I give you clear warning, this place is goiing to go NUTS when Channel Four airs Bringing Up Baby on the 25th Sept... Claire Verity!!!

[Aitch]

seriously. i'm watching it now for work and it is terribly upsetting. Claire Verity says 'i'm a bitch, i'm mean to them but it works', no touching, no eye contact, lots of talking about 'baby', presumably because she can't be arsed remembering the name... oh it's AWFUL.

Feel sick to my stomach, that was horrible. Feel so sorry for all those tiny babies who've suffered under regimes like that. Ghastly woman.

kerrymum - it makes me shudder. dd is 9yo and ds is 12mo and I still go on read alert when either of them cry. Whatever time of day or night it is...

I taped this fully intending to watch it but caught the last minute and it upset me so much I don't think I can bear to watch the rest. It's going to make me want to do her damage isn't it?

Kerrymum, but if you go to them they'll learn that when they cry their parents run to attend to them. Apparently that's bad. Because then they'll cry every time they have a need, and trust their parents to look after them. So it might be a year or 2 before you can host a party that goes on until 4am.

So, baby screams for ages (over baby monitor), baby stops crying, parents, having had lovely dinner and glass of wine as life is now back to normal breathe sigh of relief, go to bed NOT via baby's separate room (because why would you go and look at your baby) and in the morning they go in to wake their baby up and they can't. Because "it" has died.

THAT'S why CV's approach is dangerous. And it's one of the reasons why I (and others on here) emailed the Baby Show to get her OFF their stage in October. And thank FUCK they agreed.

I'm watching this on Sky+ and I have to say CV is very rough in handling the babies. Poor wee souls!

ratfly, I just hope that most new mothers will think CV is completely and utterly barking mad and steer well clear.

Sorry BandofMothers I know it was a bit emotive, but that was what she looked like, bless her. I would have broken into the house and gone and cuddled her myself if I could.

lanismum- i know. i'm thinking about the first few months with DS, all the cooing / kissing / cuddling / closeness. Now he dances on the coffee table and licks my face

you can't get those times back. What are those parents going to think?- oh darling, do you recall that first night, drinking wine while i sobbed because the baby was crying. Good times.

sad, sad, very sad.
it is worrying that others might be watching that and think it is a good idea to shove a newborn baby out of sight and mind for hours. who in their right mind would sign up for such a thing and then continue with it when the baby is screaming.

I dont think its dangerous for a baby to be left outside at all.

I wouldnt want to leave my newborn crying though.

Getting your life back = having a glass of wine.

Never realised it was so easy.

And, she said 'Ah' to a bloody fox. Only glimpse of affection in the whole programe - but to a fox.

Yeah, it's really safe leaving your baby outside for ages. Afterall, there are no foxes, stray dogs, cats or strange people lurking around.

I don't think she's going to win any followers tonight.

ratfly, I think they were allowed one night feed.
At one point I did actually wonder whether she would suggest a slap if the newborn was crying.

Iam going to start running around my neighbourhood looking for crying babies left outside doorways so I can steal them and press them to my naked breasts and stuff them in slings

I'd have bitched slapped her out my house and down the street and locked the door while I cuddled my baby.

Even GF said in that article someone linked that letting a newborn go for 4 hrs without bfing can be dangerous, or feeding in general I guess. I have a friend whose ds ate like nothing you've ever seen. She had so much milk her boobs were huge and he was still hungry. I think she put him on hungry baby formula at about 4 weeks when she couldn't physically bf him any more, and that only seemed to help a bit.
This is all very dangerous. I too think the parents will regret it.

where can i complain - how do i register my extreme disgust?

manipulative creatures wtf?

Did they hunker? I emailed them but then forgot all about. What a bloody relief. Not just cruel but dangerous.

I don't think she's going to win any followers tonight.

Sadly that isn't true

People will see the mother-of-twins having a party while her children sleep and think that is the Right Way To Do It

I dont think its dangerous for a baby to be left outside at all.

I wouldnt want to leave my newborn crying though.

I do wonder whether they're going to get the guts to tell her to F off soon and where to shove that manual.

lol at morning paper.

Bit selfish to be thinking of getting your life back when the baby is only just born. I never thought of trying to get mine back til they were about 4 mths or so, which was impossible with DD2 anyway as she wouldn't take a bottle.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE JUST SEEN!! I just can't believe that people can do this. Surely it's forbidden under some European laws and considered not only child abuse but serious breech of basic human rights. I now have a ginormous string of sware words going through my mind and I can't speal proper. I'm going upstairs to give emormous kisses and kiddles to my kids..