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Is the GMTV breastfeeding piece going to be shown on Wednesday?

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verylittlecarrot · 06/02/2008 00:46

I had heard a rumour it was, but it isn't in their "what's on" listings.

However, I did find this on their website today, which seems to be a little more balanced in terms of debate. Perhaps it is hoping to do the piece without warning us [cloak and dagger emoticon]

Dr Hillary's comments will make you want to flick his silly head though.

You have been warned.

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harpsichordcarrier · 07/02/2008 15:33

tiktok on otoh is always calm and never gets cross

BabiesEverywhere · 07/02/2008 15:35

Pro = For

As for what they think they will achieve, they want to 'win' the argument, whereas I just want to make the doubts think a bit and hopefully they might realise not every mum who feeds past 6 months is a nutter.
Sadly I think the other ladies proved me wrong...sigh

BabiesEverywhere · 07/02/2008 15:35

doubtsers

mehdismummy · 07/02/2008 16:10

i think emily the strange just got frustrated by the idiot posts on the gmtv site. I dont think at all she is how you describe her. Perhaps not everybody is as calm as you be? She may just be very passionate about things.

Shizaru · 07/02/2008 16:10

I've only ever seen tiktok angry on one occasion. It was pretty funny

BabiesEverywhere · 07/02/2008 16:14

Shizar, Link please, I want to see Tiktok losing her cool

Shizaru · 07/02/2008 16:16

oh gawd......I might have to find it tomorrow - i'm out tonight, and DD is expecting some book reading in about 2 minutes. In fact, bizarrely enough she's standing in front of the clock saying "tick tock tick tock" because I told her to count 5 minutes

I will find it though.....I believe it involved a thread where someone pertained to being a "counsellor"

VictorianSqualor · 07/02/2008 16:17

It can't possibly have been tiktok, it must have been an invasion of the bodysnatchers

BabiesEverywhere · 07/02/2008 16:19

mehdismummy, The way you communicate a point is so very important, if you want anyone to take what you write/say seriously.

I judge her as she is a trained counsellor and she tried to use that fact to promote her point of view. I expected her to know the importance of clear concise communication and be much better at controlling her temper.

I am far from cool and calm about some of the comments on that site, but being aggressive doesn't help the situation at all.

TBH I would not have so much an issue with her if she was just a mum but she managed to tar good trained counsellors (like Tiktok) with the same brush

BabiesEverywhere · 07/02/2008 16:20

It is not the Daisy one is it !!!

I came across that thread, looking for Unicef course details. Turned out it spaned two threads, I wasted an afternoon chuckling over that one !!!

MrsMattie · 07/02/2008 16:22

Just found this thread and just watched the video. That woman (Jenny?) was FANTASTIC. No need to say anything else.

BabiesEverywhere · 07/02/2008 16:22

Here is the Daisy Thread Enjoy

harpsichordcarrier · 07/02/2008 16:25

BE, maybe she is just letting off steam
we can't all be professional and reflective all the time

tiktok · 07/02/2008 16:25

Here is a thread where I got cross!

I just looked it up - I knew I was cross with a poster called NurseyJo and did a search....and oddly, it was a thread about bf to age four!

Yes, I got cross with someone called Daisy as well!

That's what pushes my buttons - in both cases, someone was using her professional quals to back up ignorance. 'I am a counsellor/nurse/nanny and I know about these things'. I can't bear it

VictorianSqualor · 07/02/2008 16:31

One thing stuck out on that thread as I skimmed through it

By NurseyJo on Fri 22-Jul-05 23:40:55
You can think what you like, but i am a professional and do know what I am talking about.

The antibodies in breastmilk reduce over time and are not as beneficial beyond 12 months. THAt is fact.

hehehehe, ask Jenny about that

MissCreant · 07/02/2008 20:15

Wow, that GMTV thread took a while to plough through.

It was full of utterly bizarre commments but the strangest one was surely the catagorical that teeth = sexual. And they're calling other people weird?

Tatties · 07/02/2008 20:24

MrsC that forum made my brain hurt. It appeared that some of the posters were not interested in having a logical discussion. BE, you have the patience of a saint!

MissCreant · 07/02/2008 20:43

indeed, meant to say well done, BE.

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verylittlecarrot · 07/02/2008 21:16

A question:

I started reading throuhg the Daisy thread, and began to wonder...

What might the qualifications be of an "Infant Feeding and Parent Education Co-ordinator" attached to a hospital? (I think they used to use the title "lactation specialist"). I know the IFC I've seen used to be a midwife.

I've been referring to the IFC as a BFC, but it occurs to me now that their training may be nowhere near the intensity and length of a BFC.

Does anybody have an idea about this?

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verylittlecarrot · 07/02/2008 21:18

oops, sorry - that is a complete tangent question caused by reading the daisy thread linked further down.

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MissCreant · 07/02/2008 21:24

I think I'll leave the daisy thread till tomorrow after the other epic.

VLC - I am sans carrotty name atm, so you are a solitary little orange root - though I might change back.

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verylittlecarrot · 07/02/2008 21:42

Oh MissCreant
I hope I didn't oust you from your carrotiness by virtue of my also being orange? I would feel very bad.

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MissCreant · 07/02/2008 21:49

Oh, no, don't feel bad! I have little bursts of trying a new name every so often, feeling bored of sounding like I bustle, but then Franny gets cross and I change back to comfortable old MrsC.

tiktok · 07/02/2008 23:26

No idea what the quals might be, VLC.

You could, of course, ask her !

I dare you!

A good, well-qual'd person will not mind a bit sharing their quals.

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verylittlecarrot · 07/02/2008 23:45

Don't dare me - I'm scared to ask her!

She was offended that I seemed 'angry' with her after all the support she'd given me. I wasn't angry, I explained, I wanted clarity about the statement in the paed's letter that 'she felt uncertain I had followed her advice previously'. I was bemused as she has given me good advice generally and didn't know what this referred to.

(it referred to me not expressing several times a day to increase supply)

I felt mortified and ending up trying to reassure her of how grateful I'd been for her help. Although I was struggling (and failed) to remain composed because I was so upset.

Since she's backtracked a bit on me "you've got loads of milk / well, I thought you did then, now I'm not sure", it's all a little awkward now.

I'll leave it, I think!

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