my friends ds was fed breastmilk at school !!!

[mummyof2bunnies]

My friend came round today in a bit of a state, she was asking her ds7 what he had done at school today and he replied that so and so's mum came in to class today and was telling them all about her new baby and brought baby food for them to try, and that they got to try breastmilk on teaspoons and breastmilk mixed in baby food now i am no prude i breastfed both my dds but i would be horrified if my dd came home and told me this. Friend was completely horrified as well is going to speak to the head 2mrw the mum in Q was a former classroom assistant at the school b4 she had her baby and my friends ds said she was the only one in class and the teacher was not there when they where trying the foods . I am sure this has to be wrong on so many levels i'm trying to look at it from another point of view but all i feel is anger that she did this can anyone else share their feelings on this....

Tit of the Month?

Time Of The Month...

i wondered that as well

Ohh - I was thinking Top Of The Milk.

Breast milk is a type of bodily fluid, hence why women that are HIV are recommended not to bf as you can transmit it through breast milk. I know it is highly unlikely this women is HIV or anything (not suggesting that) but that why it is wrong it is not her child and parents dont know her lifestyle so she shouldnt be giving them her milk

Just popped on to see if we knew what had happened. There has to have been a mix up, I really can't believe that this really happened.

Hi all just to update on the subject, my friend was pipped to the post at school this morning as some other parents got in there first it seems her ds was not the only one to come home and say he tasted bm. the school is calling a meeting with the mother to clear up the matter this afternoon so still no clearer yet if it was def bm. but i wlll post the findings when i hear.

i am looking forward to the update

oh I hope the mum doesn't get bombarded by angry mums

IF it was b/m then she is misguided but I hope it doesn't turn into a witch hunt

(also, how many times is the HIV link going to be posted on here...)

I wait with baited breath to see what actually happened.

If it was BM I wouldn't be best pleased either but the woman doesn't sound like she was acting maliciously.

There's only one way to sort this ...

Fiiiigggghhhhttt!

It seems a little unusual, but what's the big deal? I'd far rather my children try breastmilk than formula, and let bm be normalised for them.

And, be real, just how appallingly germy is the fresh bm likely to be? What dire diseases is the mum likely to have transmitted?

HIV and hepatitis to name but 2 ...it's not about how likely it is ..it's possible which is the principle surely?

It can't have been breastmilk. Must have been formula.

i shall be interested to know the answer as to what it was

Possible, yes, but probable, no. If a mum had either of those conditions, or any other condition that could be transmitted via bm, I just can't see her offering round her ebm!

I agree prettycandles - but schools have to be sooooo careful - as a previous poster said - when 6th formers prick their fingers to put a drop of blood on a microscope slide consent has to be sought - the probability of them infecting each other is miniscule but the school has to follow rules....smae in this case ...chances of infection are small but they aren't allowed to take that chance.

It's not just diseases though, there's what she's eaten/drunk/taken as well. And the nut issue as well - if she'd had a peanut butter sandwich an hour before, then that could be fatal for someone with a serious nut allergy.

wannabe - bit off topic, but just to say that I bf but used formula then cow's milk for food when weaning. I was dire at expressing (40 minutes for about a cm at the bottom of the bottle!) so it was easier to use ready made stuff. It's quite possible for it to have not been bm.

Is this a windup??? it sounds just like another recent thread was it the teacher who flashed her breasts in a high school biology lesson?

I dont believe either story.

I can't help but think the same Peanut.

And why would ebm be tasted by putting it in baby food, anyway, much easier to just let them each dip a finger in a pot, or have a teaspoon each... Plus, since when would any 7yo child be willing to eat a spoonful of baby food? That's for babies, they'd all declare, & refuse.

Having tried to pass around popadoms and Indian food for Divali last year, & seen how many kids weren't willing to try it, don't we all know how fussy 7yos can be about food?

Sorry, whole tale sounds like weird urban legend myth to me.

agree totally peanut. Wierd urban legend made to get an arguement on mumsnet.