought the woman bf the 8 year old was barmy but overall I was very surprised that the program was not what I thought it was going to be and found it positive for extended feeding.

I also thought it a lovely thing for the woman who wanted to bf her adopted child and she was sensible in not being too pushy but wanting to have the bond and give her the benefit of bm. Cant say I'd have done the same though.

NannyD · 01/02/2006 22:41

Up untill the age of 4/5 yes there is the nutrional value to breast milk, but they don't need it 20 times a day (as the mother with the twins was doing), children of that age should not need to be fed on demand. Using the breast for comfort, well what's wrong with a cuddle? If the breast is the only thing that gives them comfort how will they ever learn to comfort themselves and become independent, confident little people?
And yes other sources of comfort like dummies, thumbsucking, bottles, aren't good, as they are bad for the teeth and speech and should be stopped at 12mths. Thumbsucking is the hardest one to stop and it's why so many thumbsuckers end up with braces.
I found the 8yr old and 10yr old quite worrying, they seemed quite babyish for their ages, bf for so long and home schooling it was like the mother was trying to make herself indispensible. I wonder what they will be like at 18.

SlashFaceAntiPeadifiddler · 01/02/2006 22:41

I've been lurking here since the programme and I am a really top bloke. Burberry is a designer label you know and I am not a chav. Can't believe you've all slated me on here. Am usually a fan of this place but I feel I might have to flounce.

nanneh · 01/02/2006 22:41

bourneville - the BF never had anything to do with the reason I was exhausted, esp. in the first 6 months.

It's the lack of sleep and I think bottlefeeders probably get woken up as often as breastfeeders, don't they ?

I think it is just a perception that BF mothers have to work longer hours , I don't think we do.

Also it actually got a lot easier for me after the first 6 months, so why give up at 6 months when I know it's going to get easier ?

mears · 01/02/2006 22:41

Thought the programme was much more positive than I thought it was going to be. DS3 watshed it too (15years) and he feels cheated he was only fed till 14 months (he self weaned)!

mears · 01/02/2006 22:42

Had a tear in my eye with the twins

starlover · 01/02/2006 22:42

they may well be very confident and outgoing having had a mother who has always supported them, and never having anything of comfort taken away from them for no apparent reason

who knows?
i don't think any of us can say "oh they'll be messed up"... you have no idea how they will turn out, but i think although the family is rather alternative they are loved and secure... and that is far more than a lot of children these days are

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harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 22:43

very very well put starlover

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hercules · 01/02/2006 22:44

Yes, you are right starlover.

chapsmum · 01/02/2006 22:44

Slash face, my deapest sympathies and me and mr freid(sp) belive that you are hostile and pathetic because you ver perhaps denighed the boobies as a boy! And prob cuase you aint gettin any now!!

alexsmum · 01/02/2006 22:45

i wonder if the eight year old had any problems with tooth decay? isn't there supposed to be a link between extended extended b/ing and bad teeth? because of the sugar content i mean rather than being goofy?

roosmum · 01/02/2006 22:45

now that makes sense to me, seems that there waaay too much sensationalism going on here.

hercules · 01/02/2006 22:45

Dh was bf till 4 and is now 36 and has never had a filling.

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