It's not like he's pawning a baby at a store.

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Husband number one did not really like Singapore - maybe because we had to take a baby around packed streets and malls.

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And when breastfeeding is unilaterally presented as far preferable to formula, it's easy to feel like a failure for not providing what's best for your baby.

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It was thus important to recognise the "positive support" of grandparents, but not to exploit them "so that they do not get left 'holding the baby' because they look like a cheap solution when parents run into trouble".

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Mr Willetts is not the only writer to worry about baby-boomers crashing through society like a flash flood.

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