Positive image of b/f on TV

[JanZ]

Isn't it nice to see in "Playing the Field" that b/f is taken as something normal and that you can still get on with your life, go out etc.

I didn't see the first episode, so don't know if it was covered then, and early in the 2nd episode saw Jo's baby being bottlefed, which disappointed me - but later reference was made to her need to keep her calories up as she was b/f and in yesterday's episode, she joked about having to b/f before going out for a drink with the girls.

I was also amused to see Jo out jogging with the baby in its 3 wheeler - we bought a posh 3 wheeler for this very purpose for ds, who is now 16 months and yesterday was the first time we went out for a run (dh pushed!). But at least I've started running again, and it was nice to be out with dh (the first few runs had been on my own while he minded ds)

I supppose I hadn't thought of it from that angle. My ds never had a problem with taking a bottle. On the advice of the midwife at the b/f support group, he had been given bottles of EBM from about 10 days old (and interestingly, he learnt to latch properly AFTER I started giving him bottles!) - so I was never "tied" to him. (Never went out on the tiles though!) It did make it easier when I went back to work (when he was 4 months) as he was used to bottles of EBM, and I continued to express at work until he was a year old.