parenting pet peeves...

[bubbleymummy]

I know I'm going to get flamed for this but I just don't care - I have to vent somewhere after a weekend of smiling and nodding and keeping my mouth shut!

Here is a list of 'parenting' traits that I absolutely hate!

Giving babies sugar - dessert/pudding/biscuits/cake - they do not need it - they are not missing anything and they are the reason that your child is already overweight!

Shovelling food into tiny babies, scooping it up and shoving it back in when the baby's tongue pushes it out while discussing the baby's excema, constipation, tummy upsets etc

Giving toddlers fizzy drinks such as Coke and letting them run madly around before screaming at them and complaining about how badly behaved they are.

Giving children calpol because it's been a 'long day' or because they have a slight sniffle or even a hint of a temperature or just because 'they like the taste'!.

controlled crying / cry it out - I hate this at any stage but I DESPISE it in children under 6 months. I don't care if your child has been sleeping through since 5 weeks - it is bloody cruel!

and breathe....

Ok feel free to flame me or alternatively add your own pet peeves!

Disclaimer : I by no means consider myself to be a perfect parent and I could fill several threads with my own parenting flaws.

thesecondcoming - nestle in this house?!! never!

There's sugar in breast milk, so it kind of does have to be part of a baby's diet.

I eat shite.

After DC's bedtime

What are smarties?

not letting children be children..

Bubblegummy - I never needed to spoon Banoffee Pie into my daughter, being BLW'd she just manages to stuff her face without help.

We don't have sweets every day, but if we do, why should I refuse her a taste or even a whole portion?

I'd rather not teach my child that she can't have the same food as I, or make some foods more interesting than others by declaring them taboo (and still eating them myself in front of her?)

And natural sugar, haha. It's still sweet as fuck, destroys teeth, and leads to obesity just as much as the refined version, if given in excess, and the teeth aren't brushed properly.

Demonising whole food groups is just stupid, allowing things in moderation is the key

Again Milly, not refined and processed. I don't have a problem with sweet things - just processed sugary snacks - empty calories and rubbish imo.

LOL Milly, i was correcting my spelling mistake, im not a dentist!

From what i can gather from my own dentist, the only 'safe' things to drink are water or milk. Eating anything is bad for your teeth, some foods obviously worse than others.

What Bubbleymummy, says is true too, snacking throughout the day is worse than bombarding your teeth at mealtimes.

I starve my kids, to be on the safe side

Widow, because it isn't good for her?

I was somewhat disturbed that a dentist would choose the username 'Claw.'

Anyone who might even think about daring to tell me that they think that toddlers wearing reins makes them 'look like dogs'.

I just dare you to tell me my son resembles a dog.

LOL Milly

bubbleymummy - says who? Evidence?

(Sorry for not following trend of thread but replying only to OP)

Like I said before, sugary snacks here are rare ...but not non existent.

...and I'd never encourage them to buy Nestlé, verbally or by example

Ooh - I'm going to add another - Parents who put their child in another room under 6 months because they are 'disturbing their sleep'. Sure just ignore all the 'increased risk of cot death' stuff - as long as you get your 8 hours what does it matter?

Sorry Widow - I forgot Banoffee was one of the four main food groups

Yes the sort of dentist who fixes your teeth with a house brick!

bubbleymummy ds grew out of his moses basket at 3 months, his cotbed would have had to have been dismantled to get it out of his room and into ours....where it wouldn't have fitted.

HV said sleeping with monitor in our room and both doors open was absolutely fine.

fwiw co-sleeping is one of my peeves, sue I'll get sent to hell for that one.

So much to judge....so little time.

Still, you've made a good start bubbleymummy and I'm sure you'll soon have to outsource your childcare in order to free up enough time to effectively judge all the other failings of the parents you come across.

minx, not having a go at people in your type of situation - more the kind who put the baby in the nursery down the hall from 8 to 8...they do exist!

"Shovelling food into tiny babies, scooping it up and shoving it back in when the baby's tongue pushes it out while discussing the baby's excema, constipation, tummy upsets etc" I agree with this. I have a FB friend who did this and it took me all my might to not say anything to her.

Hard soled shoe's on little (non walking) babies. Poor little delicate growing feet.

Routine's for tiny babies.

And I'm all for Controlled Crying if that is what works for you but never at 5weeks. That's awful.

As for the juice/water thing. Ds only has water but he never has it with meals. A lot of food contains water soluble vitamins and giving water to drink with meals obviously is destroying the good stuff before it has a chance to do anything. (I was actually told this some time ago and it does make sense to me) More than happy to be corrected.

Oh and Hi. (I'm new, had to use another topic for a queston)

Try not to take it personally Minx, i do half of the things mentioned on this thread!

I'm not talking about co-sleeping when bf in order to get a bit of sleep but co-sleeping past the age where dcs shouldn't need a feed in the night anyway just because you like it.

This is when sleep training would be helpful, preferably done before the child is 6 years old!