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Funny things heard in baby group...

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londonmummy · 19/02/2006 17:38

Just wondered if anyone had heard anything weird or funny from other mums.

Heard the following:

Mum 1: Don't bother sterilising bottles just rinse them in hot water

Mum 2: Give dbaby calpol before their injections so they don't feel the pain

Mum 3: My ds is so big, it would be unfair to breastfeed him (bw 8 lb 10 oz)

Mum 4: gp is crap, takes dd straight to a &e to see a paed whatever the issue

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/02/2006 10:22

oh dear at the pain comment.

AGree with Twig on everything else.

Used to sterilise everything with DD btw (was ultra nervous as she had cows milk protein allergy). With DS i never bothered - too busy and couldnt be arsed. Plus i'd heard a rumour on MN it wasnt necessary

spacecadet · 20/02/2006 10:23

dd 8lb 9 b/f till 9 months.
ds2 was 9lb 70z and i still successfully b/f him!

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 10:42

I'm not talking about real pain, but a little prick is not imo worth giving calpol for. and btw i was nearly crying myself when dd had her 1st injections. but then again she spent the first few days in special care and had a lot worse than a little injection (a canister in her hand a lumbar puncture, hourly heel prick test for bilarubin levels - now that was real hell for me and my darling hubbie. i am not an evil mother, honest

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nailpolish · 20/02/2006 10:47

its not for the pain, its more for the high temp that can result from injections, that the calpol is given for

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 10:50

fair enough, but she didn't get a high temp afterwards. if she did i would obviously have given her calpol

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hunkermunker · 20/02/2006 10:50

It's the reaction afterwards you give calpol or similar for though - I didn't with DS1 for his first jabs and he was clammy, pale, jump and very poorly. Took a while for the calpol to take effect

geekgrrl · 20/02/2006 10:51

londonmummy, my dd went through major, painful medical procedures when she was tiny (open heart surgery, weeks in intensive care etc) and I was completely riled about the her jabs - so much so that the GP gave her anaesthetic cream beforehand. Don't think it's weird or silly wanting to minimise your baby's pain. Jabs do hurt.

nailpolish · 20/02/2006 10:52

i think some people like to prevent rather than cure esp. with small babies

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 10:53

s**t am totally paranoid about dd's 2nd injections now. Always thought if it ain't broke don't fix it, as I always prefer a more natural approach.

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welshmum · 20/02/2006 10:53

I think the Calpol is more a preventative measure against a temperature developing. That kind of medication doesn't stop them feeling the needle going in. Apparently the best thing to make them happy/comforted is to breastfeed throughout the procedure. It certainly worked for my two.
Re the sterilising I definitely would have sterilised if I hadn't had the whole thing explained to me by the nurses in the unit. It's counterintuitive not to - especially with the first baby.

Angeliz · 20/02/2006 10:57

I give calpol afterwards for the temperature and after effects of jabs. I don't worry tbh about the needle, dummy ready and mine usually are fine, it's the whole injection itself i worry about and what i'm putting into my baby's body.
That's not to say i think they should learn pain though, of course i don't, why does a tiny baby need to learn about pain!

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 11:01

omg, i would never ever deliberately hurt my dd. if that is the impression i have given then i can only say i swear on my life that is not what i meant

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hunkermunker · 20/02/2006 11:01

I'm allergic to pain. It bloody hurts.

leggymamba · 20/02/2006 11:03

Well.....i was just off to sterilise some bottles but now....how hot is hot wash?

nailpolish · 20/02/2006 11:03

no-one thought that londonmummy, im sure!

williamsmummy · 20/02/2006 11:03

what about what some mothers Do at these groups?
A mother was so busy chatting that when her 7 month old (that she had put on the floor to roll around and play ) started to cry for a bottle, she simply dipped her hand in a bag( still chatting away) , pulled out a bottle, took the lid of, then rolled it along the floor towards the baby.
The baby seemed used to this situation , and stuck the bottle in got on with it.

I was horrified, but perhaps thats just me.

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 11:03

being a naive young mum, i only worried more about the contents of calpol than the jab itself. i don't think they would give them to little babies if they were really agonising and you all admit the calopol is for the possibility of a reaction to the jab than the needle itself hurting. if i could stop her feeling any pain or emotional upset all her life i would, but i can't.

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nailpolish · 20/02/2006 11:05

londonmummy, dont worry yourself about it. im sure if your baby developed a high temp after the jags, you would give calpol

as i said its only advice to give it, no-one should critisise you for not doing so

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 11:08

of course i would nailpolish, it's just if she didn't need it all i felt was tthat she had enough crap put into her little body in the first few days of her life, she was pumped with antibiotics as they suspected she had an infection due to pathological jaundice, possibly septiceamia or group b strep. in the end it turned out it was bruising from a ventouse delivery.

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pablopatito · 20/02/2006 11:19

A mother simply dipped her hand in a bag( still chatting away) , pulled out a bottle, took the lid of, then rolled it along the floor towards the baby. The baby seemed used to this situation , and stuck the bottle in got on with it. I was horrified, but perhaps thats just me. "

Wow! I'd be impressed. DS is 9 months and can lift a bottle and put it to his mouth but hasn't yet learnt about gravity so just can't understand why nothing comes out.

nailpolish · 20/02/2006 11:22

thats more than some mothers ive seen at toddler group do

some jsut ignore the baby hoping someome else goes and plays with them, usually me, cos im not in the clique so usualy just end up helping a queue of children at the slide

my main function tho is to wipe their noses

starshaker · 20/02/2006 11:24

i kinda have to agree about the letting them experience pain (nothing major by the way) but thats how the learn. dd kept tryig to climb off her rocker and i kept catching her so she didnt hurt herself then 1 day i wasnt quick enough and she had a small bump. she hasnt tried to climb off again and makes it know if she wants off.

i never gave dd anything after her jabs as she didnt need it and was laughing away when she got it done (must be the chubby thighs). i dont sterilise anymre as she puts everything in her mouth. and i have to say my doc generally send dd to the hospital if something is up as when she was 11 days old we were sent home after being told she was fine and she stopped breathing 10 mins after getting home so they are playing it safe. i actually got a written letter from the doctor saying how sorry he was but i know he did everything it was just a pity she had an infection that we didnt know about.

nailpolish · 20/02/2006 11:25

im too soft to think like that. would wrap them in cotton wool if it wasnt so impractical

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londonmummy · 20/02/2006 11:37

exactly starshaker, thats what i meant, obviously i didn't put it so well.

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