Re: Baby milk -was where the heart is

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>Lynda said:

>I know there are dangers with hot drinks, but the whole of life is a

>risk, and we do manage in our own homes.

>

>:

>This reminds me when DS was tiny and I went into Tesco on my way back

>from somewhere. I wanted to (bottle) feed DS then do my shopping.

>They wouldn't let me have a jug of hot water at the table to warm the

>bottle in case there was an accident, but it was OK for me to have a

>cup of tea there.

>

>They took bottle to heat, and I'd have never have know how they did

>it, except some dippy kid, brought the contents of the bottle (still

>stone cold) in a cardboard drinks cup, and asked if it was warm

>enough. When I realised they'd emptied the contents into a

>non-sterile container and microwaved it I went bolistic. They said

>they weren't allowed to put customer's containers in their microwave.

>(New mum syndrome again at this stage - everything was super sterile

>and never went near a microwave).

>

>They did offer to get a tin of milk off the shelf to make some more,

>but when I explained you had to boil the water then wait about half

>hour for it to cool down, with DS screaming for all he was worth, they

>realised why I couldn't wait. Fortunately I had ready made bottles at

>home in the fridge (5mins drive), but I never did get my shopping

>done.

>

>I did get a very apologetic reply from a snotty letter I wrote to the

>store manager.

>

> Todman

Oh what a terrible experience! Hooray for new mum syndrome

though say I - I think it *is* worth being fussy and many mums would

have just gone along with it out of embarrassment, but worried

themselves sick - and perhaps even had a sick baby too. (A brilliant

advert for breastfeeding too, but I don't suppose you need to hear

that!)

I do know people who completely gave up hot drinks after having

children - quite a few never have them at our local NCT 'coffees'

(quite likely to 'glass of water's round here) I found it very handy

at home having a DH who doesn't have hot drinks!

One of the best freebies I ever got was the big plastic coffee cup

with lid that came from Amazon a couple of Christmasses ago. I like

two mugs filter coffee in the morning and was always forgetting the

second..and the first due to having to put it somewhere inaccessible.

(And I am someone who likes their drinks pretty cool, so I can't down

them quickly) This held two cups in a relatively safe fashion.

Thought I'd hate drink out of plastic but this one is fine.

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