Tiktok - credentials

[Lizum]

Hi Tiktok

You seem to give really good advice on this forum but I was wondering what your credentials were. There's nothing on your profile page and I'd like to be sure.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=breast_and_bottle_feeding&threadid=222864-it-is-important-that-in-prepa ration-for-and-during-breastfeeding#4520037

there you go - 17:53

I absolutely don't mind saying my credentials at all - perfectly reasonable to ask

I am an NCT breastfeeding counsellor. As I have said many times....but not everyone reads every thread

I am interested too. I would like to formalise the bf support I am already giving and have the backup of something like the NCT.

Tiktok - Thanks for replying. I meant no harm in asking. You reply to so many threads that although I've seen your name, I must have missed your background. It's nice to know where you're coming from.

It must be nice to know how many fans you have!

i would just like to add i think tiktok a bloody star, helping all us mums with bf and baby feeding.

sorry if it sounds a bit creepy but it;s true

i wish she was on the payrole

and i'd nominate her for a mbe.

i love tiktok.

If this is becoming a shameless tiktok appreciation thread, can I join? Advice from mws (with qualifications, credentials and everything) could easily have ruined my attempt at bfing.

Between tiktok and other helpful mners we're still going strong 6 months on.

Never understood the rugby hold

Lizum - for the little (if anything) that it is worth, can I add my personal appreciation for the advice Tiktok hands out. A while back (quite a while!) when I went under a diff name, Tiktok gave me some profoundly helpful advice regarding bf. Her astute and supportive comments made a real difference to me and I am very, very grateful to the time she gives up to help anonymous women struggling with bf. My only qualfication is personal experience as a mum but would fully recommend Tiktok as a wonderful source of helpful, practical and supportive advice. There is a very good reason that she is so well respected and loved on this website. I think the reason so many people reacted so strongly to your original OP and became defensive is for that very reason!

If you read Tik Tok's advice, all of it is practical advice, and if she is referring to reasearch, she either links it, or refers to the name of article/book.

She's been a total lifeline for me. When we were in a car crash and supply was affected, when H/Vs/GP were peddling suggesting formula for low weight baby. She highlighted NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Guidelines and armed with this information, got DS a referral to the Paediatrician as I wanted an independent assessment. (Oh, and Paed has written in DS red book that breastfeeding to continue as long as mother and ds wish. Re: weight. It is not helpful for H/Vs to microanalyze DS weight....'

Would nominate for OBE - I'll send in a form nominating Tik Tok

I have been thinking and thinking of some internet or not based thing that she could be nominated for. Everything I can think of would be at the cost of Tiktok?s RL privacy though. If anyone can think of a realistic way to recognise and show appreciation of Tiktok and all the help she has given others, then let us know. I am not usually that fussed about nominations and awards, but in this case I think it is a shame that our appreciation is limited to mere words posted on a forum

Interesting problem - the most reliable and helpful advice I've received has been from someone whose name I don't know, and who I've never met....

Mumsnet Awards?

tiktok i have always wondered whether you keep a tally of how much advice you give. do you (and other bfc) report to nct? does all your work here get centrally counted and recognised?

Aw

Thanks.

I honestly don't want any formal recognition!

I keep my ID very private here. If I was to reveal myself and make public who I am, it would mean that NCT would have to supervise what I do, just as happens in real life. Not saying who I am makes it possible for me to respond robustly if I read something that someone has been told that is just not true (in real life counselling situations I could not do this) and if someone is horrid to me (it happens - water off a ducks back to me, though, honest) I can be sarky and sneery if I think they deserve it

So anonymity suits me just fine!

you are also very supportive and informative of ff

fishie, we all keep tallies of our RL counselling work and without breaking anyone's confidence, we report annually and are supervised 2 x a year.

I don't submit this (mumsnet) work for supervision, though.

I understand how we all value our anonymity and agree that it does allow us to use our experience and expertise more freely without come back. However, I still think a little bit of relaxed and informal Thank Yous are a nice idea.

I love the idea of mumsnet awards Just as a fun way to recognise how much time and support certain individuals do give to us all.
Are you listening MNHQ???? what do you think - New Year?s Honours List????

Absolutely Lemon!

The people who deserve awards the most are those who are doing it benevolently and without any wish for recognition.

And Tik, with the greatest respect, it isn't about you. It's about the people you have helped who wish to acknowledge your help beyond the call etc....

And in my case, her help made a massive difference and DS is getting the (medical) help/review he needed. She articulated it.

plain rude

overall many MN have professional jobs but chose not to disclose on profile as giving advice in a professional capacity could be potentially compromising (anonymity etc) and MN is recreational it isnt work

however a whole cross section of posters from various jobs so informally it is a useful source of info but always keep it real,see a real life professional,(check their credentials)

but really internet is not substitute for Real Ax of situation.am always amazed at some posts

my baby is turning blue,not moving is any one awake,should i give paracetamol

FFs get off Internet phone 999

sometimes you can getto dependent on MN

actually does this not sum up all that is wrong with 'New Mumsnet'

I am with Arthur Scargill and the old crowd

lol at ghetto dependent

Getto dependent Yoo dowm in da MN hood wiv all de huns and pram swoppers

if there's just one thing Tiktok dont need it's another hugry mouth to feed in the ghetto

MNHQ listening loud and clear (and watching Strictly Final at same time) . Thanks for suggestion, not sure we're ready for New year's honours 2008/9 (and may be being pessimistic but am envisioning potential for serious fall out when folks' favourites don't win ) but will certainly float the idea around Mumsnet Towers and get back.