Bottle Feeding

So, radio personality Jackie O crossed a quiet, leafy, Double Bay pedestrian crossing while bottle-feeding her six-week-old daughter and made the mistake of being photographed.

Mothercraft and Nannies director, Jenni Waldron, tut-tutted in the Daily Telegraph that “it would be best to sit comfortably in a chair and hold your baby correctly while feeding”. She was probably caught off guard too.

Jackie felt compelled to explain herself on air: ‘I was running late and Kitty was screaming…’. Yes.  I feel like doing that myself when I read stories like this. 

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  • ERin says:

    03:54pm | 06/04/11

    “Do these imitation nipples crack and bleed while you cry and feel like a failure?  Does the set come with a bonus pack of bottles and unprompted judgmental comments from perfect strangers if the plastic flowers don’t work properly? If not, I’m not buying it. It doesn’t really sound like… Read more »

  • Slick says:

    03:57pm | 01/04/11

    Stephy, I had 2 c-sections so I don’t know about it blocking out the 15 hours of incredibly painful contractions. The 12 hours I had was without any drugs as I wasnt offered and didnt know I could demand as I was going in for the ceaser anyways… Stupid natural… Read more »

 

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