Are they going to grow up to be serial killers and ax murderers? Stupid? Unable to process ratonal thought and multi-task later in life? This guy thinks so: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/5/T051100.asp#T051103 and before you scoff, he has quite a following. One can never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. I can't wait until next week when they come out with the latest guilt trip to lay on parents, so we can be informed if we don't do this and that, our kids are destined for a future of doom.
Oh, heaven help us all.
2006-08-31 11:36:50 · 13 answers · asked by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Edited to add: Just because the Pygmies in New Guinea, the tribal women in Africa, and the Asian ladies who work in the rice paddies do this, doesn't make it gospel. They also eat bugs, get high off kava all day, and the poor Asian peasant children are frequently afflicted by nutrional defeciencies like Beriberi and scurvy, that we never see in the developed world. Maybe we should adopt these practices too, while we are at it.
2006-08-31 11:47:16 · update #1
I know exactly what you mean...I don't listen to the "studies" and do exactly what I feel is right. I never would tell someone they were wrong by doing differently than me, though!
2006-08-31 11:42:03 · answer #1 · answered by .vato. 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well I'll be brave and put in a vote for slings - my kids had reflux and the sling was a life-saver. Babies with reflux do better when kept upright for awhile after they eat (have bottle or nurse) - anyone who has had kids knows how much holding that would be. The sling let me have a life. I could move around and get things done.
The sling also allowed me to go to my older child's activities with out hauling a stroller or bouncy seat across the soccer field etc. I could clip toys directly to the sling and we could wander the zoo or wherever we might be.
I think a baby sling is a great tool, but to each his or her own.
2006-08-31 12:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by BettyBoop 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I understand what you are saying. I bought a sling and only used it a couple of times because it wasn't convenient for me. I let my daughter play a lot on the floor where she could watch me and used a stroller where the carrier snapped in on top for long distances where she could see me pushing her. She's now 19 months and well adjusted, confident, and independent. I'm very proud of her.
2006-08-31 11:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by Precious 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ya know something? I had one of those carrier thingies for my son when he was born, but he didn't fit in it so I never used it. My son is now 24 years old. He's working full time, going to college and living on his own. He's never been arrested, he pays his own bills, he's not a drug addict or alcoholic, and he doesn't even own an axe! ;0)
2006-08-31 11:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa E 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you. I had a baby snuggly but I hardly ever used it. My daughter is smart, happy, independent, never cried when I left the room or dropped her off at child care or church nursery, plays well with others, has been sleeping independently since she was born, and the funniest little thing you will ever meet. I'm not a fan of attachment parenting, it makes children extremely co-dependent and the parents extremely irritating.
2006-08-31 11:42:48 · answer #5 · answered by disneychick 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think of it as attachment parenting. I think of it as natural parenting. I hate the way our western culture treats babies. We put them on schedules the second they pop out of the womb. We bottle feed. We push them in strollers rather than carry them. We do everything for our own convenience rather than what is best for the baby. Then when someone questions this you get defensive and start slinging insults. It is because you know you have choosen convenience over what is best for your child.
We practice natural parenting. Our children slept with us as infants. I breastfed. I used a sling to carry my babies around. My kids are now 6 & 3. They both sleep in their own beds through the night. They are very independent. They have a lot of confidence. It kills me that so many people think that natural parenting creates co-dependent children. It does the exact opposite. They grew up feeling nurtured and they knew they could trust me to answer their cries and to be there for them. This built up confidence within them. So, as they grew older they could feel secure venturing off to do their own thing. Like I said, they are both very indepdenent.
The children who have issues are the ones who are left to cry it out at night. Or the ones who never get held or the ones who spend their days in daycare centers and barely know who their parents are.
2006-08-31 14:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by Amelia 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
i ignore all of the dr sears garbage. i couldnt use a sling i have to cracked discs and a pinched nerve in my back that cant be repaired. my son is smart and just fine
2006-08-31 11:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
agree...but then if you try and do something which a baby really may benefit, like breast feeding, they won't allow you to do due to someone being offended.
.....How about trying to discipline your child, maybe this will help teach them the difference between right and wrong... there is a real new idea..!
2006-08-31 11:46:00 · answer #8 · answered by Rada S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"power of stupid people in large numbers" - One of the "hit on the head" reasons that religion scares the eff out of me!!!
2006-08-31 11:43:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
stupid people in large numbers are the most frightening force on the planet.
geez.
2006-08-31 11:42:01 · answer #10 · answered by kaydeedid 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋