mikaylasmummy - you are so right. good for you for not letting other people get to you. I get sick of people asking 'Have I tried X' when it's so blinkin' obvious it was the very first thing I tried!

Steph - Just so you know, I use cloth diapers (and have since his cord came off the first week) and hardly have the TV on now as it distracts Little Moo from feeding and making good eye contact with me during social time. It also distracts ME from playing with him or getting on with other important jobs such as making baby food etc. so don't listen to colleagues who haven't managed it.

If you want to do it that way, then you bloody do it. Other people undermining you before you even start is far more detrimental to your success than the supposed hassle of sticking some diapers in the washing machine every other day!

Once upon a time there was no TV and diapers had to be soaked, boiled, mangled and hung out to dry, then pinned on to the baby (so to speak). All that's gone now and if people can't handle another load of laundry a day and some velcro, then they've got bigger problems than that ahead.

Why is it people seem to want new mothers to fail? I say, if you can't handle cloth nappies/breast feeding/whatever but you've at least tried it, then that's absolutely fine, but if you can you should do so and not be put off by other people.

There's loads of help out there for mothers who struggle, but for mothers who are successful, all you get told is that 'It won't last forever' or that 'Oooh, he's going to be a horrible teenager' and never 'Well done you. Not many women manage it, but you have'. I work bloody hard for my little one, and I've accepted now that I'm not going to get any recognition for it, other than the fact that he'll be a healthy child from the breastfeeding and there'll be a TON fewer nappies in my local landfill this year thanks to us.

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