Have namechanged because friend knows I'm on MN. I'm not hiding from MNers, but please don't mention my usual name if you recognise my posting style as I don't want this to be searchable. Am being a bit cheeky posting here I admit, but just need a high traffic area for some advice.
The friend has no routine with her baby whatsoever. She thinks she does, but it's more like it's what she intends to do but just doesn't. She regularly has the baby out until quite late at night, sometimes this stretches past midnight. I'm not sure if this is a reasonable concern on its own, but friend does this without a second thought, so baby often goes without her evening food (solids) and bath as well as her cot. It is also not unusual for the baby to not have her solids for breakfast so she can sometimes go without two of the three daily meals. I suspect the baby is being given 'unsuitable' foods as well. I don't know if I'm looking for signs that things are wrong, but tbh the baby never seems to look clean. She is in a problem period at nights at the moment (not a huge surprise really), and my friend is not coping with that at all, going to pieces if there is a prolonged period of crying. I don't think for a moment that my friend is intentionally doing anything wrong, it's all coming from sheer not knowing.
I don't know if I'm being unreasonable to be concerned or not. The baby is just over six months so only just on solids as it is, so probably not so used to having solid meals, but it's the combination of things.
What, if anything, can I do?
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LeftOfTheMiddle · 07/01/2011 21:18
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