Slagging Off The Childcare Gurus

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I'll not start it, I just created the thread!!

Anyone heard the one about a particularly annoying celebrity chef being bulimic? It's not a joke, I have it on v good authority....

Definitely give us a clue Willow2...

Must admit, that soup looked bloody horrible. Why not at least blitz it first?

Tinker thought it looked like sick.

missed a comma, completely changing the meaning. Should have read:

Tinker, I thought it looked like sick

But www, how do you know what Tinker thought?

Should have listened to my mum when she used to say "don't be clever, it doesn't suit you"
I blame the length of time it takes to get to the bottom of this thread.

Willow2, we're waiting .....

www - you were right first time!

mmm...I did cringe a bit when she said 'lovely jade bundles'. Missed the soup but the lamb chops looked nice and that cocktail looked yummy too.

Lol, Ionesmum. I'm glad we're ok

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bloss, sorry to hear that you and your family have been in the wars. hope your ds makes a full recovery soon. as i said below, i too have found some of these comments quite hurtful, directed at individuals using the book, not the book itself.

we know we are doing our best to be loving, caring mothers, with our children's best interests at heart - so maybe it is a case of "sticks and stones... etc"

there's also be quite a lot of humour in the thread too, it hasn't been all bad!

well done for your second message and really hope you are all feeling better soon.

bloss, rise above it, it doesn't matter. I know its irritating and there is a smug insistence that GF is somehow crippling a mother's 'natural' instincts but lets not forget that we ALL have problems with our kids and we often solve them with the support or advice of others, that could be Gina Ford or someone on mumsnet. Its never personally bothered me that GF doesn't have kids, I don't actually believe that being a mother necessarily makes you a good one, and quite often someone who is slightly distanced and not so emotionally involved can have a viewpoint that you might never have considered before.

I apologise Bloss. The exclamation remarks after my first post were meant to indicate that I was joking and re the second, I was simply trying to indicate how differently people who go in for co-sleeping approach sleep issues. I did say later that I would fully expect Fordies to be equally baffled at a question involving a baby who continuallu slept/ fed and who was in the bed with you. No doubt their response would simply be "Put him in a cot". Sorry about your rotten week.

Ok... spikey yet sugary?

Does he by any chance look almost abnormally slim for a chef?

Bloss {hugs{}} I'm sorry to hear of your problems and hope that both you and ds are feeling better. I had my child in hospital and know how tough it is.

I really am genuinely sorry if I upset you, I do like a good argument, but it was not meant as a personal attack, or anything more than a debate.

I was simply expressing my opinions, you don't really need to take me very seriously, most people don't TBH I don't understand GF and I'm never likely to, but I don't condemn you for using her methods if they work for you. As has been said before we all have our children's best interests at heart, and we are the ones who know our own children best. I always say you must follow your heart, then you can't go far wrong.

I just found this in The Secret of Happy Children (I notice that Steve Biddulph is not on this list...). I just thought this was appropriate...

"...I wanted my reader's to take everything I said with a pinch of salt - to trust their own judgement. I still believe this - experts are a hazard to your health! Your own heart will always tell you, if you listen to it, what is the best way to raise your children. Books, experts, friends, courses, help you only if they take you closer to your own heart."

Doesn't that say it all?

Willow2, surely its gazza, he's got to be, either that or he's on drugs.

I'd heard that rumour too Willow2. I'm glad to have it confirmed as he's one of my top TV chefs hate list. Too "cheffie" for me.

Ainsley "all I can cook is a stir fry but I get away with it because I appeal to the grandmas" Harriott. UGH.

And my opinon of Nigella has dropped last night when she insisted on Italian eggs just to bind some breadcrumbs. We don't all live with a Sacchi darling.