to think Katie Price should.....

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use and appropriate seatbelt for her daughter?

In a few scenes in that last series Princess was using a 3-point seatbelt, which I thought was illegal for under three's. And in the latest episode she didn't seem to have any seatbelt at all!!!

dude I didn't attack anyone vilely. I said it was lazy and crap. I do think it is lazy, child whinges, shove a dummy in its mouth. Whatevs. We all judge. I would judge someone who EBF a 3 year old but not someone who BF a 3 year old....

My son is 3 and has a dummy, ok i don't let him leave the house with it and yes it is another battle i do not wish to have. Ever heard of picking your battles? i have other more important things to worry about in life than if my son is sucking his dummy or not.

How would anyone know if KP is a good mother or not? unless you know her and her family all you see is what is carefully edited for you.

Not a big fan of her KP at all but wow its a long way to fall off your pedestal up there.

I also breastfeed my current three year old who never had a dummy(so am a bit of a contradiction!)am well aware I may be judged for that - but don't care really :)

I just think we shouldn't judge on the basis of something so trivial as a dummy. Katie Price presents a certain image to the media - but maybe Princess just likes the dummy for comfort when the cameras are around.

Car seats - I can see the point there.

What's wrong with having a dummy at 3 exactly? My nephew still has one and both his teeth and speech are absolutely fine. Don't judge everyone else's parenting by your own standards.

And I happen to think calling someone else's parenting 'lazy and crap' is attacking someone vilely personally.

She who sells her life and DC to the tabloids is ripe for judging

I couldn't give a shit if her DC are still in nappies or use a dummy though

Shut the fuck up and go away?

Yanbu!

Is that what you meant?

She can't take a shit without telling the papers about it first

She sells every aspect of her life, from her nudity to her losses to her hoidays. Nothing is kept for private. I think that's quite sad

my ds had a dummy at 3 so what
he hasn't got one now at 18
I never get why people judge on such stupid !!

TSC I agree with you whole heartedly re the dummy issue (both dds had one until over 3) I do see dummy/teddy/rag/breast as the same thing - comfort object. And why not?

Think I disagree with you wrt KP though... I do think her lifestyle (courting of Press etc) negatively affects the way her DC are growing up. I couldn't care less about their dummy habits though

i think the seatbelt issue is ok as she's well over 3 but sub 4 afaik
the dummy thing is up to her and her mother and FATHER
always forgetting him in this equation, much better to bitch about evil katie whilst swooning over thick as sand Andre

My 2 year old still has a bottle at bedtime! My older DD did too...they love them...older DD's teeth are perfect now she is 6 (no bottle now obv)

If my little DD wanted a dummy now and then I would give her one.

She only seems to have the dummy in on the odd occasion anyway!! We only see a small part of their lives. So what if she has a dummy....... And who ate you to judge on dummy use ENM???? Perfect parent are you?

Princess does have alot to cope with, at just 3. No biggie in the scheme of things is it?? And once dummy use stop, teeth go back anyway, I have a 16 year old former dummy addict to prove that it does no lasting damage!

My 3 year old still has a dummy. It's proving hard to get her to part from it, BUT she has decided she wants to give all her dummies to the baby in my belly... Just not yet. Cos it aint here yet (her logic. Makes sense imo). And yes, I have wanted her to ditch them for a LONG TIME.

As for the nappies, not every child finds the transition to pants easy. Maybe Princess is one of them? It's a lot harder to potty train when the child or the family as a whole are going through a lot of crap. I think when Princess and her brothers are stuck between the 2 dipshits they have as parents it must be pretty stressful and crap for them. Although it's nothing compared to the stress they're gonna feel when they learn how to google their parents and find out all the shit they have said about eachother in the press.

Thank you SprinkleDust. You just made me feel loads better . DD's teeth are a major worry for me. Having said that, my brother had dummies til he was 5 and his teeth are ok, no need for a brace. My cousin had them til that age too, again her teeth have been fine once the adult ones came in. My sisters both sucked their thumbs. Oh dear. One refused braces and still has wonky teeth. The other was stuck with her braces for 3 years.

I still prefer dummies over thumbs!

God, how nasty to call other parents crap and lazy because they do things differently from you, on a parenting site FGS.

(Disclaimer: no personal axe to grind as neither of my DC's used dummies)

Funny how it's KP's prob that these kids have got dummies and nappies, not Peter Andre's. Oh look, he's spending time with his DC's, what a wonderful parent - oh look she's spending time with her DC's, what a crap and lazy one.

I thought the OP was going to end "stop dying herself orange" BTW.

DD2 is 3 and in nappies.
DD1 is nearly 5 and still sucks her thumb. So surely that's worse than a dummy because I can't remove it?!

Seriously though, I may not think much of KP as a person, but some of the comments on here are way beyond necessary.

Riven - no one answered you , yes her real name is princess

I find it amazing that of all the really bad parenting on show in this country people on here always find it so easy to take a pop at KP.

Both of the younger children are very articulate. Well fed, clothed and never seem too bothered about the cameras. The little we see of them they are well behaved. The older child has massive problems but is so obviously loved and cherished by all the family.

Just because they dont fit into your twee box of normal and nice doesnt make the situation a bad one!

I feel sad for KP. It doesnt matter what she does. People dump on her so why the hell should she bother worrying about peoples opinions.

Her mother has recently moved to a village near me. They went out for a meal and some idiots thought it would be funny to throw stones at them when they left the resturant.
Do you think that is justified? All the women were terrified.

I don't think its ideal that princess still has a dummy and wears nappies, but the fact that she doesn't use the correct seatbelt for her age does make KP a crap mother!
She is putting her daughter's life at risk, there is no excuse!

"What's wrong with a 3 year old having a dummy, my X speech is fine"

Bully for you, but it won't be the same for every 3 year old.