So, are you a member of the Militant Breastfeeding Cult?

[LucyJu]

Answer the following questions. Apparently, a score of 1 or above qualifies you for membership...

1. Do you nurse your babies past one year of age?

1. Do you share your bed with your nursing baby?

1. Do you believe that mothers and fathers have different roles to play in raising children?

1. Do you believe that nature provided women with breasts in order to feed their babies?

1. Do you associate with other women who breastfeed their children or even-gasp!-attend La Leche League meetings? (award youself a bonus point for attendance at LLL meetings or other bf support groups)

1. Do you follow the WHO guidelines of breastfeeding a baby exclusively for six months before introducing supplements or solids? (Presumably the WHO is part of the cult.)

1. Do you believe that there are not only physical differences between men and women, but psychological and emotional differences as well?

1. Do you believe that motherhood is a noble calling and that mothers and babies belong together? Do you-gasp!-think that babies are better off if their mothers are home with them rather than pursuing careers?

10. Do you make your baby's food from wholesome, nourishing ingredients and avoid processed foods or additives?

11. Do you avoid dummies and bottles?

Membership categories divided as follows:

3 Bronze membership
4 - 7 Silver
9 - 10 Gold
12 Platimum

I give myself a 9 out of 11 which, I reckon, entitles me to Gold membership of the Cult. Any platinum members out there?

In mt day I would have been a silver

blimey a cult
well that's a first
lol at this one
"4. Do you believe that nature provided women with breasts in order to feed their babies? "
er.... well yes. That would be their purpose. other than to provide a soft landing if you fall forwards

Really, HC, surely everybody knows that breasts are there for men to play with?

I think I came in at a silver.

1. Do you nurse your babies past one year of age? No

1. Do you share your bed with your nursing baby? Yes

1. Do you believe that mothers and fathers have different roles to play in raising children? Yes

1. Do you believe that nature provided women with breasts in order to feed their babies? Yes, but mainly so you can swan around in M&S at lunch spending ££££ on frilly things.

1. Do you associate with other women who breastfeed their children or even-gasp!-attend La Leche League meetings? (award youself a bonus point for attendance at LLL meetings or other bf support groups) no to LLL, no idea on feeding methods of mums I meet

1. Do you follow the WHO guidelines of breastfeeding a baby exclusively for six months before introducing supplements or solids? (Presumably the WHO is part of the cult.) No

1. Do you believe that there are not only physical differences between men and women, but psychological and emotional differences as well? Yes

1. Do you believe that motherhood is a noble calling and that mothers and babies belong together? Do you-gasp!-think that babies are better off if their mothers are home with them rather than pursuing careers? No BUT do think that stressful career = stressful mum and baby. And they are only young once imo.

10. Do you make your baby's food from wholesome, nourishing ingredients and avoid processed foods or additives? yes Not that they eat it

11. Do you avoid dummies and bottles? No

Whoops, I scored a 4, Silver membership, not bad considering I was a bottlefeeding by choice mum.

The quiz for membership category is not tough enough.

I know a couple of "breast is best, formula is evil" mums who now happily feed their kids cheap chicken nuggets and lots of other highly processed food so question 10 is a bit of an achilles heel. I pass that one but they'd fail big time.

I'm gold..woah

1. Do you nurse your babies past one year of age? no

1. Do you share your bed with your nursing baby? no

1. Do you believe that mothers and fathers have different roles to play in raising children? yes I guess so but both equally important

1. Do you believe that nature provided women with breasts in order to feed their babies? yes but it's not their only function

1. Do you associate with other women who breastfeed their children or even-gasp!-attend La Leche League meetings? (award youself a bonus point for attendance at LLL meetings or other bf support groups) I do associate with mothers that bf (wtf???)

1. Do you follow the WHO guidelines of breastfeeding a baby exclusively for six months before introducing supplements or solids? (Presumably the WHO is part of the cult.) no

1. Do you believe that there are not only physical differences between men and women, but psychological and emotional differences as well? yes

1. Do you believe that motherhood is a noble calling and that mothers and babies belong together? Do you-gasp!-think that babies are better off if their mothers are home with them rather than pursuing careers? yes

10. Do you make your baby's food from wholesome, nourishing ingredients and avoid processed foods or additives? yes as far as possible

11. Do you avoid dummies and bottles? no

Btw, I don't want to be part of any cult thank you for asking.

Yawn.....

The only cult I belong to is one that finds it strange that some people will actively choose something that is fourth best for their baby from the moment it is born......

(That is,b/feeding from breast the ideal,followed by expressed milk,followed by donated milk,followed by artificial feeding)

Like I say, the entry criteria need to be harder, bottlefeeding mums like me shouldn't be able to qualify for a silver membership.

1. yes (or at least I plan to, unless he self-weans!)
2. yes
3. difficult one. yes-ish. but also no-ish.
4. for what else ffs?
5. 'associate'? because most of my friends with children bf I qualify for the BF Cult?! I do go sporadically to LLL.
6. yes
7. again, difficult - yes, certainly, but the nature/nurture proportion in the causing of them is a different matter.
8. What a strangely worded question! Of course motherhood is a noble calling, and I do believe my baby is better off with his parents, but why set that so absolutely against 'pursuing careers'? Love the simplisticalness (gr?)
9. yes (or rather dh does )

10. yes, wherever poss

LOL HC beat me to scoffing at number 4. I was going to suggest they were there in case you ran out of semi-skimmed in the morning.

Although I find the use of the word cult interesting.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Breeeeaaaaaaathe

Some of you have bizarre sex lives if your breasts are not involved

I have no idea what membership status I get. Presumably at least a bronze although at the moment I have a blocked duct, am in pain and am having feelings that breastfeeding is sometimes literlally a pain.

I will be back to my normal semi hippie likeness soon i hope

Sorry .

1. Do you nurse your babies past one year of age? yes, am on baby number four now too

1. Do you share your bed with your nursing baby? god yes, i need my sleep

1. Do you believe that mothers and fathers have different roles to play in raising children? hmm, no.
2. Do you believe that nature provided women with breasts in order to feed their babies? obviously,tho like HC's soft landing idea:)

1. Do you associate with other women who breastfeed their children or even-gasp!-attend La Leche League meetings? (award youself a bonus point for attendance at LLL meetings or other bf support groups) not esp.

1. Do you follow the WHO guidelines of breastfeeding a baby exclusively for six months before introducing supplements or solids? (Presumably the WHO is part of the cult.) yup.

1. Do you believe that there are not only physical differences between men and women, but psychological and emotional differences as well? yup.

1. Do you believe that motherhood is a noble calling and that mothers and babies belong together? Do you-gasp!-think that babies are better off if their mothers are home with them rather than pursuing careers? yes I do.

10. Do you make your baby's food from wholesome, nourishing ingredients and avoid processed foods or additives? as much as poss yes.

11. Do you avoid dummies and bottles? yes.

fabulous.am a gold then.
nice but pointless!

Blimey I'm in a cult!
When do I get my special robe?

Gold here as well. Ich bin eine Nazi, apparently...!

hey GDG noone said our breast weren't "involved"???
the question is - is that what nature provided women with their breasts for (terrible grammar)
answer - yes. basic biology

how do you score 12?
ther's only 11 points to get!!!
Or is there a secret (cult) question that I can't see?

Anyway, 10 for me...not sure what that menas but hurrah anyway
haven't done any formal exams for a while, so will award myself a biscuit and 10 more mins on mumsnet before I clean the floor after by BLW baby has finished with his lunch
Do i get extra for baby led weaning??

you get extra for the LLL question oops