Breastfeeding debate type thingy on gmtv now...

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Bye morningpaper, it's been nice knowing you

PMSL at semtex tampons!

do we know if this was in response to / a follow up to their highly scientific 'survey' btw?

Got to be, surely ?

Argh! Just watching this link - I am really shocked.

How dare they say that she is a midwife and breastfeeding expert - she is not!!!!

Disgusting

anyone who starts a sentece "I'm all for breastfeeding but..." should be shot retrained

Fibilou, Anyone can use the title breastfeeding counsellor it is not protected by law. So CBC can call herself that if she wants to.

I think by comparing breastmilk to coke and stating children didn't need snacks She made herself appear foolish, no matter what her self given title is.

but Be, 70% of the population will have agreed with her or taken her word for it as she's the expert

Yes, most people have seen that and thought - OH, I didn't know that - rather than - that can't be right.

Just like a few years ago when the cloth nappy report came out saying that it is more harmful to the enviro to use cloth than disposible. Any minute of thought would make it clear in the most foggy of heads that that simply can't be right. But for most people, they just took it at face value and ignored their own gut instinct on the matter - after all some so called expert is saying it, so it must be true (The sun says.....attitude)

Wow. As bad as coca cola and in the same vein as staying up all night/eating sweets all day. Mercy me.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry. But then that's GMTV for you...

at least the old "it's all for the mother's benefit" line didn't come up

can MN arrange a survey of what we all think of GMTV?

Do you think the show is: -Crap -Bad -Misleading

Do you think they are:
-Biased
-Sponsored by Nestle
-Ignorant

etc

Lorraine did seem to try that line, Stealth, with the 'is it for your comfort' comment! I do like the mum they had on, she was most sane and well spoken. CBC makes me so cross though... and plain ol' sad.

Hmmm yes I hadn't thought of that. Pity the author wasn't a bit more argumentative.

every time i see any bfing stuff on gmtv, they allow the person with ishoos to warble on at length (dr whatshisface vs ?greenmonkies; glamourmodelhugetits vs sensiblemother; cbc vs sensiblemother and sensibleauthor) and ignore the pro-bf person. painfully bad editing or just they have a grudge?

lol at your survey spb

The mother was great... she must be a mumsnetter. Out yourself, woman!

This item is bog standard daytime TV sofa 'debate': new book/survey/product - get author/originator on, get real life person on, get 'expert' on.

CBC pops up all the time, and is de facto an 'expert' by now.

What possible service is she doing women, babies or breastfeeding by criticising women who breastfeed beyond babyhood? I don't get it. Who benefits from her statements that it's not a good thing? There is no evidence that children who are 'extended breastfeeders' have worse teeth, or more issues around food, or have a pathological association of comfort with food, and until this evidence comes out, on what possible grounds can she criticise a practice that is the biological and physiological norm for our species?

Folks - a reminder to refrain from personal attacks. By all means offer your opinions, criticise methods etc but please refrain from attacking individuals or we'll have to delete your posts, which is a shame as they may, after all, contain great wisdom.
Ta

I have complained to OFCOM about a number of things, but particularly the description of CBC as a midwife. They could accurately say she trained as a midwife, but someone who has not practised for 20+ years should not, in my opinion, be described as a midwife. It implies a level of continuing professional development and medically up to date training she simply does not possess.

I've also highlighted the stuff about calling her a breastfeeding expert, the unchallenged coca cola comment and the erroneous advice that children shouldn't snack...

how is morningpaper's post still here?
Unless "strap to a rocket" is code for "meet and hear her expert views on breastfeeding and other topics"

Maybe there's a vital difference between wanting to strap her to a rocket and suggesting she does any rocket strapping (which, of course, she categorically does not!)

I think that is exactly what morningpaper was trying to say stealth

I've heard that being strapped to a rocket is the ultimate accolade for a breastfeeding counsellor

Is it ok to say that Lorraine's giggling schoolgirl act makes me want to borrow one of Tigga's tampons?