I'll bring up baby my way, Myleene tells 'Breastapo'

By Daily Mail Reporter


No judging: Myleene Klass, pictured with her baby Hero, believes women should judge parenting techniques


TV presenter Myleene Klass has attacked critics who make modern mothers feel guilty if they stop breastfeeding early.

The 33-year-old warned of the damaging criticism women face from the 'Breastapo' if they opt to bottle-feed their babies.

Miss Klass, who is still breastfeeding her 11-week–old daughter Hero, said: 'I breastfeed for my family, not to pacify the Breastapo.


'I think people should be very careful when it comes to judging how others raise their children.

'Aren't we all just doing the best we can? Besides, you never know what a person's circumstances are.'

She also criticised parenting experts for 'judging' women. She added that mothers faced too much pressure to 'do things a certain way' and that she still faced disapproval for returning to work soon after giving birth.

Miss Klass, who became nationally famous after her appearance on I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here, also told New magazine: 'It is tough because as soon as you leave the house, the guilt is instantaneous.'

Working mother: Myleene pictured at a photocall for the Selfridges Coca-Cola Pop-Up Soda Bar last week

'The guilt is instantaneous:' Myleene, who hosts Popstar to Operastar, says she received criticism for returning to work so soon after giving birth


Miss Klass also has a three-year-old daughter – Ava – with fiancé Graham Quinn.

The Department of Health recommends that all children are breastfed for the first six months.

But breastfeeding rates in Britain are among the lowest in Europe, with only 45 per cent of infants exclusively breastfed a week after birth.


Miss Klss has said she will not give way to the 'Breastapo'


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Take your baby to work day: Myleene Klass carries sweet little Hero to the studios as she goes on Daybreak

By Jody Thompson


Baby love: Myleene took her 11-week-old daughter Hero to work with her when she went to be interviewed on ITV1's Daybreak today


She's only 11 weeks old - and it looks like Myleene Klass can't bear to be parted from her tiny new daughter Hero for one minute.

Because the singer turned presenter took her little bundle into work today when she was a guest on this morning's Daybreak.

The 33-year-old star, who also has a three year old Ava with fiancé Graham Quinn, was wearing a floaty, strappy animal print maxi dress as she arrived at ITV's studios on London's South Bank, accessorised with a gold belt and leopard print handbag.

Yummy mummy: The singer turned presenter was wearing a strappy floor length animal print frock when she arrived at the studios on London's South Bank

Helping hand: Staff carried her leopard print handbag as she made her way into the studios carrying Hero in a cot


However, the star changed into a red lace Marks And Spencer shift dress for her spell on the sofa, where was was grilled by Kate Garraway and Adrian Chiles.

First up, she was asked about adding to her brood, to which Myleene enthused: 'I'm absolutely loving it. I should have had two ages ago!'

Having worked in the U.S. herself for a number of years fro CNN, Myleene was also asked how she thought her fellow reality TV star Cheryl Cole would fare having been sacked from the X Factor USA.

Myleene, who found fame when she landed a place in Hear'Say on 2001's Popstars, said of Cheryl - who hit fame the year after on Popstars: The Rivals - said the singer would be fine.

New show: The mother-of-two had gone on Daybreak to talk about the return of the show she hosts, Popstar To Operastar


She said: 'It's actually a very different market, they ask for very different things. But first and foremost it is a job – and you just sort of bounce from where the jobs are.

'But I'm not worried about Cheryl - I think she's going to be absolutely fine. I think she can do whatever she likes, she's got it all.

'She's got the whole package and she's got the backing of a lot of people. So she's going to be alright.'

Lady in red: Myleene changed into a scarlet lace Marks And Spencer dress for her interview on the show's famous sofa

Morning chat: Myleene was talking to Adrian Chiles and Kate Garraway - and almost blended in with the couch


Myleene returned to television last weekend for the first episode of the new series of Popstar To Operastar.

Together with mentors, opera stars Katherine Jenkins and Rolando Villazón, she saw Band Aid hero Midge Ure become the first celebrity to be sent home.

The surviving stars are former X Factor winner Joe McElderry, former Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton, Toploader frontman Joseph Washbourn, Erasure frontman Andy Bell, Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker, Claire Richards from Steps and soul singer Jocelyn Brown,

The second round of Popstar To Operastar is on this Sunday at 8pm.

Fun job: Myleene, on last week's Popstar To Operastar, with Midge Ure, the first to get voted off the show


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