Thoughts about this??

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Thoughts about this??
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Tue, 03-27-2007 - 11:53am

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Registered: 03-03-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:07am
Good for Slurpees and smoothies! I used to have the evil stroller in my kitchen at one point and, if I covered up the stroller with a blanket so the kid couldn't see, I could rock him back and forth and they'd take a nap. Even my sleep fighters couldn't fight the calmness of the rocking motion. It worked until they could rip the blanket off! Pure evil, I guess.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:08am

None of these artificial environments satisfied my first DD for more than a minute or 2, who wanted to be next to me, feeling, hearing and smelling me, 99.9% of the time. Now with DD2, that was a whole other story...she was FINE in a swing, bouncy chair, jolly jumper...for long periods of time. I didn't take her in the bathroom often with me. ;-)

Fio

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Registered: 03-03-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:09am
Definitely!
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:12am

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Those are basic needs for a baby. Why didn't you have them? Did you have a carseat? Or did you pull a Britney and drive around with your baby in your lap?"

Of COURSE not. I DID have a carseat, but not an infant-only "baby bucket" seat. It was a convertible seat that stayed in the car.

"<<(though I disagree, they could cry hard enough to hurt themself IMO)>>

That is your opinion. I will trust a medical professional."

I am sure I could find a medical professional's opinion that includes that crying can be detrimental to their health.

"I completely disagree! Do you remember what you felt as a newborn? Did you feel isolated from this cold hard world? I highly doubt it. Newborns swaddled in a blanket are quite cozy and sleep most of the time anyway. I have experience opposite your way and I have to say, no harm done. I put my child in a crib and a basinette, I napped when she napped and she was not on me. My baby was hardly a crier. She would only cry to let you know when she was up or hungry or needed a diaper change and she was quiet and happy go lucky beyond that. "

Bravo. My DD didn't like being put down. She didn't sleep when alone or anything.

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That is exactly why your dd did not like being put down because you never put her down. Once you open up that can of worms, you are stuck. If that is what makes you happy, fine. It is not my cup of tea. "

How self-absorbed!

That is like saying "b/c you allowed your child to come up and get a snuggle any time they wanted, they will never NOT want to have one". C'mon, they grow up eventually and neither of my girls is stuck to me 24/7 at the ages of 7 and 4...though the younger one, who WASN'T as clingy as a tiny newborn, is definitely much more cuddly now. A trade-off perhaps.

Fio

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Registered: 03-03-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:13am
Wow, she was so active early on. You could plant mine on the floor, walk away, and when you came back, they'd be right there! Evil mommy, but I actually loved that while it lasted.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:13am

As a species, we survived well enough because up until 100+ years ago, supplementation was rare. Kids were either BFed or they were wet-nursed. Both of which include human proteins which are destined to help gut maturation in humans. Go figure!

Fio

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Registered: 03-03-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:23am

Can I just ask you since you've obviously done tons of reading on the subject and I read on another board that you'd be OK letting another nurse your baby if you couldn't do it. But can I just ask, do you think breastfeeding was THE most important thing you did for them when they were younger until you stopped breastfeeing them?

And you can go off on a tear all you want. You can tell my friend who breastfeed her DD for 4 months that the reason her DD got *Type 1* juvenile diabetes at age 3 is that she didn't breastfeed long enough. But I'm not buying anything you've posted here. I just want to make that clear. Breastfeeding is not going to prevent allergies, Crohns, lymphoma or juvenile diabetes like you posted earlier. It is just some fervent prayer too many militants hang on to. There's no science to back it up.

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Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:28am
It is not self abosorbed.

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Registered: 03-03-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:30am

Well, it was not satisfactory for me to have my child exposed to feces and urine. Nor could I ever live with myself if I dropped my child while on the toilet. Holding a baby while mom goes on the toilet is all around unsafe and dangerously unsanitary.

How do you justify or explain exposing your child to feces and urine? How do you justify putting your child at risk of being dropped?

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Registered: 03-03-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 11:32am

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OK, way TMI. I really didn't need to hear that.

I am as ever grateful for my scheduled C-sections. C-section is by far the safest thing for a BABY. Remember, some of this is supposed to be about the baby, not mom.

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