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

Kitten_x · Apr 11th, 2012, 07:48 AM

about caring for LO? Whether it's something granny told you or something HV visitor said that made you go

would love to hear some!

I remember bringing Hol home and about 2 nights in I'd been bf'ing for hours. I was just sat there with this book in tears to my OH because it said "your baby takes most of it's feed in the first 5 minutes" (the book was written in the 80s...I shoulda known better!) I couldn't work out why she wasn't satisfied after 5 mins on each side

Ozzieshunni · Apr 11th, 2012, 07:56 AM

"Let him just cry it out."

"Give him water to make him go longer between feeds."

"You're making a rod for your own back by holding him."

I could go on and on and on......

gidge · Apr 11th, 2012, 07:56 AM

I was told by a pediatrician at the hospital not to have animals in the house for 2 years. I said but I have 2 dogs and he just said keep them outside for at least 2 years they are dirty and full of fleas and diseases!

NewMummyx · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:02 AM

"The cat will suffocate the baby"

"the dog will give him scabies"

"you should leave him to cry, he is taking the piss out of you"

"Feed him a rusk in with his milk, he will STTN"

"Those slings are for foreign women, put him in his pram"

"If you put him in your bed, you'll never get him out"

"Dont stand him up you will make him bow legged"

"He should be STTN by now!"

"Why is he still on bottles, he shouldnt have any after 6mths"

some are just downright dumb!

Weezie123 · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:03 AM

To put him in the garden under a tree at the same time each day, alone for 2 hours!

Not to carry him in a sling but to leave him in the pram and walk by a busy road so I can't hear him scream

To let him cry to exercise his lungs

Not to pick him up everytime he cries as he'll learn to expect it (this backfired on them as I said sorry but i'm going to, picked him up, he did an enormous burp, I put him back down and he played again happily). I hope he does expect me to care that he's upset!

If he walks to soon he will be bow legged (the pp reminded me of this!)

Babies can only eat purée at 6 months

That you should just let your baby scream in the car seat as they need to learn they can't just be picked up when they want it

That I'm crazy to cosleep

Oh and that i should feel my breasts and if they are "empty" i.e not swollen and leaky I should top up with formula and that my milk isn't fatty enough for my baby. (I've got a 24lb , tall, healthy baby thanks very much! and my breasts have never been "full" looking or leaky!)

_jellybean_ · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:09 AM

Wow^^^^.

Let's see...

I was told in the nicu that I was holding my LO too much (he was one week old). I only got to hold him for a total of about 6 hours per day, but they said that I would really be in for it when I brought him home.

Oh...to put rice cereal in his bottle (after cutting a hole in the bottle with scissors) so that he'll sleep through the night.

ETA: HA HA, Weezie...who told you to put LO in a garden? That's insane! Sounds like a nutcase.

Kitten_x · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:10 AM

hehe love the taking the piss out of you one and that about sitting him under a tree?!

Weezie123 · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:16 AM

My mother in laws mother said it! My mother in law did it too though as her mother told her to and she was very young so followed all advise given including feed very 4 hours and letting the baby cry to sleep :,( she feels really bad about it! But she did say the tree thing was good as when they wake they stare at the leaves and so you can get some more peace! Her and her neighbour used to race in the morning to see who could get the babies out quicker!

My husband says as a child he had night terrors all the time and was afraid of the dark, no wonder.

linzylinz · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:23 AM

my every hour, bf, week old needs water from a spoon she is thirsty. mil

at 8month old going through seperation anxiety wanting only me
"that cry is a ruined cry" mil

im blw and lo gags all the time even now at 10 months because she stuffs too much in her mouth, "omg can you pat her back or something?" sil

SweetChilli90 · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:42 AM

Don't give baby finger food before one because she's choke and die. MIL whilst crying because I' trying to kill her baby

That I 'suffocate' LO because I don't like Isabel going to stop at my mum/MIL's house.

Rod for my own back loads for picking her up/carrying her around/not letting her CIO.

Let LO touch the oven door whilst it's hot because they'll only do it once

Loads more but I can't think

Apr 11th, 2012, 07:48 AM	#1
Kitten_x Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 218	What's the daftest piece of advice you've been given about caring for LO? Whether it's something granny told you or something HV visitor said that made you go would love to hear some! I remember bringing Hol home and about 2 nights in I'd been bf'ing for hours. I was just sat there with this book in tears to my OH because it said "your baby takes most of it's feed in the first 5 minutes" (the book was written in the 80s...I shoulda known better!) I couldn't work out why she wasn't satisfied after 5 mins on each side

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 07:56 AM	#2
Ozzieshunni Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 19,286	"Let him just cry it out." "Give him water to make him go longer between feeds." "You're making a rod for your own back by holding him." I could go on and on and on......

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 07:56 AM	#3
gidge Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lanzarote Posts: 925	I was told by a pediatrician at the hospital not to have animals in the house for 2 years. I said but I have 2 dogs and he just said keep them outside for at least 2 years they are dirty and full of fleas and diseases!

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:02 AM	#4
NewMummyx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Glasgow x Posts: 2,677	"The cat will suffocate the baby" "the dog will give him scabies" "you should leave him to cry, he is taking the piss out of you" "Feed him a rusk in with his milk, he will STTN" "Those slings are for foreign women, put him in his pram" "If you put him in your bed, you'll never get him out" "Dont stand him up you will make him bow legged" "He should be STTN by now!" "Why is he still on bottles, he shouldnt have any after 6mths" some are just downright dumb!

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:03 AM	#5
Weezie123 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,090	To put him in the garden under a tree at the same time each day, alone for 2 hours! Not to carry him in a sling but to leave him in the pram and walk by a busy road so I can't hear him scream To let him cry to exercise his lungs Not to pick him up everytime he cries as he'll learn to expect it (this backfired on them as I said sorry but i'm going to, picked him up, he did an enormous burp, I put him back down and he played again happily). I hope he does expect me to care that he's upset! If he walks to soon he will be bow legged (the pp reminded me of this!) Babies can only eat purée at 6 months That you should just let your baby scream in the car seat as they need to learn they can't just be picked up when they want it That I'm crazy to cosleep Oh and that i should feel my breasts and if they are "empty" i.e not swollen and leaky I should top up with formula and that my milk isn't fatty enough for my baby. (I've got a 24lb , tall, healthy baby thanks very much! and my breasts have never been "full" looking or leaky!)

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:09 AM	#6
_jellybean_ AutoSignup (SAAB) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 7,625	Wow^^^^. Let's see... I was told in the nicu that I was holding my LO too much (he was one week old). I only got to hold him for a total of about 6 hours per day, but they said that I would really be in for it when I brought him home. Oh...to put rice cereal in his bottle (after cutting a hole in the bottle with scissors) so that he'll sleep through the night. ETA: HA HA, Weezie...who told you to put LO in a garden? That's insane! Sounds like a nutcase.

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:10 AM	#7
Kitten_x Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 218	hehe love the taking the piss out of you one and that about sitting him under a tree?!

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:16 AM	#8
Weezie123 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,090	My mother in laws mother said it! My mother in law did it too though as her mother told her to and she was very young so followed all advise given including feed very 4 hours and letting the baby cry to sleep :,( she feels really bad about it! But she did say the tree thing was good as when they wake they stare at the leaves and so you can get some more peace! Her and her neighbour used to race in the morning to see who could get the babies out quicker! My husband says as a child he had night terrors all the time and was afraid of the dark, no wonder.

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:23 AM	#9
linzylinz Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 310	my every hour, bf, week old needs water from a spoon she is thirsty. mil at 8month old going through seperation anxiety wanting only me "that cry is a ruined cry" mil im blw and lo gags all the time even now at 10 months because she stuffs too much in her mouth, "omg can you pat her back or something?" sil

Status: Offline

Apr 11th, 2012, 08:42 AM	#10
SweetChilli90 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Chester Posts: 246	Don't give baby finger food before one because she's choke and die. MIL whilst crying because I' trying to kill her baby That I 'suffocate' LO because I don't like Isabel going to stop at my mum/MIL's house. Rod for my own back loads for picking her up/carrying her around/not letting her CIO. Let LO touch the oven door whilst it's hot because they'll only do it once Loads more but I can't think

Status: Offline

User Name		Remember Me?
Password