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I hate to comment on others parenting, BUT...

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BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 03/08/2011 19:18

I've just seen a post on facebook saying that someone is proud that their 6 week old baby has just eaten a whole jar of puree... Shock

Has anyone else seen examples of interesting parenting first hand that they thought were the stuff of MN myth? I honestly didnt think that people this, ahem, naive existed!

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strictlovingmum · 03/08/2011 20:18

Some are worse offenders then others, 4 months old soothing his sore gums on the piece of pizza crust, or crusty bread, nothing wrong with that.
Odd crisp or chip for an older child, nothing wrong with that.
Anything fizzy laden with sugar, coloured with neon colours, processed to the inch of it's life, bad, bad, very bad.

TheSecondComing · 03/08/2011 20:18

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ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/08/2011 20:18

I have an acquaintance who smoked heavily throughout her pregnancy and continued to smoke around her baby after he was born.

One day I saw her in town smoking a fag and drinking a can of red bull. She stopped to say hello to me and proceeded to occupy her less than 1yo with the red bull whilst blowing her fag smoke right into his buggy into his face.

My judgey pants were well and truly up my bum!

rhondajean · 03/08/2011 20:19

My personal favourite - the moronspeople who dont realise that putting a baby in a rear facing baby seat in the front of your car means that not only can you see the adorable little tykes face as you drive but when the car behind you shunts you at 5 mph your airbag is going to inflate and smash it to smithereens.

And there are plenty of them out there.

HeatherSmall · 03/08/2011 20:19

Oh my mother dipped the dummies in sugar and swears blind it did no harm at all, what pisses me off the most is that it didn't.

LadyBeagleEyes · 03/08/2011 20:20

Grin @ smallandroid and UsualSuspect.

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/08/2011 20:20

Please note, I said acquaintance, not friend!!

suzikettles · 03/08/2011 20:21

I once did a training course with a HV. It was to help us be better trainers and as part of it we had to give a short presentation to the group.

The HV did hers on child safety and as part of it passed round some baby bottles for us to guess the contents. They were all things that she and her colleagues regularly came across in her career as "first foods". First one was Red Bull, second was vodka & Red Bull (that one was an A&E case) but we were all totally stumped by the last one which was thick & pasty and smelled sort of yeasty.

Turns out it was a Scotch pie Shock. She said it took her ages to get it blended enough to actually get it in the bottle - hardly the fast option Confused

Gemjar · 03/08/2011 20:23

DH says that he once saw a mum sat outside a pub near us, she was simultaneously BFing, smoking and drinking a WKD. I think DH was just impressed at her ability to multi-task tbh

aliceliddell · 03/08/2011 20:24

D0G - didn't you know, Weetabix is a gateway breakfast? Thanks for the advice to cut the teats, the Greggs sausage rolls don't get stuck now.

HipHopOpotomus · 03/08/2011 20:24

I've seen photos of tiny baby girls on fb with those ghastly headbands on - oh the horror!!! I blocked them of course Grin

BabeRuthless · 03/08/2011 20:27

Ah I forgot all about the fruitshoot hatred. To be fair I grew up sucking on lollipops every day after school & never did me any harm.

Now where did I put my teeth?

ChuntyCops · 03/08/2011 20:27

That's the worst HipHop,especially the ones with not a single hair on their head!

kiki22 · 03/08/2011 20:27

i know i'm very naughty buying fizzy pink juice for them but in my defence they were almost 4, 7 and 9 and i was 19!! enjoying my non mummy time while i had it :)

Have to say 8 months is a bit young to be hittin the sauce but wouldn't comment just gossip hehe.

caffevalium · 03/08/2011 20:27

My son went onto baby rice at 5 weeks at the recommendation of the HV. Best thing I ever did as it was the first time he stopped crying since he was born. Now a healthy six foot+er. I think it's all about individual choices and circumstances although what kind of idiot would feed their DC Tesco Value puds at any age is beyond me!

addictediam · 03/08/2011 20:33

Rhondajean dd sits in the front of my car in a rear facing car seat, but I can turn my air bags off. You can in lots of cars nowadays.

MrsSnaplegs · 03/08/2011 20:34

Saw an acquaintance a while ago give her 16 month old a pot noodle which he proceeded to eat with his hands whilst his 5 month old sister had a pink wafer biscuit with her bottle of milk and yes I have got the ages right as wellGrin

rhondajean · 03/08/2011 20:35

Its even worse when they get older - dd1 is almost 12 and Ive lost count of the number of friends who have come to dinner with parents phoning first to say "X will eat anything, she just doesnt eat vegetables". Sorry but how on earth did that happen? I understand not liking a particular vegetable - one of mines doesnt like courgettes and one doesnt like mushrooms - but ANY???????

And then there was the sleepover where one child arrived clutching 4 litres of dayglo coloured fizzy noxiousness to keep them going over the evening....

And dd2 is almost 7, and a bit susceptible to sugar, so in general kept off the sweeties of any sort (a wee bit of chocolate at times, its not an ADHD thing, so no point being regimental). I picked her up for after school club - they had given her something called Toxic Waste for snack - think bright green Wham type bar with gloop in the middle - and I was scraping her off the walls for hours afterwards so its not just parents. There was stern words about that one......

rhondajean · 03/08/2011 20:36

Point taken about airbags - hope the rest of them are as sensible as you........

strictlovingmum · 03/08/2011 20:36

It would be interesting to be able to see what do these poor kids(babies) get for tea or breakfast, when at home and out of sight.
Probably nothing, there is no tea, but there are tesco pudds. in the the fridge, help yourself.Shock

MrsSnaplegs · 03/08/2011 20:37

Oh and later he was toddling around with his daddy's can of ciderSad
Please note I said acquaintances not friendsGrin

Oakmaiden · 03/08/2011 20:38

she just doesnt eat vegetables". Sorry but how on earth did that happen?

It just does.... My eldest will eat most vegetables, but my youngest seems to have a deep mistrust of anything coloured green. Drives me completely potty.

rhondajean · 03/08/2011 20:40

But veggies arent just green - theres oranges, reds, purples, everything but blue really....a lot of children dont like green brassic type veg as theyre a bit bitter but how can you object to say a pea/carrot/sweetcorn?

bringmesunshine2009 · 03/08/2011 20:41

Rhondajean, there is an option to TURN OFF a passenger air bag, so perhaps if you have seen a rear facing car seat in the front the parents have done that?

Am constantly marshalling DH from smoking near DCs, giving DS1 chocolate digestives/coffee/coke, his usual refrain being "oh just let him try a bit" to which I respond should I just let him try a little fix of heroin?!

Mercifully I don't think his habits have been compromised and is keen on fruits, veg, water, meats etc.

bringmesunshine2009 · 03/08/2011 20:43

x post on air bag