Disgusted by the ad on here today!!!
Just had to rant, I'm disgusted by the ad BabyExpert have on here today! It reads
"Warning: Is your bad parenting damaging your child". WTF?!
Then it says something like Click here to learn how better parentting (can't remember the exact words. I'm shocked that BE would allow something like that.. talk about making our paranoias and fears even worse when it's hard enough being a parent anyway without some stupid advert putting ideas in your head!
Anyway, rant over lol
"Warning: Is your bad parenting damaging your child". WTF?!
Then it says something like Click here to learn how better parentting (can't remember the exact words. I'm shocked that BE would allow something like that.. talk about making our paranoias and fears even worse when it's hard enough being a parent anyway without some stupid advert putting ideas in your head!
Anyway, rant over lol
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I don't know that one piggypops...
Pixie-woo, I presume you mean the ad and not me!
I know the foundation of the answer will usually have some good back ground, but I think making it so black and white is SO unhelpful. Especiallly in those early days or for the more anxious mums, you can imagine people thinking they are doing something horribly wrong! ..... [holding hands up and admitting to still rocking my 9m old to sleep] *GASP* whispers of ''bad mother'' run round the room!!
Rant over
Em x
Whats "normal" anyway, all babies are different and a good parent adapts to their childs individual needs not what is considered good parenting by so called experts.
Em you continue rocking if thats what Jen likes, im jealous of the cuddles if I tried rocking Dylan he'd squirm and fight wanting to play instead so im in the bad mummy cc group! Oh and I weaned him earlier than 6 months, put him in his own room at 13 weeks so im a terrible mummy!!!
i was reading the contented baby book free with prima baby and phoned my hbby to say we were doing everything wrong. he calmly said he'd look when he got home from work. a bit later in occured to me how everyone who visoted our houses commented on how dd was a contented baby, so what was i hoping to achieve from changing everything we were doing? and my fed to sleep newborn now goes to sleep no problems at 4 months and sleeps for 12 hours,and is ebf. the same baby who slept on my chest as a newborn all day now sleeps in her cot with no issues.
i think it's important to know what reseacrh is out there and the theory behind it, then adapt for your child.
My SIL got all the baby books going when she had her daughter, tried following the recommendations to the letter. It stressed her out so much she ended up with severe PND because she really struggled, until MIL made her throw the damn things away, and her daughter is no 'better' than any other child - still throws tantrums like any other 2 year old!
As long as the kid's healthy, looked after and the parents care about them then they aren't doing a bad job.
I ignore all the ads - Only one i can't ignore is the 'have a happy period' - that one infuriates me
Agree on the books... I didn't buy any before the birth of my baby but somebody bought and gave me the Baby Whisperer. I feel guilty as it was a present but I only got as far as the first chapter! And we're settling into our routine just fine without any help and my little girl self-settles etc.
xxx