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My first thought was what the hell, the baby is going to be cold. I love seeing women breast feed, i stare, i love the nussling noise and the slurping a baby makes when the milk is coming out so fast it can't keep up. There are very few things more beautiful in the world than seeing a baby feed. Even if the mother is a munter.

Ha, and how did you err manage to find out what it taste like? Yes curiosity got the better of me too, and i agree, it's minging.

They being the medical establishment - weaning - to introduce solids. I should have been more specific. I know a fair few that do the 2 year mark, but I think that's more down to where i've lived and who I know. I used to live near Machynlleth (C.A.T. area), there you were odd if you didn't breastfeed.

My auntie flopped her boob out to feed my cousin whilst she was sat next to my ex husband, we were about to have our first and he had never seen a woman breastfeed up close. I'm sat here chuckling at that memory, the look of horror and shock on his face was brilliant. I think that is more the problem than anything else, breast feeding isn't a social norm and it should be. Only 1 in 100 women are still breast feeding at 6 months, which is the time they currently recommend weaning.

Best thread in a while, mainly because it reminds me some of you are proper knob 'eds. You don't see much of, if any nipple. You actually see more flesh from a woman wearing a bikini than you do when a woman is feeding her child. I really struggle to comprehend this cover up lark. You see more of the abdomen then you do boob! Babies can be fed wherever the need arises. My most awkward child - third daughter again always wanted feeding at 3.15. The same time i'd need to collect other children from school. She'd be shoved up my top and I'd manage to walk home feeding her, pushing a pram and keeping an eye on her 2 sisters. I reckon there'd be a fair few horrified mums, dad's, teachers ect at the school if they knew what I was doing. The fact was I didn't give a crap, it was easier to feed her then listen to her cry. 4 kids, all breast fed for around the year mark, for me it was all done purely because i was too lazy to bottle feed. I didn't have the concern Tea mentions, and I think thats more to familial attitudes, when I had mine none of the children in my extended family had ever been bottle fed, seriously when i was little we'd all be at my nans for sunday dinner and there'd be at least 2 aunties with tits out feeding a baby whilst they tried to eat their dinner too. Breast feeing is a norm, it's what they're there for. I suggest the next time you want milk in your cereal you go and see how it comes out of a cows tit.

Behave, we bleed for a week every month and it doesn't kill us. It just feels like it. And we want to kill everybody else.

I'd go as far as making a fancy cake in each oven! Profit is not something i'm opposed too, profit to the detriment of others is.

All the best Rem, I hope you both have a fantastic day. x

Not just any business owner, a multi-million pound business owner, in building. Had he said anything else i'd have probably been less judgmental Wait, you actually got a new cooker, or you've got as far as picking it?

When was the last time Dave let Woo out?

Ideally, if these were closed we'd all be paying less tax, wouldn't we? 5bn is lost through avoidance (not evasion) but neither Dave or Ed are likely to tackle these issues as it benefits them and their ilk. No-one is going to want to pay more than they have too, we're ultimately all Thatchers children, people are conditioned to some extent to be selfish. To do well now isn't about being a pillar in society it's about having that nice house and that ace car. So, they've done three times the work for minimum wage without trying therefor they're undeserving of that minimum wage? No, thats not how it works. They're paid minimum wage so they're not exploited. If they work at that level they're still getting the minimum of what they are entitled too. Also, i might add - minimum wage is not a living wage. Your brother is a banker at what cost? He might be doing alright, but what about the society he lives in? Your uncle might be doing alright, but thats on the back of what? Paying his staff a wage below what he possibly could, charging people more for a house than it is worth, using cheaper materials than he has quoted? There is little chance of making that sum of money unless there is some kind of exploitation going on somewhere along the line. And yes, i am being a judgmental bitch. Changing society won't happen with the generation we have now, it needs to start again, instill in children the importance of sharing, the importance of ensuring that when they see someone in need they don't point the finger and laugh, but that they encourage that other person.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrG4JnrN5GA Goodness knows how you add a you tube on here now, but this has just shot to the top of my list.

Hard earned? Seriously? Many of those in the higher income bracket are there because of who they know, not what they know. I reckon that young lad working his bollocks off in the factory paying him minimum wage is hard earned, not the banker in the city sat at a desk bringing down the economy but smiling at the thought of the nice shiney BMW he's buying out of the fat cat bonus he's about to get. Too right they should be paying more than the current rates. Though i agree with Jairzinho, there should be more brackets and those on the higher incomes again should be on a higher rate than the previous thresholds. airzinho

Meh, i didn't get pictures of the knob and you lot expect pictures of nurses? We love you too, even if we don't get pictures. Take care sweetie. x

To be fair, I'd be having a month off on the sick every year if i worked for you. Right now i'd give up one of my kids (the youngest daughter) for the perks you offered your staff. For me socialism means no-one doing without, that doesn't mean that all should have the 42" flat screen ect in every room of the house, it means that there is enough. There is enough that no-one goes without access to adequate provision, such as food, heat, healthcare. It means those with the ability to contribute for a more equal society do so. That's not saying tax the middle class to buggery, it's ensuring corporations stop taking the piss more than anything.

I picked up the boy in the striped pyjamas thinking it'd be an easy read as it was something my daughter had brought up. I blubbed for about 3 days as i got to the end of the book, every time i picked it up I had to put it back down again. Time travelers wife My sisters keeper Lovely bones The kite runner. Unchained melody As the Deer. Somewhere over the rainbow. I had to wipe a sly tear or three at interstellar the other night. The notebook. Beaches My girl. I've not watched it since it was on in the cinema 24 years ago. There are loads of films, books and songs i cry at. I'm a proper wuss.

Haha, that it doesn't make a difference, breast feeds or formula feeds, the baby will wake or not depending on its needs. ETA. Often women will say that the baby constantly feeds ect - its not so much that, it just feels that way as they're restricted from doing other things, you've got to sit there with your boob out and nurse the baby unable to move, a bottle and anyone can help whilst she cracks on with whatever else.

Breast milk is supposed to go through the system faster than formula so the theory is, breast fed babies become hungry more often. I'm with Champ, breast fed all of my lot and only one of them managed the sleeping through the night from a few weeks lark.

Don't agree with it, on pretty much the same premise. Living in Wales means i get massive perks from the devolution, mainly because of the parties who are national assembly members are from. You're screwed if you think the English MP's would do you any favours. That said, i had a bit of a email spat with my local MP last week over the NHS vote - he said because it affects England that he prioritised a local engagement more. He didn't reply to my return email asking if he felt it was wise to not vote against it, that surely even though it only effects the NHS in England, support of such a national establishment given what the tories wish to do with it should be paramount no matter where in the UK you reside. I'm actually looking forward to catching the toad out on future votes now.

I agree, its just frustrating. The food we give out I actually buy for the cats and dog sometimes when i'm out shopping. Allot of people making up food parcels are clueless on how to do so, the list says x so they put x in - not I'm putting in chili sauce so i'll throw in extra beans to bulk it out and they could actually get a couple of days meals in. It's like you have to train people how to prepare a cheap box of value food to make edible food out of it. Not just have the poor sod sat there with a fork and a tin of beans. Though we have and do prepare homeless food boxes where I'm sure many have to eat like this. Many food banks will take out of date food, check your local one - so long as its within a couple of months or so we have a box thats basically a help yourself - just be aware that they're past their best date. Give them a call and ask?

Check out reactive depression and see if that fits better than a clinical depression diagnosis for the way you're feeling. I worked for years in perinatal mental health, one of the things I came across most from new mums is the misunderstanding between types of depression. Enjoy the 2 weeks, if you're taking the meds remember that (if they're SSRI's) you won't notice much in the mean time, it'll take that amount of time for them to start kicking in so to speak.

As far as I know (i'm only in the stockroom) thats about right, however, given i go through the boxes of food for the following 3 days, the chances of people donating the finer products is pretty much non existent. What i can say is that i'll probably have to date sort about a cage of value beans, with the odd tin of heinz, a cage of pasta with the odd packet of napolina and maybe out of the 20 or so cages a small box of coffee. Cheap, own brand coffee, in the 3 years i've volunteered i've probably seen a decent coffee put through the donation system maybe 5 times, if that. People have the attitude that just because people use food banks they'll be happy for anything. People eat it to avoid starving, I'm pretty sure they don't enjoy it. I couldn't agree more. Just because I value the collection doesn't mean i value the company.

Its the Christmas collection for the Trussell trust in tesco next weekend, remember tesco top up whatever is donated by around 30%. They base this on the weight of foods collected. When a food tray is full we weigh it and record it, forwarding the figures on to tesco, so if you do donate, donate the heaviest stuff you can possibly find.

I'd be much faster at knocking this personalised stuff out if a sewing machine wasn't sat in the boot of your car! I now worship the gods who invented wonderweb for all that summer stuff - a week in on the winter stuff and i'm on the letter Y. I'd only cut out the word Joy.

That is really unusual apparently, especially given you'd never noticed anything whenever you'd have been turning. I relayed this to Mr melons who gave me the confused look. Get the woolstress to have a look on the crank emails thread on here for some tips, if she's going to leave a decently shit review, she needs as much material as possible to get it noticed. http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk/index.php?/topic/49465-crank-email/