Aunty Lactivist is all of us so if you can help with ideas, experience, links or anything else please just leave a comment.
At home we talked about the activity and I explained he didn’t have bottles when he was a baby, and that he had mummy milk.
Which then led into a deep conversation about why my body made milk for babies, and how his sister had the milk too and that he doesnt have milk anymore but still loves cuddles.
I just wondered if anyone else has seen this kind of activity happen and if and how they said anything. I dont want to upset people but more inform them on how they could structure activities like this better, setting a good example for our children, who may well be parents themselves one day. V
That is really sad, how approachable are the people who run the preschool? You could be heavy handed and tell them that they are illegally promoting formula (which is probably how I would badly handle it) but I am sure there are better ways. Hopefully someone more tactful will have an idea or two.
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I see from Lactivist on Facebook that someone has suggested knitted breasts
There are 3 patterns on lactivist.net and probably lots more out on the internet, if you find more please let me know.
http://www.lactivist.net/?p=235
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When the children at my daughter’s preschool were learning about babies, the preschool got a few parents with babies to come in. One gave the baby a bath while the children watched, one gave the baby a meal of solid food, and I was asked to come in to show the baby breastfeeding. The staff talked to the children about what babies eat, and how the mother’s breasts make the milk which is all a little baby needs to eat, and some of the children talked about seeing other babies they knew brestfeeding. It was great – the teacher answered questions about formula and bottle feeding honestly and tactfully but presented breastfeeding as the normal way to feed a baby. It probably helped that one of the memebers of staff was a breastfeeding counsellor!
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Hi I was bottlefed, as were my 2 sisters. I always Bottlefed my dolls…Yet I have solely breastfed my 5 children.
My son now 13 wanted to wear ballet skirts when he was 3, he doesn’t anymore
Sometimes I think we can look too much into things, but maybe having a day like the above mentioned would be a good idea, or just a nice story about how babies grow.
Maybe you could suggest getting some of the bottle stickers that say 100% mummys milk for the bottles. You can’t say they are promoting formula, as lots of mummies pump and bottle feed their children too.
Your influence is what’s important
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Not only influence, but they should not be promoting formula…..also early years should be promoting Breastfeeding as the norm, having pictures and books depicting breastfeeding and birth…..they need to look at EYFS me thinks
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