Must...bite..tonuge

I went to the gym down the road today to sign up. The man taking care of me
started talking about his 5 month old son (I had both my girls with me) and
he starts going on about what a good sleeper he is. He then tells me how
they started their baby on rice cereal really young. Apparently they
started their baby on solids at 2 months old because his (or her)
grandmother told them it would help the baby sleep through the night. He
going on about how she was right and he slept through the night and now at
5 months he eats "everything!!!". I so had to bite my tongue! No need to go
off on some guy who I will only see for 3 minutes tops. Why oh why do
people not do their research when it comes to babies, either that or they
completely ignored the information they found.

"Plissken" wrote in message
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I went to the gym down the road today to sign up. The man taking care of
me
started talking about his 5 month old son (I had both my girls with me)
and
he starts going on about what a good sleeper he is. He then tells me how
they started their baby on rice cereal really young. Apparently they
started their baby on solids at 2 months old because his (or her)
grandmother told them it would help the baby sleep through the night. He
going on about how she was right and he slept through the night and now at
5 months he eats "everything!!!". I so had to bite my tongue! No need to
go
off on some guy who I will only see for 3 minutes tops. Why oh why do
people not do their research when it comes to babies, either that or they
completely ignored the information they found.

....and *why* do they take this misinformation and then try to "help" every
other parent they see by passing their little gems of information on?
Grrr ....

Amanda

In article ,
Plissken wrote:

Why oh why do
people not do their research when it comes to babies, either that or they
completely ignored the information they found.

Because the number one rule of information searching is that the average
person goes for the information that is pparently the easiest to get. It is
easier to listen to Grandma than read all the guff from the hospital. It is
easier to ask your friends than look it up. Et cetera.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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