to list stuff that makes me go hmm

[ItPaysToBuyGoodTea]

n/c as I'm not normally controversial! But feel like it today. There's a lot of stuff I read on here that makes me go hmm. You know things that are said with authority but I am not so sure. I'm not saying they're definitely not true, but I do get a bit twitchy when I read them. Eg the one I've just read about purees delaying speech (DD is BLW but out of sheer laziness not because I'm worried about this!) and

-It's just as easy to choke on purees as it is finger foods.
-Food is fun before they're one
-Babies' gag reflexes are further forward than ours
-Breastfed babies are less fussy as they've tried a variety of food tastes via breastmilk

Oh I can only think of food related ones right now (must be hungry) but I've seen loads more!

[ItPaysToBuyGoodTea]

Ok Rachel, I will accept that one as definitely true, seeing as a HV said it

[WorraLiberty]

"And...um...formula is healthier than breastmilk. Cots are prison cells. Slings are dangerous. Dummies are like crack. Gina Ford is my God [head spins] - SO THERE!!"

That's more like it!

[BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability]

Out of interest, if its not allowed to be a day earlier than 6m (as my idiot HV said), do they go from due date or birth date. In their expert opinion, is my 16 day late hulk of a child in need of food on the exact same day as a 24 weeker?

[Softlysoftly]

Hypnobirthing DOES WORK to remove yourself from pain/stress/panic in a normal labour and may help keep you calm when complications occur.

I delivered DD2s head on the pavement because I trances out do much I hadn't realised I was pushing until DH woke me.

Had a fucking traumatic labour with DD1 and I did hypnobirthing to relieve the panic I was feeling coming up to the 2nd.

Of course it doesn't prevent complications that would be stupid but YABU to say it doesn't work at all. In fact it is being tested as a pain relief method by the NHS

[PoppyAmex]

"I delivered DD2s head on the pavement"

Where were you?

[Softlysoftly]

Oh and FF is the devil, slings are only used by mums who have their own attachment issues, babies should be in cots until 6, ditto dummies, and Gina Ford eats babies.

[Softlysoftly]

Bus shelter outside the maternity unit, made DH walk the 10 minutes from the pay and display as I was fiiiiiine no rush (was not fine clearly).

MW recorded delivery of DD 4 minutes after finding me outside, that included getting me in a wheelchair and removing pants, she was already there

[EuroShagmore]

Can you add the tedious self-appointed forum police to your hmm list?

Seriously, what is the point?