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Original poster

Annabel Karmel, not content with making weaning sound complicated, has turned her hand to breastfeeding

353 replies

hunkermunker · 19/05/2009 15:51

Words fail me

And yes, there are snippets in there that are true/useful - but HOW you dredge through the stuff that's unnecessary/nice to have but not essential - who knows?!

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AitchTwoOh · 19/05/2009 17:28

pavlovia? ooooh, i love pavlovia. make mine a nigella passionfruit.

PinkTulips · 19/05/2009 17:34

dear god... i'm actually walking around the house muttering angrily about this

i've never felt so self doubting and fragile as when i was first attempting bf-ing and to have been given shocking advice like that would have completely destroyed bf-ing for me... i actually feel sick to think there are women out there who desperately want to bf and might read that, try and express and believe they have no milk at all to feed their child with

AitchTwoOh · 19/05/2009 17:35

well the good thing is, i suppose, that most women don't come to AK until their kids are 6 mos.

wastingmyeducation · 19/05/2009 17:41

So far Aitch. This could be a preliminary venture. She'll be bottling those 'infused waters'.

AbricotsSecs · 19/05/2009 17:43

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TheCrackFox · 19/05/2009 17:46

It has put me in a bad mood too Pinktulips.

Only a matter of time before AK markets her own breast pumps, bottles, pads and nursing bras.

StarlightMcKenzie · 19/05/2009 17:47

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Original poster
hunkermunker · 19/05/2009 17:57

Oh, I do love you all.

Indignation certainly loves company, that's for sure! Thank you for keeping me company - and sorry for raising collective blood pressures!

(Tiktok, can you email me, please? Hunkermunker at gmail dot com TIA )

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OlympedeGouges · 19/05/2009 17:59

how did this woman get her career someone please tell me?

KingRolo · 19/05/2009 18:00

I think her website has gone down. Could it caused by our collective wrath?

catinthehat2 · 19/05/2009 19:43

Do you know I'm fed up with this.

I have an old AK book which would have been passed over to the charity shop when I got round to it.

It's going in the bin now instead. The oxygen of publicity is officially exhausted.

Smellen has it:
"Possibly the one area of having children that has not been commodified (if that is the right word), so ripe for someone to try and make a buck out of. "

Enough.

moondog · 19/05/2009 19:47

Indeed Smellen is right.
Everything we can do for free is stolen, picked apart, repackaged and sold back to us.
Shame on these awful awful people.

That expressing to see how much left in breasts is complete shit.
How are they allowed to peddle such tripe?

VeniVidiVickiQV · 19/05/2009 19:56

She'll be publishing her own recipe for 'formula' milk next year

tiktok · 19/05/2009 19:57

hunk - will try to email you....may not be tonight.

TheCrackFox · 19/05/2009 19:59

Whilst I am on my high horse IMO her sodding purees led to DS1 being a total fuss pot. I BLW DS2 and he eats like a horse and will at least try anything.

I too will put her book in the bin and not take it to the charity shop.

moondog · 19/05/2009 20:07

What an absolute pair of tits both of them are.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 19/05/2009 20:14

Interesting that Clare Byam Cook reads MN.

Original poster
hunkermunker · 19/05/2009 20:17

Cheers, Tiktok

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choufleur · 19/05/2009 20:22

the site is still down, i only got to the home page but it made be laugh (although not in a good way). it's just totally ridiculous.

my breast feeding recipes.

make huge vats of chilli, bolognase, curry, casserole etc while pregnant, freeze in plastic tubs and re-heat in microwave while sleep deprived and baby is asleep.

eat half the meal (leave the rest) as baby wakes up and needs feeding/changing/is bored/something that you can't figure out.

Drink loads of water (not infused with stuff). Water is fine on its own.

choufleur · 19/05/2009 20:22

is it me or is the clock on here wrong?

elkiedee · 19/05/2009 20:28

We had a bit of a discussion on here a few weeks ago when AK first announced CBC was going to answer questions on her site. I was quite surprised because AK posted in the forum on her own site responding to something I'd said on here.

Unfortunately someone else who was also critical of CBC asked some very good pointed questions to start off with and then got into a fight which made having a real debate there impossible.

We had a very interesting debate here on mn though!

morningpaper · 19/05/2009 20:35

lol @ flushing out hunker

I read an interview with Annabel Karmel recently and was surprised that she still cooks her TEENAGE children "4 or 5 dishes for each meal, so they can choose"

I was all

elkiedee · 19/05/2009 20:36

On a more serious note, CBC is unfortunately not the only person who believes in pumping as a way to check supply - it's exactly that sort of thing from health care professionals which led to my ds1 being formula fed. It would have happened all over again if I hadn't learned (from mumsnet in fact) that other women have problems with expressing but can still bf successfully.

rubyslippers · 19/05/2009 20:37

so AK has fussy eaters then

i saw her once on Saturday Kitchen making turkey meatballs which she burnt

VeniVidiVickiQV · 19/05/2009 20:43

"I read an interview with Annabel Karmel recently and was surprised that she still cooks her TEENAGE children "4 or 5 dishes for each meal, so they can choose""

Does she mean a bowl of peas, a bowl of mash, a bowl of carrots, a plate of chicken nuggets and a plate of bread and butter? These authors are very good at overstating their efforts and reinventing things.....