This programme was ok, in the end! The stories were varied, they were 
not sensationalised, and the people in the filkm spoke for themselves 
very well.

The least 'mainstream' was the mother who was bf her 7 year old, and 
the film actually tracked the process of gradual weaning - the girl 
lost her suckling reflexes (it said) and she couldn't get milk out. 
We saw the girl getting cross that this was happening. The family 
were 'different' in lots of ways (prayers to the earth at mealtimes, 
I think the girls were home schooled, that sorta thing) and actually, 
the contrast between them and the other families made it look 
boringly 'normal' to feed a four year old : )

There was a real dilemma posed - should a mum feeding her 2 and a 
half year old twins day and night (and she was feeding them *a lot*) 
stop, to give herself some space and to make room for her other 2 
children (both still quite young)? She went cold turkey in the end, 
and the little boy twin, in particular was bereft....but they were 
gentle with him and he seemed to get over it in a few days.

There was a good section on a support group with some very 
sweet-but-feisty younger women who were challenging the 'don't bf in 
public' view.

The whole thing has generated enormous media interest here - all the 
papers have had something in about the topic and radio phone ins and 
TV shows have covered it.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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