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Original poster

Oh, for the love of all things holy, can't there ever be a programme made about breastfeeding that has normal bloody women on it?!

54 replies

hunkermunker · 27/08/2006 00:41

Not this month...

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Jimjams2 · 27/08/2006 00:42

PMSL @ honey I suckle the kids.

Skribble · 27/08/2006 00:45

My first thought at seeing the trailer for this programme was ....Well thats another generation put off breastfeeding.

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hunkermunker · 27/08/2006 00:46

Exactly.

Will be interesting to see the balance in this programme.

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sancerre · 27/08/2006 00:48

um, no chance, most likely!

Jimjams2 · 27/08/2006 00:56

erm slightly warped atttachment parenting though- I though the whole point of that was that they pooed OUTSIDE the homestead- not in the kitchen of a semi-detached in Basildon.

aitch71 · 27/08/2006 01:36

i think they sound very lovely indeed. and i have two neglectomatics so i know what i'm talking about.

threebob · 27/08/2006 03:17

"While the World Health Organisation states that children should be weaned around the age of 4, this is unacceptable in mainstream western society."

Where do WHO say this - they say beyond 2 as long as mum and child are happy don't they?

And as for the couple who have both given up work - how have they managed that?

belgo · 27/08/2006 06:28

Why do they think it's a bad thing to carry a child who's walking in a sling, when kids are pushed in pushchairs well beyond when they first start walking?

PinkTulips · 27/08/2006 13:06

shudder at them having sex with the kids in the bed i co-slept.... so i had sex on the couch ffs! they've taken good ideas and turned them into extremely disturbing behaviour. like skribble said, all this program will do is warp the way a whole generation of people view bf-ing and co-sleeping

LaDiDaDi · 27/08/2006 13:13

I think it's such a shame that programmes like this get made for their shock value yet no one on a programme like Corrie is shown breastfeeding. If only Corrie producers had shown Claire happily and successfully breastfeeding instead of giving the poor girl pnd .

sfxmum · 27/08/2006 13:31

i read the blurb for this show in the guardian guide and it went somenthing like

'attachment parenting movement are a bunch of americans who believe its ok to let your kids cr*p on the floor, ... cots are cages for babies...breasfeeding 8yrs olds is normal...and they are coming over here'

misrepresentation or what?no chance of balanced view whatever

being AP parent never did i come across these views but then again...

chocybickie · 27/08/2006 13:45

the idea of attachment parenting is about following your own instincts whilst carefully reading your babies cues instead of following a rule book.
sometimes this means that parents will baby wear, extend BF or co-sleep, some might even feel comfortable enough to EC but there is no right or wrong. the idea behind it is to help to create a strong bond between parent and child to take the guess work and strict routines out of modern day parenting.
i haven't seen the program but i seriously doubt it will manage to portray this style of parenting in the way it deserves to be shown.
on the other hand most parents who parent this way are unlikely to be bothered by others opinions.

trinityrhino · 27/08/2006 13:53

i agree that this type of prenting shouldn't be used as a shock value to get weiwers but if there is shit all over the kitchen floor when I watch this program I will be wondering why I am being helped by social services(and I don't have shit all over the floor) and they aren't
surely that is a health issue

chocybickie · 27/08/2006 13:55

was there really shit all over the floor?
or did he just poo on the floor and then they cleared it up?

trinityrhino · 27/08/2006 13:56

dunno, we'll see

fullmoonfiend · 27/08/2006 14:01

PMSL! ''Krista is clearly passionate about act of birth. She has two little knitted uteruses, gifts from her friends who regularly get together to drink wine, hang out?and coo over each other?s birth videos.''

mawbroon · 27/08/2006 14:39

I'm afraid the bottom line is that normal women breastfeeding doesn't make good tv (in the eyes of the tv execs).

Gillian76 · 27/08/2006 14:43

Am I being thick? When's it on?

Gillian76 · 27/08/2006 14:54

Ok I see it now. 9pm tomorrow.

all4girlz · 27/08/2006 15:31

read the review / link and now need to watch it to see what sort of way they portray the families-
ie if they get a chance to defend their life choice
agree with hckrmr would be nice to see a positive unbiased programme on the benefits ad joys of breastfeeding our lo's
sat here doing it as i type my dd4 is a normal gorgeous 15 month baby

Skribble · 27/08/2006 21:17

I suspect that the family (families) they portray won't be half as extreme as they portray.

As with loads of documentries and reality shows it will most likely be carefully edited to get the best shock value. They want good veiwing figures so they aren't going to show a close family that breastfed a bit longer than most and took a slighty different approach to potty training, but I am sure we will be shown a family that has taken these ideas to the extreme and are totaly loopy.

Same could be done with a family following more traditional methods of parenting I am sure they would be shown as strict authoritarians with Dickensian attitudes to children.

kittywits · 27/08/2006 22:05

Because NORMAL breastfeeding with a NORMAL woman isn't interesting, it's just er NORMAL!

Gobbledigook · 27/08/2006 22:09

?I do notice the fact that Liz has her tits out and it?s very rarely for me these days so I just stand in queue and pretend to be one of the girls!? Gary chuckles.

Bleurgh.

PS chuckles???

oops · 29/08/2006 15:23

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oops · 29/08/2006 15:26

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