This woman is a great mother, daughter, aunt, sister, and, regardless of what people may think after this, a caring and loving grandmother. Her own daughter didn’t blame her, and neither do any of us, her family. Although it’s been a few months and most people probably have already forgotten about this tragedy, we still mourn our loss and pray that Miriam and Cindy keep regaining strength. Again, THANK YOU, all of you, who have helped our family in every way: emotional support, financial support, counseling, etc., but most importantly with your prayers, overcome this painful accident. God bless you all, and may what you did for us be returned in health, happiness, success in life, and blessings!!

Sincerely,
The Oliveras family.

I love that little girl, but I don’t think she needs to be wearing heals, at three years old she really doesn’t need even to wear shoes unless it is freezing cold outside (and tights and boots would be a good choice if it were).

Suri - you look better barefoot than wearing heels, leave the heels until you’re older!

He said he even remembered lowering the vehicle to make it easier for the mother to get off the bus with the baby’s pram. Mr Stone, of Warmley, said: “It was a very ordinary journey. I have a laugh and joke with the passengers and know some of the people who get on and off, but I was not aware of any problem whatsoever. “I noticed her in the mirror as I was going up the Wells Road and it occurred to me that she was breastfeeding but no one complained about her. “A few people stopped to look or speak to the baby as they got off, but that was it.

“When we got to The Coots I pulled right up to the pavement and lowered the suspension like I do for women with pushchairs.” The first the former mental health worker knew of the complaint was when he got a call on Thursday morning asking him about the “incident” on the bus. Mr Stone, who also worked as a milkman in the 70s, said: “I knew it wasn’t right but I knew we would have the footage. My only concern was that it might not have been working.

“There was a mix of emotions and a little bit of stress but I felt relief that I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong. “I got into work early because I couldn’t really focus on anything else, but by then they knew I hadn’t done anything wrong.”

When the Post contacted First with Miss Wootten’s allegation on Wednesday the company was already aware of the alleged incident as she had contacted its customer services department. Before First could check the CCTV footage from the 54 bus Miss Wootten had travelled in on Tuesday, it needed to identify the vehicle and find a time when the vehicle was in a position for them to take the data from the hard drive. It then had to be downloaded and looked through.

At any time each bus’s hard drive can have up to a week’s worth of footage to trawl through. Justin Davis, managing director, First Bristol, Someset and Avon, said: “Having simultaneously received both a customer complaint and a media inquiry regarding an alleged incident we began an internal investigation – as is our normal policy. “Such investigations normally take a few days – to allow for staff to be formally interviewed, CCTV footage to be downloaded and other information sought.

“As a company that understands and accepts a woman’s right to breastfeed in public we found the allegation made by Ms Wootten to be shocking. However, working on the premise that the customer who had contacted us had a genuine complaint we immediately apologised for any possible distress caused. Due to the nature of the alleged incident we also sent some flowers by way of apology. We also made a statement to the Evening Post explaining what action we’d taken.” Mr Davies said that their footage showed no incident took place.

He said: “We have tried to make contact with Ms Wootten on several occasions to clarify the details of the incident and ask her to talk us through the journey while watching the CCTV footage, but she has refused all the opportunities to do so. “We feel in this case we must set the record straight, backing our driver and our own position as a company that supports a woman’s right to breastfeed. We hope that Ms Wootten will contact us to discuss the issue so that the matter can be completely resolved.”

Sack The Bus Driver Who Did This To A Breastfeeding Mum

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It’s neat they waited to find out the sex of the baby. It makes shopping harder, but I like people waiting to find out.

This particular recall only applies to the models found on this page: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10134.html

I tried to do a search of “ac100sara” on Google but didn’t find anything. I assume it’s a model number for Graco Sarah cribs, but I’m not sure.

If you want peace of mind, I’d find the Web site of the manufacturer of your crib and see if they have recall information posted.

All the best,

Shawn

Upenyu’s dad

Takudzwa