Weirdest things you've seen other parents do as they bring up or care for their DC?

[FortunesFave]

Here are mine.

I was in a public toilet in the cubicle and heard a woman come in with a small boy.

They went into a cubicle together and I heard her ask him repeatedly "Do you want to dirt!?"

She meant poo!

"Do you want to dirt???

Omg.

Second is SIL. When her DS was little...around 2 or so, she'd put chips for him INTO A BOWL OF COLD WATER so they'd cool faster.

Dump the cooked chips into a bowl of water. Leave them there for a bit and then drop the soggy pile onto a plate for the poor child.

WHY? What are yours?

[mafted]

It's not the amount of sugar, it's the constant exposure to it throughout the day which is the problem.

Did anyone mention their children were drinking squash constantly?
The poster you quoted said a couple of beakers.

[Goldbar]

Who said it's referring to the chocolate bar and not the gold bullion we have stored in our garage ?

Anyhow, we all have to make our own choices to suit our own kids. Better a child who drinks squash regularly than a dehydrated one, so long as parents are aware of the risks.

[mafted]

Anyhow, we all have to make our own choices to suit our own kids. Better a child who drinks squash regularly than a dehydrated one, so long as parents are aware of the risks.

Quite right. My first almost dehydrated water refuser is now 22 and drinking far more horrifying things than elderflower cordial

[Glassofshloer]

Ooooh fair point Goodbar 😉 as an irresponsible ribena mum it’s no wonder my mind jumped straight to the sugary option! Lol

[Sirzy]

@mafted

Anyhow, we all have to make our own choices to suit our own kids. Better a child who drinks squash regularly than a dehydrated one, so long as parents are aware of the risks.

Quite right. My first almost dehydrated water refuser is now 22 and drinking far more horrifying things than elderflower cordial

[Hopeisallineed]

@CecilyP there’s such a thing as artificial flavour, not many of them contain ‘real’ fruit.

[CecilyP]

There is zero nutritional benefit from squash that water can't provide.

Zero? They all contain vitamin C especially the high juice one. Also calories which are useful if you have a particularly skinny child.

[CecilyP]

@CecilyP there’s such a thing as artificial flavour, not many of them contain ‘real’ fruit.

I believe that legally for a drink to call itself a squash, it has to contain some fruit juice even if there is other flavouring as well. The high juice ones, which share a significant share of the market, contain 50% real fruit juice.

[Hopeisallineed]

I think you are just splitting hairs as the amount they must contain is negligible.

[Glassofshloer]

Well either Cecily is right or wrong, Hope. Which is it?

[Clocktopus]

Ribena contains up to 30% blackcurrant juice, Robinsons apple and blackcurrant is 20% fruit juice, Tesco own brand high juice is 50% orange juice.

[Clocktopus]

I believe that legally for a drink to call itself a squash, it has to contain some fruit juice even if there is other flavouring as well

You'd be right.

[Hopeisallineed]

@Glassofshloer Does it matter if we don’t know the type of squash in question? However I would say it’s all shite and wouldn’t have given it to my toddler. The stuff with hardly any fruit juice in is full of crap and artificial flavours and aspartame and the stuff with more fruit juice in is really bad for their teeth so would avoid. I think it’s sets kids up for needing sweet stuff when they really don’t however, I couldn’t really care less what anyone else does. Just my preference.

[Clocktopus]

And it's fine to have your preference just don't go casting judgement on other people's preferences.

[mafted]

However I would say it’s all shite and wouldn’t have given it to my toddler.
I thought that until I was in hospital with a very poorly dehydrated baby, at that point the type of fluid was insignificant.

[Sirzy]

[quote Hopeisallineed]@Glassofshloer Does it matter if we don’t know the type of squash in question? However I would say it’s all shite and wouldn’t have given it to my toddler. The stuff with hardly any fruit juice in is full of crap and artificial flavours and aspartame and the stuff with more fruit juice in is really bad for their teeth so would avoid. I think it’s sets kids up for needing sweet stuff when they really don’t however, I couldn’t really care less what anyone else does. Just my preference.[/quote]
When you have been chasing said toddler around a hospital ward trying to get fluids into them to avoid them being on a drip then strangely you stop having such judgemental views.

I think sometimes we as parents make life so much tougher than it needs to be by getting worked up at the idea of a glass of juice.

[VestaTilley]

WTAF?! Both those examples in the OP are insane! And dirt?? Vom.

[Glassofshloer]

[quote Hopeisallineed]@Glassofshloer Does it matter if we don’t know the type of squash in question? However I would say it’s all shite and wouldn’t have given it to my toddler. The stuff with hardly any fruit juice in is full of crap and artificial flavours and aspartame and the stuff with more fruit juice in is really bad for their teeth so would avoid. I think it’s sets kids up for needing sweet stuff when they really don’t however, I couldn’t really care less what anyone else does. Just my preference.[/quote]


You do realise your toddler breathes in pollution, drinks chemicals in water, comes into contact with plastics, has chemicals added to nearly all food/clothes/toys..? I could go on.

But squash is treated like it’s some kind of toxic waste

[Clocktopus]

But squash is treated like it’s some kind of toxic waste

That's because attitudes to children's food on MN are essentially this -

Poster on MN: "Is this an okay lunch for my DC? Ham sandwich on a brown bun, cherry tomatoes and cucumber slices, a small pot of natural yoghurt with fresh strawberries"

Respondent on MN: "Hmmm, it's not ideal is it? I mean is that processed ham? And what size is the bun because that a lot of carbs, isn't it? And I'd probably ditch the yoghurt and fruit, those strawberries are basically pure sugar..."

All DC on MN are either teeny tiny or strapping great sporty beanpoles, nothing in-between, and they're either raised on super healthy fresh food diets or processed high sugar shite rather than just a normal diet like us mere mortals eat.

[Hopeisallineed]

That’s fine. Like I said I couldn’t give a toss what you all give your children, we all make decisions as to what to give our kids and what not to and yes I realise there are lines that each one of us draws, well that’s mine. Can’t believe how het up you all are about some squash. If you choose to give it to your kids, knock yourself out.

[BobsYerUnclee]

@ElizaDarcysDeeds

Some of these posts are verging on racist. Early toilet training and using different words for going to the toilet are cultural differences.

Give over.

I'm certain you haven't the foggiest what racism actually is.

[Hopeisallineed]

@Sirzy I think you should look up the definition of the word ‘judgemental’ like I said, I’m not at all bothered what other people do, that’s their choice, not mine. Hardly judgemental, are you just looking for an argument?

[Sirzy]

Just because you say you aren’t being judgemental doesn’t mean that the rest of what you have written doesn’t say otherwise.

[Hopeisallineed]

It’s personal choice. I have made a decision about what I’m happy to feed my kids, I’m sure you have made yours. In which case I assume somewhere along the line you too are being ‘judgemental’ and if we extrapolate that, then we all are to a certain degree. shrugs so, sue me!

[Glassofshloer]

@Clocktopus

But squash is treated like it’s some kind of toxic waste

That's because attitudes to children's food on MN are essentially this -

Poster on MN: "Is this an okay lunch for my DC? Ham sandwich on a brown bun, cherry tomatoes and cucumber slices, a small pot of natural yoghurt with fresh strawberries"

Respondent on MN: "Hmmm, it's not ideal is it? I mean is that processed ham? And what size is the bun because that a lot of carbs, isn't it? And I'd probably ditch the yoghurt and fruit, those strawberries are basically pure sugar..."

All DC on MN are either teeny tiny or strapping great sporty beanpoles, nothing in-between, and they're either raised on super healthy fresh food diets or processed high sugar shite rather than just a normal diet like us mere mortals eat.

You’re so right about the strapping thing 😂 ALL sons on here are ‘strapping’!