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New mums: Know your place!

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JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleeene · 08/07/2011 22:26

Daily Fail, natch
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2012588/Clare-Balding-replaces-Julia-Bradbury-BBC-Countryfile-presenter.html]

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UsingMainlySpells · 08/07/2011 22:59

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harecare · 08/07/2011 23:02

Eh?

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JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleeene · 08/07/2011 23:03

Cheers for sorting out the link. Bloody phone.

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JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleeene · 08/07/2011 23:05

"The programme, which has been on air for two decades, is not practical for new mums as it requires hosts to shoot episodes for up to 40 weeks a year and travel extensively."

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TryLikingClarity · 09/07/2011 14:24

Yawn.

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SybilBeddows · 09/07/2011 16:44

you could actually imagine that being a doable job with a baby (once past the recovery/frequent breastfeeding stage) if you had a nanny because you could just take the baby everywhere with you, whereas once a child got older it wouldn't be so portable.

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DontCallMePeanut · 09/07/2011 17:02

"Frequent travelling"...

Now, I don't know much about the job in question, but even when relaint on public transport, I found a young DS extremely portable. In fact, I managed a 7 hour train journey on my own once he was 10 months old (with several changes)...

I don't know much about nannying, and how that works, but surely it's a possibilty. If not, and god forbid I should suggest this... maybe the father could be a primary carer... Or is that too left wing?

I can understand them replacing her whilst she's on maternity leave. But the article does sound very "We'll decide when she can come back..."

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