OMG, you'd think I was feeding my 3 week old fruit shoots and cheeese strings by the reaction I got a playgroup this morning.....

[LadyTophamHatt]

beacuse I was giving him a bottle.....

I actually heard myslef justifying it over and over and pointing out about 2000 times that actually the bottle was full of EBM.

FFS the BF mafia has followed me to east sussex....

Honestly, the looks I got were shocking.....and I was embarrassed to be sitting there feeding him wih a bottle.
Yes, Embarrassed....WTF!!!

same here sweetkitty. i actively avoid breastfeeding near new mums, just because i dont know how they are feeding and sometimes dont want people chewing my ear off about their own feeding choice.

Wow, Tiktok, that's a powerful post - the breastfeeding ticket one

I think a lot of people buy the breastfeeding ticket, and then find themselves on the bottle bus....and it makes them sad. I could stretch the analogy a bit more if it wasn't late

You can feel a mix of things when on that bus - happy that at least you are on a bus and going somewhere (and not stuck at the bus stop with a screaming baby!) .

You can look at your baby and take delight in his growth and responses, and you can even know for certain you had to get the bus, while at the same time thinking sadly about the ticket you bought, and the mothers who are on the bus you should have been on, and actually, wanting to tell people sometimes, 'hey - I'm on the wrong bus, in case you were wondering!'

I'm on a roll! But it really is late

Totally normal for milk not to come in for four - five days! I wish I'd known that with ds. They don't normally starve or have to be hospitalised or the human race would have died out.
Ah LTH, you are doing so well. Nice to have something totally new after having four children, eh? I really like the name George btw.

I bought a travelcard with DS but he refused and/or struggled to get on any bloody bus for quite some time! Was the longest journey EVER. You buy a ticket, you expect at the least a bus. You dont expect to have to bloody crawl the distance on your hands and knees!

Still, I am still b/feeding him now at 21 months. Although contemplating stopping now because I'm getting fed up of him jabbing my boobs and breastbone with his fingers whilst feeding. Or him shoving his fingers up my nose, in my mouth, up and under my bra. Still a fidget after all this time.

couldn't they tell it was ebm? its a totally different colour to formula for a start!

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I went to bed last night feeling really odd about this thread. I've lost count of how many threads I've started over the months that start at one point with me saying X,Y,Z and then they evolve in such a way that I end up bearing(sp??) my soul and saying A,B,C.

I'm sure you must all think I'm a right loon...

I've re-read your BF ticket post, tiktok and it's so true. Absolutley 100% correct, it really is like you've got inside the deepest darkest corners of my mind to found it because you knew it was there all along.

Expressing is such a huge faff and I said to DH the other day that when George is a month old(in 8 days time, a month already) I'll re-think it and maybe stop but now I'm not going too. I want to keep the ticket for a while longer

Aloha, you're right.. it is nice to have a new thing to do after soooo many kids

oh and of course you're right about his name too

One last thing....you all seem to have a
sub-concious parts of your mind...why is mine sub-science
I'll learn to spell one day...I might even learn to preview my posts

find it there not found it...

Your ticket analogy is fabulous TikTok and so true. Lord it hurts when you find out that you are on the wrong bus

Chin up LTH

Dear All,

Apologies for using the 'M' word. I had read the thread, but was on a different thread afterwards and realised I have alsow connection which delays the display - so again apologies.

oh LTH, been there too, poor you!

LFM

LTH, glad it helped you have another think about stuff. This is one of the points of mumsnet (and the way the boards are organised allows it to happen) - you have a real conversation with other people .

Thanks, Pruni, too

'Sokay, LFM

Oh dejags your post made me cry.

Dont cry Lucy.

I am okay with it now .

I just wanted to add that I think Tiktok's bus ticket analogy is spot on - I totally identify with it. I've been following your threads LTH and I think you're doing a great job. I too cannot make breastfeeding work due to 2 other small children and not enough hours in the day although, like you I do express and and am able to provide enough breastmilk for one feed a day. I so wish it had worked out but I tell myself at least I haven't given up altogether this time (I gave up bf ds1 and ds2 within a couple of days) - my dd is 16 weeks now. Well done - you are doing the best you can.

LTH - just wanted to say that your posts, and Tiktok's analogy, rang real bells with me. It sounds like you're doing really well btw.