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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
"Sue" wrote in message ... A&G&K wrote in message I'm sorry but not doing something for child that hasn't had any liquid for 7 hours in ... I can't stress this enough ... *35* degree CELSIUS (95 F) heat is dangerous! I don't think you are comprehending how physically draining that heat is when it goes on for a week at a time. Sorry, I knew once I wrote that, you would think no socks was worse than dehydration. Just for the record, that's not what I mean. I just mean sometimes parents do dumb things. Hopefully, not too dumb that the child is harmed. I don't know your friend, so I am trying to establish if she is telling the truth or if she is a truth stretcher because she is upset at the advice you are trying to give her. So, while dad is at home, he isn't trying to get some liquids down the child? What does dad say about this? I mean maybe you can get him to see that the baby can't go that long without fluids. It's unfathomable that they would be that dumb to not give the baby some breastmilk, formula or water. That's what I would be upset about, not the rate of solids being given. Good luck. -- They are trying to get EBM into the baby ... as well as water, but have had no luck with a bottle or sippy cup so far. Somebody else suggested just spooning it into the baby's mouth and I've mentioned that to them. Also - my friend doesn't get upset at getting advice ... and I'm a bit sensitive in how I say things to her. She knows I care about her and her bub and she's asked me for advice plenty of times before. The solids thing is more about the fact that she's giving the baby chokable foods as toys (raw carrot, apple celery etc). Toast can also break off and be inhaled. I personally wouldn't be introducing solids at such a great rate of knots (given that the father has quite a few allergies as well as psoriasis), but that's my issue. Cheers Amanda |
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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
Dawn Lawson wrote in message However, you were
there...why didn't you put shoes and socks on the child? If I had shoes and socks, I would have. What age is it when children require shoes and socks? When they are going to be outside in the cold or rain or even hot weather to protect their feet and walking on their own. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... |
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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
Just to pipe up on the shoe thing, some of us parents purposely keep
our kids out of shoes for the good of their feet. We are animals and can handle a bit of cold on our feet, especially if we are raised that way from the start. I was just saying to my dh the other day, that I figured out the one way we are different than the other animals, and that is that we wear shoes :-) When I see the commercials about the poor kids who can't even afford shoes, I think they are so lucky, they will get the very best feet not underdeveloped feet from being in shoes all the time. I often let my almost 4 year old go shoeless outside in the back yard even if it is cold. I do usually put sandals on her to go into businesses though because people expect it. Perhaps that mother was even more vehement than me about that. As far as the lack of a coat perhaps they only had a short walk from the car to the office. I don't always put coats on us all in those situations. Looks like just different parenting choices to me. KC "Sue" wrote in message ... Dawn Lawson wrote in message However, you were there...why didn't you put shoes and socks on the child? If I had shoes and socks, I would have. What age is it when children require shoes and socks? When they are going to be outside in the cold or rain or even hot weather to protect their feet and walking on their own. |
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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
I'm glad you don't mind your child walking barefeet on the gravel covered,
wet from the rain, cold parking lot, possibly cutting their feet because that is what I was referring to. I don't put shoes on my babies or toddlers unless we were going outside. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... KC wrote in message om... Just to pipe up on the shoe thing, some of us parents purposely keep our kids out of shoes for the good of their feet. We are animals and can handle a bit of cold on our feet, especially if we are raised that way from the start. I was just saying to my dh the other day, that I figured out the one way we are different than the other animals, and that is that we wear shoes :-) When I see the commercials about the poor kids who can't even afford shoes, I think they are so lucky, they will get the very best feet not underdeveloped feet from being in shoes all the time. I often let my almost 4 year old go shoeless outside in the back yard even if it is cold. I do usually put sandals on her to go into businesses though because people expect it. Perhaps that mother was even more vehement than me about that. As far as the lack of a coat perhaps they only had a short walk from the car to the office. I don't always put coats on us all in those situations. Looks like just different parenting choices to me. KC "Sue" wrote in message ... Dawn Lawson wrote in message However, you were there...why didn't you put shoes and socks on the child? If I had shoes and socks, I would have. What age is it when children require shoes and socks? When they are going to be outside in the cold or rain or even hot weather to protect their feet and walking on their own. |
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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
"Sue" wrote in message ...
I'm glad you don't mind your child walking barefeet on the gravel covered, wet from the rain, cold parking lot, possibly cutting their feet because that is what I was referring to. I don't put shoes on my babies or toddlers unless we were going outside. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Seriously, if your kids don't wear shoes much from the start, they get mighty tough feet. My MIL was always bothered by us letting my dd go barefoot, always worried about cold and rocks and stuff, but nothing bad has ever happened to my dd's feet from it. My dd walks on pointy rocks like it's nothing because she has the callouses to handle it. When they first start walking barefoot in rocky areas they stick on their blanket alot, but as their feet toughen up it is no big deal - really. They don't get cut feet, and having them not run off on their own at campgrounds when they are little toddlers is just an added bonus. KC KC wrote in message om... Just to pipe up on the shoe thing, some of us parents purposely keep our kids out of shoes for the good of their feet. We are animals and can handle a bit of cold on our feet, especially if we are raised that way from the start. I was just saying to my dh the other day, that I figured out the one way we are different than the other animals, and that is that we wear shoes :-) When I see the commercials about the poor kids who can't even afford shoes, I think they are so lucky, they will get the very best feet not underdeveloped feet from being in shoes all the time. I often let my almost 4 year old go shoeless outside in the back yard even if it is cold. I do usually put sandals on her to go into businesses though because people expect it. Perhaps that mother was even more vehement than me about that. As far as the lack of a coat perhaps they only had a short walk from the car to the office. I don't always put coats on us all in those situations. Looks like just different parenting choices to me. KC "Sue" wrote in message ... Dawn Lawson wrote in message However, you were there...why didn't you put shoes and socks on the child? If I had shoes and socks, I would have. What age is it when children require shoes and socks? When they are going to be outside in the cold or rain or even hot weather to protect their feet and walking on their own. |
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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
I know, I lived on a dirt road and used to walk on it barefoot ALL my life.
I understand totally. You don't have to explain how good going barefoot is. However, there is a time and a place for it. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... KC wrote in message om... "Sue" wrote in message ... I'm glad you don't mind your child walking barefeet on the gravel covered, wet from the rain, cold parking lot, possibly cutting their feet because that is what I was referring to. I don't put shoes on my babies or toddlers unless we were going outside. -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... Seriously, if your kids don't wear shoes much from the start, they get mighty tough feet. My MIL was always bothered by us letting my dd go barefoot, always worried about cold and rocks and stuff, but nothing bad has ever happened to my dd's feet from it. My dd walks on pointy rocks like it's nothing because she has the callouses to handle it. When they first start walking barefoot in rocky areas they stick on their blanket alot, but as their feet toughen up it is no big deal - really. They don't get cut feet, and having them not run off on their own at campgrounds when they are little toddlers is just an added bonus. KC KC wrote in message om... Just to pipe up on the shoe thing, some of us parents purposely keep our kids out of shoes for the good of their feet. We are animals and can handle a bit of cold on our feet, especially if we are raised that way from the start. I was just saying to my dh the other day, that I figured out the one way we are different than the other animals, and that is that we wear shoes :-) When I see the commercials about the poor kids who can't even afford shoes, I think they are so lucky, they will get the very best feet not underdeveloped feet from being in shoes all the time. I often let my almost 4 year old go shoeless outside in the back yard even if it is cold. I do usually put sandals on her to go into businesses though because people expect it. Perhaps that mother was even more vehement than me about that. As far as the lack of a coat perhaps they only had a short walk from the car to the office. I don't always put coats on us all in those situations. Looks like just different parenting choices to me. KC "Sue" wrote in message ... Dawn Lawson wrote in message However, you were there...why didn't you put shoes and socks on the child? If I had shoes and socks, I would have. What age is it when children require shoes and socks? When they are going to be outside in the cold or rain or even hot weather to protect their feet and walking on their own. |
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Vent: solids and a 6 mo
My friend's DD is just over 6 mo and was introduced to solids a few weeks
ago. That is fine by me, but maybe its the benefit of hindsight telling me the following is just plain stupid.... This baby is on several different kinds of mushed fruits and veges (including broccoli and cauliflower which I personally would wait a bit longer to introduce). They are being introduced at the rate of 1 new food per day (way too quickly for me). My particular worry is that my friend plans on introducing toast fingers with avocado *next week*. This child gets to suck on raw carrot, apple and celery (also a big *no* from me). My friend thinks that because her DD has no teeth, she couldn't possibly choke on anything as she has "no capacity to bite anything off". I've told her that my DD didn't get teeth until she was 9-10 mo and had no problems gnawing things to death (including furniture). They shovel food into this girl whether she wants it or not (I tried explaining that when she repeatedly spits food back and gags on it, she's not being "naughty" ... she just *ain't* ready yet). The big rush is that my friend went back to work last week and they left it until 2 weeks ago to try to get their DD to drink ebm from a bottle or a sippy cup.The father is looking after the child during the day. The baby has been just waiting it out for her mother to come home in the evenings (about 7 hours later) for a feed (or a drink). ... and its 30 degrees Celsius here at the moment so dehydration is a real factor. Now, I have tried to tell her that pushing solids faster is not the answer and I'd be experimenting a bit more with bottles, sippy cups or anything that could get some ebm into the child, but my friend is very strong willed and is *always* right. I've said that perhaps she should delay her return to work for another week or two (hovering in the wings and letting Daddy feed the baby emb anyway he could). I even suggested that the father could drive their DD into my friend's work for emergency bf if its going to be a 7 hour wait between feeds. What else can I do? Amanda -- DD 15th August 2002 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 |
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