Advice for my friend really, and opinions. She is thinking of calling the health visiting team to let them know but is worried about it in case she misinterpreted.
She just called me to tell me this and I am stunned and very sad. She went to baby clinic this morning and a group of them tend to go for coffee together afterwards. One of the women suggested they go for lunch so my friend went with her. They got onto the topic of getting babies to sleep and this woman said she had the best tip. When her DD (14 months) won't settle and is crying she holds her upside down by her legs for up to 10 minutes. Friend said she was laughing and said things like 'she cries at first but then goes quiet, it must shock her into just settling, but if it means i get peace and quiet' etc.
When she realised she was serious my friend confronted her and the woman packed up and started to leave saying 'at least I'd never hit her, this doesn't harm her'. My friend protested that and she said 'I knew you were a snooty bitch'.
Needless to say my friend is really worried. I feel so sorry for this baby but at the end of the day it is just hearsay and I wonder what the health visitor can and will do?
The woman by all accounts seems like a perfectly normal caring mother and the baby is happy and healthy. It's scary what things go on, and how she'd so brazenly say this lmost as a 'parenting tip'
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A shocking story I've just heard from my friend -holding a baby upside down to get it to sleep!?
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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 21/02/2008 13:08
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