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....

PMSL at this! God, some people will really argue over nothing wont they?

Anyhoo. If hunker is an evangelist about anything, then sure as day desi is a drunk with a persecution complex.

That's a joke, btw......

I think it has classic wind-up finesse.

Believeable but only just barely, on a topic close to everyone's heart with the potential for misinformation from a 'friend'.

I want op to come back and say weeell, it was bm but there's more.....

then fuck off for a couple fo hours only to return and say

"one child actually fed from her breast!!! "

oh we at mn can argue about debate anything it is one of our strengths

Hi thought i put everyones mind at rest and tell you i have found out the true story...the mom in Q thought she would share with the kids a topic on babys since she was a new mom again (it is quite normal here for parents to help at the school) so brought some jars of baby food and a carton of formula milk but she is a brestfeeding mom and also brought a tub of expressed milk to show the children what it looked like compared to other milk..she did offer the childrn to taste all the baby food and offered the fomula to taste not the Bm but she says she may have called it Bm as she is not used to saying formula! The school did not expect her to be bringing in food to try so that is why no consent forms.so there we have it her panic is over.

My god there are some cynical people on this thread and i see another sort of piss take thread

Its scary how the topic of breastfeeding /milk stirs up so much emotions, but then i guess it is such an emotional thing to do or not to do that it will always be a hot topic.

oooh, i said many posts ago it was probably formula and she referred to it as baby's milk .....

no harm done, lets hope the rumour mill at school that went into overdrive to vilify this mother is stopped in its tracks.

Ah yes, as thought then.

Yes I too hope that no villifying of mother goes on.

Its interesting and pleasing that most responses were in fact fairly calm and balanced. mostly focused on health implications rather than ewwww gross which it could have all been.

yes lulumama u did
It is such an easy slip of the tounge as well i dont know how many times i have got things mixed up myself.

Agree 100% slur. Seems folk will take any opportunity to take a swipe at b/feeding or those dirty rotten weirdy militant b/feeders.

I'd have not been happy about no consent forms because DD has allergies.

i am so rarely right i am enjoying a brief moment of smuggery

but i do hope this poor woman is not slaughtered, metaphorically speaking, as some weirdo breastfeeding militant etc etc

the lack of consent is definitely an issue, agreed

I love how overmydeadbody made a great typo/pun and no one saw it
'' although, when you think abou tit rationally,''

Anyway I don't know if I would belive a seven year old without going to the school and finding out for sure what happened.

But if she has gave them her breastmilk I think thats a bit odd with the risks of hiv hepititus ect but if she has been tested or its from a milk bank that would be ok.

ooops i only read the op.

hurrah, all sorted
not sure about lack of consent though, haven't they probably signed for whole year? mine get snacks at school every day as part of the school routine. we just declare any allergies etc etc at the start of the year. ta would have known if any allergies declared

Um, just read this, VV.

I think hunker is an evangelist about bf.

So, that makes me a drunk with a persecution problem.

TIT for tat, so they say

You see, hunker gets all affronted when I call her an evangelist. I don't get affronted when called persecuted, because I'm 42 years old and believe me, I have never suffered from persecution in all my years on this planet.

I would appreciate it if the pair of you would upgrade the insult to something more pertinent to my character.

It's a tough call, I know, but I'm sure you'll both rise to the occasion.

thank you for posting the definitive answer

You were hardly using evangelist as a compliment, Desi.

And wtf is this "appreciate it if the pair of you" bollocks - VVV and I are separate entities, you know.

Not sure I believe this story. I find it very strange that this would happen in this country which is hysterical about breastfeeding. I find it a hard to believe that a) The mum would give bm to other children no matter how "militant" or "evangelical" she was about bf. b)The teacher(s) would allow it c)The children would want to try it.

Shock horror, it was formula after all

my thank you was to the op for saying yes it was in fact formula

Ah well, that clears it up then. You think she's an evangelist. Just as well what you think doesn't necessarily reflect the truth or the complexities of the matter. It seems you would find anything more than indifference to breastfeeding as "evangelical". It's rather more a reflection on you than it is anything else. What does get my goat is the support and good work that hunker does for mothers and babies on this board and her blog is thrown back at her as some sort of insult by somewhat laughable folk who make a name for themselves in entirely opposing ways.

Suffice to say, whatever hunker is to breastfeeding, you are the definition of antipathy to it.

I'm not fussed about slinging personal insults around. I just speak as I find, when I find. I'm not sure I could muster enough enthusiasm to find something more appropriate or to your liking. Undoubtedly you'll give me a good enough excuse to sooner or later