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To think Peaches Geldof should have strapped her baby in?

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KnockKnockPenny · 10/09/2012 09:43

and also, put the phone down when her baby fell out of his pram!

Have just seen photos of her poor baby tumbling out of his pram onto a pavement. I know the council should have sorted the pavement out, but he wouldnt have fallen out if he was strapped in :(

sorry for The Sun link

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StopEatingThatMud · 10/09/2012 10:02

I didn't strap dd in until she was trying to wriggle her way out, about 9/10 months I think, maybe even later. I always had her cosytoes on which stopped her sliding out the bottom.

Maybe I'm a bit thick

JustFab I've not followed your story but hope DS continues to improve Thanks

onceortwice · 10/09/2012 10:03

Fallen not falled. Blush

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KnockKnockPenny · 10/09/2012 10:03

Would it have been ok if she had forgotten to strap him in if he was in a moving car? Is it because they were just walking in the street that its ok?

I dont think its ever ok to not strap them in if there are safety straps available.

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onceortwice · 10/09/2012 10:05

Justfab - Sending you and Thanks and Wine or Brew

NCForNow · 10/09/2012 10:05

I have to say that my DD wasn't always strapped in when she was new. She lay flat in a traditional pram...with sides...so it didn't seem necassary.

As for "why didn't Peaches stop her convo"

She did.

The pic with the phone in her hand and the baby on the floor would have taken less than a second to take. Those paparazzi have FAST cameras. I am sure in the second it took for her to see he'd fallen she then stopped talking.

SoupDragon · 10/09/2012 10:05

Oooh! Look at all the perfect mothers!

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KnockKnockPenny · 10/09/2012 10:06

There are photos that show she didnt, she picked him up & settled him back in with teh phone still at her ear!

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LadyMargolotta · 10/09/2012 10:07

Poor girl. She is going to be so embarrassed when she sees those photos, and realises she has been caught out lying about him being strapped in. Didn't she just get married?

NCForNow · 10/09/2012 10:07

Penny well maybe she needed whoever was on the other end to advise her or to tell what had happened.

Sometimes we just DO things...we don't always THINK!

Prarieflower · 10/09/2012 10:08

If she wasn't on the phone and pushing the pram properly with 2 hands it would never have fallen over in the first place(and yes he should have been strapped in).I find it so sad the way modern kids come second to phones.

Can't stand said woman after her comments on how all children needed the commitment of marriage and should have married parents(her last marriage lasted all of a year).Grin

Saw her on that Fearne Cotton show,omg she gave a new meaning to the word arrogance.Shock

QuickLookUsainBolt · 10/09/2012 10:08

Leave her alone.

Unless you're a perfect mother who's never made a mistake with your dc.

onceortwice · 10/09/2012 10:09

SO WHAT? knockknock - what does it matter if she continued her conversation? Maybe she was embarrassed and didn't want to admit what had just happened?

I once had D&V and held a 35 minute conference call with 4 other people. I was sick once and went to the loo twice. Horrible, but yet, I was too embarrassed to say 'I need the loo' so I just created a distraction (off to get a coffee etc.,) and kept on with the call.

Honestly, stop hoiking your judgy pants. You'll give yourself a wedgie.

BegoniaBampot · 10/09/2012 10:09

never strapped mine in when they were little babies as they had a lie down carry cot style pram with no straps. My kids have also fell out the buggy, fell down the stairs, off a kitchen counter, off the bed.

NCForNow · 10/09/2012 10:09

LadyMargolotta where did she "lie"?

SomersetONeil · 10/09/2012 10:09

I feel for her.

Every single one of us have made mistakes with our kids at some point - I'd've thought she'd get more empathy here than anywhere else, but apparently not.

She looks fab, too.

WildWorld2004 · 10/09/2012 10:09

If u have a baby in a lie down pram there is no straps so if u happen to trip & knock the pram over the baby will more than probably fall out.

I just felt sorry for her coz no one went to help her. They were too busy taking photos. Every mother has made at least one mistake. Doesnt make them bad mothers.

LadyMargolotta · 10/09/2012 10:10

On twitter. She posted that the baby was strapped in so didn't get hurt.

hiviolet · 10/09/2012 10:10

That's a Silver Cross Surf with the car seat attached. No excuse not to strap him in.

DuelingFanjo · 10/09/2012 10:11

I have actually driven a ten minute journey home without strapping my DS in the carseat, when he was a small baby.
you do live and learn.

onceortwice · 10/09/2012 10:11

Well said wildworld - people more interested in taking photos to sell rather than see if she and the baby were OK.

ANd, yes, she did look fab.

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KnockKnockPenny · 10/09/2012 10:11

NCForNow, she said on Twitter that he hadnt fallen out as he was strapped in, seems she hadnt realised she had been papped.

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MelodyPondering · 10/09/2012 10:11

Surely you don't strap them in when they're lying in a pram?!

Seriously? I never ever did.

She shouldn't have tweeted that she did though, she's made herself look like a fool.

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KnockKnockPenny · 10/09/2012 10:12

WildWorld, did someone call her a bad mother?

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KnockKnockPenny · 10/09/2012 10:13

Melody, if there are straps available, do you not think they should be used?

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BegoniaBampot · 10/09/2012 10:14

God, there really is a load of smug, judgmental women on here!