'bringing up baby'?

Question

Did anyone watch this programme? What method do you think is the best?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I don't think choosing any of those methods is ideal. A compromise between the three methods would work better. You must have a bedtime and eating routine of the 50's method, but you need the love and nurture of the 60's as well as trusting your maternal instinct and what works for you according to the 70's.
Now, leaving the baby in a pram outside for 3 hours to get fresh air or not making contact with the baby at all and pretending it doesn't exist to me is ridiculous but so is sleeping with the baby in the same bed until the child is ready to leave. The methods are quite extreme on their own and i personally use of a mixture of the three and it has worked for me. All you need is logic and common sense!

Answer 3

i think a little bit of all 3 works as in a routine at night, making no eye contact and not talking to baby when it wakes for night feeds, giving babys lots of cuddles but not too many and sometimes having baby with you all the time. i dont agree with leaving a baby outside all day that just cruel, i feel sorry for the parents of those babys cos they will have missed out on the most important weeks of a babys life.

Answer 4

I thought the strict method was sooooo mean! How can a first time parents leave their child outside in the cold, not make eye contact or cuddle them! And I agree with both the other two methods, although I think I'd be too scared to sleep with my tiny baby next to me incase I rolled on top of him/her!

What about you?

Answer 5

I watched it! It was really interesting. For me it has to be the 'trusting your instincts' method. I couldn't carry my baby in a sling all day and sleep with her too, I don't think. The 'strict routine' is awful How could anyone shut their baby in a garden alone? It was obvious with the 'in-between' lady that her own family were lovely and happy. The proof is in the pudding...

Answer 6

I watched it, i think the best way is where your actually allowed to touch and have eye contact with your baby. Leaving them outside for 3 hours on their own in the freezing cold is just cruel

Answer 7

The 1960's as this was the method both my sister and myself were brought up by my mum.

Answer 8

Well certainly not the Nazi-Fascist Military Dictatorship "stick the baby in the garden and leave it to cry" method! Thats borderline child abuse!

I was brought up on Spock myself.

With my son I'd say I use a mixture of Spock and the Continuum Concept. I don't carry him round in a sling all day (my back couldn't cope!) but I do breastfeed and he does cosleep with us.

I don't personally beleive in routines unless the child puts themselves into a routine (my son does not have one and he is thriving on being allowed to let his body clock dictate what he needs). I think that if you have a child you have got to make sacrifices and as for that bleached blonde boot talking about "getting your life back to 'normal' in 24 hours" that was really awful. If you don't want your life "disrupted" and are too selfish to think of anyone but yourself and your own needs then *don't have kids*!!!

If anyone I knew was shutting their baby outside in the garden and leaving them to cry whilst they sat in front of the TV chucking glasses of wine down their necks I'd be on the phone to Social Services. . . .

Answer 9

Yep! I Did i think the 1960's way was best because its making you and your baby happy
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