Live chat with Vicki Scott Tuesday 4 December 2007 between 1 and 2pm

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Vicki Scott will be here for an online chat with Mumsnetters next Tuesday 4 December.

Vicki Scott is the first baby feeding and wellbeing advisor to Philips AVENT and has been working with mothers and babies across many aspects of baby care for almost 20 years. She is also mum to 23 month old Poppy.

Vicki will be joining us for an hour at 1 o'clock, so get your questions ready, grab a bite to eat and join us then. But if you won't be here during the chat itself, then please post any advance questions for Vicki here.

Thanks, MNHQ

oh well, no answer to my question

unless i have missed it !!

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Ctc - I saw that answered on the other page of questions, the non-live one iyswim.
It's linked in a banner on breast and bottle topic.

Hi Kiskidee,

I'm back armed with a cuppa!

You're right, BF training for student midwives is very limited, and as I have said before my most intense period of learning and gaining practical experience was during my years as a maternity nurse, and in the last five years of working as a consultant to mums.

The LCGB study time was very useful for me and really broadened my horizons, I also have a lot of respect for the BFN advice and Jack Newman's work.

As far as I am aware, I have certainly never paid to attend any training courses run by any formula manufacturers, however may well have attended some in-house study days on the maternity unit as most staff midwives do.

It may interest you to know that I have infact been approached to write for a formula company recently (for which i would have been paid) but turned this down.

For the record, I am not totally anti formula as many mums need to give their baby formula milk and it is important to show support for mums and to respect the decisions they make as individuals.

In answering your question in regards to Bisphenol A, I have had to consult AVENT on this as it's not my area of expertise. Please find a statement on this issued by them. Please find the link below

www.avent.com/uk/en/learn_more_faq_bottle_feeding.php#q20

If you have any more questions on this, please phone the AVENT customer careline on 0800 289 064

Thanks - Poppy is calling so really have to go now!

Best - Vicki

Poppy looks very sweet, Vicki - she's about the same age as my DS2

thanks for the info, still, i was hoping for the actual names of the courses which you found helpful. maybe some will think i am being too picky.

also, i wasn't insinuating that you would have paid to attend any courses given by a formula manufacturer. [am i wrong in assuming that these would be 'free' to HCP's anyway?]

for the record, neither am i anti-formula, which is why i clarified earlier that i am interested in which courses you attended on infant feeding. I am just a bit about companies which market for a primarily ff public also makes a few things for the bf mums out there.

fwiw, I don't normally ring carelines so I don't think i will in this case either.

thank you jeremy.. will have a look for that now