What's the daftest piece of advice you've been given - Page 5

Kayles · Apr 11th, 2012, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by aliss

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Originally Posted by Kayles

MIL - Make baby stay awake all day and she'll sleep through the night

I heard this too but we were so tired and naive we BELIEVED IT, my poor baby was up for 12-14 hours straight as a newborn

I can laugh now but yikes it was hell. He sleeps more in the day as a toddler than as a newborn

yep! we tried too, as first time parents didnt really know what to do. LO was up all night

kanga · Apr 11th, 2012, 11:59 AM

Crying is good for the baby's lungs, just leave him

Kasia · Apr 11th, 2012, 12:00 PM

You just jump up & run to her everytime she cries - you 're spoiling her (from DH since birth)
She's this way cause you've hoarded her (lo whines or cries when others pick her up) mind u dh only took 2 night feeds & has changed her diaper TWICE since she was born - didn't want to deal with her cause she cried a lot. Now she cries when he tries to hold her & it's all of a sudden upsetting him. UM where were you for 5 months buddy?

liz1985 · Apr 11th, 2012, 12:05 PM

Not advice as such but MIL was getting excited about LO can have solids in a few weeks. I told her he wasn't having anything till as close to six months as poss and I was going blw. She told me I'd be letting my baby starve for 2months just so I can I try the latest 'fad craze' and he weighs too much to wait that long. I told her even if I tw I'll still be waiting till 6months that really set her off lol.

Karlie06 · Apr 11th, 2012, 12:13 PM

That I'll spoil her by picking her up if she cries, that I'll starve her by not spoonfeeding her at 3 months, in fact I could continue for days with lists of daft things I've been told!!!!!!!

MegGriffin · Apr 11th, 2012, 12:21 PM

* keep lo up from 2pm to 8pm to make her more tired and sleep at night - this was from a hv! X

puddycats · Apr 11th, 2012, 13:15 PM

Get rid of my 2 cats n my dog as they wil b jealous n attack lo, my dog loves him n my cats couldn't care less there too busy beatin my dog up lol

Put netting over my bouncer wen lo is in it so the cats don't get him.

Cats wil try n sit on him cuz lo wit smell of milk

Wen he first came home, Jake wud sleep n wake every 4-5 hrs for a feed, hv sed feed every 3 hrs, woke him to feed him n he was one pissy baby, took another 3 hrs til he ate, hv came bk n sed I shud of forced him to eat, my reply was no n I won't b following ur advice again.

Let him cry he wrapping u round his finger

U shud b feedin him 3 jars a day by now!! Wtf..

Wat blw we never did that in my day, all made up these days.. - stranger on the bus askin if he is a good eater, as her baby was eatin rusks n crisps by 5 months!!!!

Piggywinkle · Apr 11th, 2012, 14:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bex84

1.My MIL told me that our cats would smell milk on LOs breath and try to steal her breath

I'm sorry, but

That is quite possibly the funniest bit of MIL advice ever!

seoj · Apr 11th, 2012, 15:01 PM

While prego a woman (distant relative) told me that to calm my baby when she cried I should eat an onion! LOL. I hate onions anyway... but really? She said it got in your breastmilk and would help to calm a crying baby... cause that is what her doctor told her when she was pregnant 50yrs ago! hehe. Maybe it is true- who knows, but I never tried it. haha.

There was LOADS more- but I would just politely say "thanks" and do whatever I was going to do anyway

hehe.

chocolala · Apr 11th, 2012, 15:11 PM

crying is good exercise for her lungs!

Apr 11th, 2012, 11:59 AM	#42
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Apr 11th, 2012, 12:00 PM	#43
Kasia Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 1,520	You just jump up & run to her everytime she cries - you 're spoiling her (from DH since birth) She's this way cause you've hoarded her (lo whines or cries when others pick her up) mind u dh only took 2 night feeds & has changed her diaper TWICE since she was born - didn't want to deal with her cause she cried a lot. Now she cries when he tries to hold her & it's all of a sudden upsetting him. UM where were you for 5 months buddy?

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Apr 11th, 2012, 12:05 PM	#44
liz1985 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,211	Not advice as such but MIL was getting excited about LO can have solids in a few weeks. I told her he wasn't having anything till as close to six months as poss and I was going blw. She told me I'd be letting my baby starve for 2months just so I can I try the latest 'fad craze' and he weighs too much to wait that long. I told her even if I tw I'll still be waiting till 6months that really set her off lol.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 12:13 PM	#45
Karlie06 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,008	That I'll spoil her by picking her up if she cries, that I'll starve her by not spoonfeeding her at 3 months, in fact I could continue for days with lists of daft things I've been told!!!!!!!

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Apr 11th, 2012, 12:21 PM	#46
MegGriffin Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 2,243	* keep lo up from 2pm to 8pm to make her more tired and sleep at night - this was from a hv! X

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Apr 11th, 2012, 13:15 PM	#47
puddycats Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: oldham Posts: 1,516	Get rid of my 2 cats n my dog as they wil b jealous n attack lo, my dog loves him n my cats couldn't care less there too busy beatin my dog up lol Put netting over my bouncer wen lo is in it so the cats don't get him. Cats wil try n sit on him cuz lo wit smell of milk Wen he first came home, Jake wud sleep n wake every 4-5 hrs for a feed, hv sed feed every 3 hrs, woke him to feed him n he was one pissy baby, took another 3 hrs til he ate, hv came bk n sed I shud of forced him to eat, my reply was no n I won't b following ur advice again. Let him cry he wrapping u round his finger U shud b feedin him 3 jars a day by now!! Wtf.. Wat blw we never did that in my day, all made up these days.. - stranger on the bus askin if he is a good eater, as her baby was eatin rusks n crisps by 5 months!!!!

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Apr 11th, 2012, 15:01 PM	#49
seoj Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 8,685	While prego a woman (distant relative) told me that to calm my baby when she cried I should eat an onion! LOL. I hate onions anyway... but really? She said it got in your breastmilk and would help to calm a crying baby... cause that is what her doctor told her when she was pregnant 50yrs ago! hehe. Maybe it is true- who knows, but I never tried it. haha. There was LOADS more- but I would just politely say "thanks" and do whatever I was going to do anyway hehe.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 15:11 PM	#50
chocolala Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: uk Posts: 422	crying is good exercise for her lungs!

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