tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post3042622955454836958..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Bans FormulaKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-71772921986980548322007-09-27T13:31:00.000+01:002007-09-27T13:31:00.000+01:00These "breast is best" campaigners make my blood b...These "breast is best" campaigners make my blood boil!<BR/><BR/>Like Kaptain_Von's wife, I found that I wasn't producing enough milk to feed my first baby. This was at the height of the "anyone can breast-feed" campaign of the 80s, and being faced with that slogan at every post-natal clinic made me feel that if "anyone" could breast feed, and I couldn't, then I obviously was somehow sub-human. (Not, I think, the best frame of mind to be in when you're trying to cope with all the demands of raising a new baby!) I was too demoralised to even attempt breast-feeding my subsequent children.<BR/><BR/>My daughter had to abandon breast-feeding when her nipples (despite the use of all the protective products available) became so cracked that her baby was drinking more blood than milk!<BR/><BR/>One thing I've always wondered about: if breast milk is the "perfect" food for a baby, why did the NHS give every breast-fed baby (but not bottle-fed babies) a prescription for vitamin drops?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-30804318013152208352007-08-08T16:15:00.000+01:002007-08-08T16:15:00.000+01:00It seems they are now pushing the publicity by ass...It seems they are now pushing the publicity by associating their unpleasant beliefs with Katie Price, who appears to be identifiable as someone in the public eye.<BR/><BR/>How unpleasant these people are. I have come to the conclusion that out charities, under the guiding hand of the current government mainly, have become overtly political bodies many of which simply should not exist at all, certainly not as charities. But they are convenient vehicles into which quango seekers on a mission can be placed.<BR/><BR/>I am very selective about those to whom I give any spare cash these days, or indeed clothes for the many bags that seem to be pushed through our letterbox each week.<BR/><BR/>Many of the louder organisations must be stooges of the political 'elite'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-53852348768632474672007-08-08T09:27:00.000+01:002007-08-08T09:27:00.000+01:00Can I 'demand' that these 'charities' are banned a...Can I 'demand' that these 'charities' are banned as well ? It was people like them that almost caused the loss of my daughter by making my wife(*) continue to attempt breast feeding instead of using formula. It turned out that she was not producing enough milk and if she had not switched to formula then my daughter would have become malnourished (no doubt causing a visit by social services and a claim of neglect). As it happened my wife told them where to go, ignored their tactics to make her feel guilty and as a result we now have a happy and healthy five year old.<BR/><BR/>(*) Can I say 'wife' or is that now a proscribed word to be replaced with a non-gender specific alternative ?Kaptain_Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625273381318758234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-16933656174402805612007-08-08T08:34:00.000+01:002007-08-08T08:34:00.000+01:00As usual, Spiked Online gets it right: http://www....As usual, Spiked Online gets it right: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/3705/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-16662395341863399192007-08-08T00:00:00.000+01:002007-08-08T00:00:00.000+01:00I live in the US and am a nurse. I used to work on...I live in the US and am a nurse. I used to work on a post-partum floor that employed"lactation consultants". We used to call the "nipple nazi's" because of their guilt tactics in trying to get everyone to breastfeed.<BR/><BR/>DebbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com