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[AnarchyAunt]

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Ah thats better.

I know, I know, I can do nothing at all about it, its not my business, I don't have to look...... But aaaarrrrgghhh.

I've been in both situations. This is my second baby. With my first I was told to consider early weaning by a HV at nine weeks and I seriously considered it. Held off until 19 weeks in the end, but all the stuff that gets said went through my head.

Now I am older (if we consider 26 old these days) and wiser, I've realised my reasoning was a bit skewed. Plus weaning after six months (and breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and baby wearing) is just so much less stressful and more straightforward I've decided. I thought I was making my life easier last time round, but it really couldn't have been further from the truth.

Nestle may be something you'll have to teach me about though. All I know is they do cereal and chocolate.

Nestle boycott

Nestle are devils spawn.
www.babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html
I was pretty much the same.
Had DD at 19, she was prem or I'd have weaned her at 3 months like I was told. Weaned her at 4 months adjusted, so six months total, but she should have been closer to 8 months.
Fucked up BFing big time, no-one told me I ahd to express so much, I expressed once a day when she was in SCBU.

Along came DS1, I BFd and waited til 6months, now with DS2, he is 26 weeks, still exbf, and hardly uses his buggy. Plus he went into his own room (and cot) when we moved a couple of weeks ago.

Life changes, people change, but the guidelines and facts don't really do they? That's why I try so hard to get them across to people.

I try a different approach sometimes. I ask people how they can be bothered with all the months and months of pureeing and feeding, when if you wait until six months you can get away with a much less labour intense form of weaning. Maybe the slogan Lazy Mums Wait to Wean would be catchy?

Am going to have a read of the links, but not tonight as the slave driver, also known as DD1, is having the dreaded four month growth spurt and I should really be abed. I don't have one of those menfolks to give me a lie-in in the morning.

Why are they so adamant we are all the same poster?

Its just silly.

Mike Brady has sent me a link where to report it if they allow it to continue.

I guess I must be you as well! I think it's because we all write in proper sentances and that is so unusual for bounty that they can't deal with it.

It's funny I was thinking about starting an AIBU thread called 'to think if a forum is policed draconially it should be done without bias'. I put up a thread on bounty asking why they had deleted a polite thread stating facts but left one advising rusks in bottles at 6 weeks. That thread was deleted within 10 minutes so I guess no-one saw it.

I think bounty have a responsibility as they do have a quasi-official status due to the bounty packs in hospitals (that's how I ended up on that awful forum anyway). If it didn't make me cry I would have laughed at a poster writing that us stating the guidelines might influence young, impressionable mothers into following them! .

Oh where can we report it to?

And yes agree about quasi-official status. They have access to mothers in hospital and should use that status to promote and implement guidelines rather than undermine hem for commercial gain.

I want to C&P my rant on the blog to Bounty but I know I'd get banned.

babylawaction.
I have the link on my fb, I'll post it later.

have they replied about putting the sticky on 0-3 and 4-6 aswell?

I was just wondering how things would be different if new mums were given mumsnet packs instead of bounty packs. Do you think the world might be a slightly better place? Where can we start a campaign for this?

Sorry, couldnt let this pass. here

Is she for real??? Do people actually wean at this age???

They have not replied about the sticky on 0-3 and 4-6 month boards.

One of them is now saying she tried BLW and her baby choked, she rang the GP who said BLW was 'a stupid phase that had led to loads of babies choking'.

Can someone more expert than me on BLW post about it maybe?

what is bounty's email addy please?

this is an absolute disgrace

0 -3 months and weaning?

and bounty are deleting posts that give the researched reasons why this is a bad idea

indefensible IMO

If you go to the Bounty homepage theres a clicky for 'contact us' at the bottom.

Have you seen VS's blog? (with a rant on Bounty tactics by moi)

thank you AA< i have seen the blog and have added to my favourites and voted

i am still a bit at the 0 - 3months and weaning

and the surprise that the baby has stomach ache!

well duuuuuuuuh!

i might well write to local hospital, i was on teh MSLC, it has now disbanded, and complain more about bounty packs, and have already raised complaint about nestle vending machine in the antenatal clini, whilst the hospital are going for babyfriendly status.

I am too at the whole bloody thing and at the response from Bounty.

We are now being blamed for the fact someone's baby choked when being BLW at 4 months - despite stating time after time that BLW is for babies of the correct age for weaning - NOT 4 MONTH OLD BABIES WHO CAN'T EVEN SIT UP PROPERLY.

There's a bit of me that just wants to leave them all to their early weaning love-in but I'm for anyone who doesn't know to go anywhere else for decent advice.

The other bounty classic is 'don't pick them up when they cry and they'll soon learn crying won't get them attention or cuddles'. Why on earth have a baby if you can't be arsed to cuddle them ffs?

I really should stop going there, it does just rile me too much...

They're a bunch of morons.
I started BLW with DS2 today (25 weeks) not expecting him to eat anything yet tbh, but he scoffed down nearly a whole slice of toast and some watermelon.
He didn't 'choke' because he was ready to eat.
Fucking twits.

i know anarcy, that is because the farking threads with the correct info are being deleted

by 9 months DD could pick up and eat an apple, skin and all. at 4 months of course she would have choked. it is common bloody sense.

but then common sense would also dictate a baby of less than 3 months old, needs nothing other than milk

i think as a society as a whole, we have to look at our expectations of babies

they should be sleeping through

they should not need night feeds

they should not need dummies/comfort feeds

that they should be in a set routine by X months

i used to think there were thinkgs you could do to make your baby sleep . now i think it is a lot of luck !!

educating yourself as you parent is surely key. but most people will accept the word of HVs and DRs etc without looking further, because, let;'s face it, you should be able to get correct infant feeding and nutrition advice from HCPs and doctors

but then how many new mums come on MN struggling to breastfeed, having already introduced a top up of formula before breast milk supply is established on the advice of a MW , HV or well meaning relative

the lack of good, consistent, correct advice is endemic and that is a terrible shame

"yep i have, kian is just to hungry for me not to, put him on hungry baby milk 2wks ago he's having 8ozs every 2hrs, so decided to try him with some porridge and fruity breakfast he ate the lot in a flash and he's now going 4-5hrs between feeds. have als tried him with chicken sundays dinner and he loves that aswell lol"

they're not meant to go 3-5 hours between feeds!!!!!!

it is really a bit worrying, as this is the tip of the iceberg. these are just the people that are posting on the forums, and one or two might actually read the info, if it is not deleted, and stop early weaning... lots lots more parents who are not reading anything or getting any info

what happened with your friend who you were wanting weaning info for, NA?

her baby is sitting so i told her to try blw. the baby just sucks the food and plays with it atm so is not ready i guess.