SORRY TO MNHQ

[Hattie05]

Dear all at MNHQ, i would like to say how sorry i am to hear this morning that some of your members have actually seen fit to grass you up with regard to the advert.
I consider this to be a complete overeaction and pure nastiness imho.Especially as you have already made it clear you are revising your policies on advertising.
I don't and never will have a problem with the advert, despite being a breastfeeder. I assume we are all intelligent enough to realise that ad's on websites are pure revenue making and to choose our own method of feeding our babies.
I don't know what to say except i am sorry
Hattie x

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I MIGHT have this wrong, but I THINK Milkymouth 'reported' MN.
But we don't even know if Milkymouth is a regular MN user or was, in fact, led here by the ad.

Anyone campaigning against what Milupa are doing would easily find their way here BECAUSE of the ad - you would just google. MN is the www. Anyone and everyone can have access, MN are v experienced and know that, and if campaigners have found MN because they were carrying the ad, it is pretty inevitable.

MN have been very open and upfront in their response to what has gone on, and posted that well before this thread of yours Hattie. It seems they feel comfortable and clear with their decision, and not distressed as a result of the actions / opinions of members.

Jimjams I was tempted to join up and ring the helpline but I think I would fail to carry it through successfully (and didn't want to be inundated with promotional stuff)

Advertising does work, but viral advertising is even better and that is what this promotion was

Also adverts are never informational they are promotional...

I believe someone did phone it and the crux of the advice was "you can supplement with formula" and of course, the formula you would then go ont o buy is the one made by the nice friendly company who made a breastfeeding website and provided a helpline.

Someone else phoned and was spoken to by a dietician. Quite how a dietician would counsel a woman who was struggling to breast-feed is beyond me.

Yes i think Blu is right, milkymouth. And i thought there were a few others but maybe not.

Blu i think MN's post was before any talk of their being reported.

I would just like to say here, in response to 'brown nose' and other stupid remarks made earlier.
That is not the case at all - firstly what would i gain from it!
As a human being with feelings i simply felt genuninely sorry for Mumsnet getting in s* about this.
After all to earn £12000 theres far worse things that could be done! In fact i might start my own website and get milupa to advertise if they want to pay me that sort of money and that is a joke people before i get slated.

What did the dietician say?

Apparently they didn't plug formula, but the poster didn't say much else. I can't for the life of me see how a dietician can have the expertise to help anyone in that situation.

As far as I am aware nobody on MN has disputed the need for formula, most b/feeders have cracked open the odd SMA at times. I didn't actually click on the ad or test out the helpline to see what they are saying but if they were breaching the guidelines then I'm glad they were caught out.

Although I think it is unfortunate if MN has lost out on revenue due to this, as although I was not in favour of the ad I had presumed it was within the law and felt that MN had the right to decide to accept this ad.

Off to find out what has happened.

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Beetroot why don't you read what this thread is about before you say such stupid comments.

No i'm sure they're not leaving sleep over it either, but i still wanted to say what i felt.

Why the hell do people see fit to be so bloody rude?

Thanks for the info. Still reading it. My Mother bottle fed me on ordinary cow's milk not formula and I must admit to feeling a little cheated especially as she tries to get me to stop BFing. Does anyone else feel this?

I was glad to read that there is no study to suggest formula is better than cow's milk

What are her reasons for trying to stop you Eaney?

Well she once said 'it's not natural' I kid you not. I have often wondered if she feels some sort of guilt for not BFIng any of her 5 children. She tried once but had bleeding nipples and a doc told her to quit.

To be fair BFing is quite draining in the early days and I suppose she doesn't want to see her daughter exhausted and with sore nipples. I suppose her response is a natural mother impulse.

I can understand the exhaustion ange and people being concerned about the (possible) draining effect in the early days,but that 'it's not natural'?!
Sorry,no offence but psml!

Hattieo5 - but you have no difficulty being quite rude to people on these boards. you can be touchy and argumentative and upset people too! you knew this thread would get bad reactions as well as good, you wanted to say how you felt, other people can do that too. just relax a bit.

I have no problem with people giving a good argument with regard to what the subject matter is. But just making snide comments is unnecessary and upsets me.

Also people got the wrong end of the stick i was not trying to debate again for or against the ad and therefore do not need to be told to go read the threads i've already read!

one thing that keeps being repeated on this thraed is that it is not MN's fault but milupa's fault so that is why only milupa have been reproted.

Why do some MNetters feel it necessary to abandon this site from now on then??

Not being arguementative but did just wonder, surely by leaving then all there good work would be a shame if they couldn't rise above it and continue it. i hope they do it would be a shame to lose people from this.

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