Ack. I feel for you. I'm starting to get the "helpful" advice about pregnancy/birthing procedures/maternity leave/whatever already. It's so frustrating - no, honey, that's your opinion and just because your cousin's-ex-boyfriend's-roommate's-sister's-step-aunt's child had funny teeth doesn't make it science.
Huge do-it-the-way-that-works-best-for-you-and-your-family support from this quarter.
Thanks! I've gotten enough crap over the formula thing (NO, not every woman can breastfeed every time and, more importantly, not every *baby* can, thank you so much), I'm not looking forward to the Dummy Debate.
I just added to the list of helpful advice over on your journal, I admit, but I tried to keep it purely on a comfort level - ginger bears, warm showers and good shoes made my pregnancy that bit more comfortable. :) I hope they will for you, as well. Because being pregnant is not a *comfy* magical experience, not by a long shot!
My brother was a screamer - constantly. I don't know if it was frustration at his own relative immobility and crappy coordination, being a baby and all, but once he was mobile he seemed to do a lot better. I guess she's an old soul who's impatient to get the hell ON with things ;)
Go tell people to worry about things that actually matter. There are kids out there that need actual help; a kid with a dummy or a bottle is hardly a concern in the big scheme of things.
I look at the desperate need for foster carers etc in our bit of the world today and feel an outrageous urge to smack people that think things like whether a well-cared for child should or shouldn't have a dummy, matter and should be used as a bludgeon on good parents.
Also, I'd ask them to cite medical double-blind studies re: the effects of dummies, but that's because I'm a scientist and I bite.
Way late on commenting on this. Things got a bit crazy then DH took me camping, ugh.
As to the dummy...ALL my kids had one. They all had a very high need to suck things. I went with the dummy because as my own mother told me "You had a pacifier because the world frowns on chopping off thumbs" When the child is older you can take the dummy away. You can not take thumbs away.
As to people giving advice just tell them that Kielle is YOUR child who you are going to raise YOUR way thank you very much.
As for the stubborn um look at her parents and her namesake you brought the stubborn on yourselves. You could have a child like Annie.
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Huge do-it-the-way-that-works-best-for-you-and-your-family support from this quarter.
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I just added to the list of helpful advice over on your journal, I admit, but I tried to keep it purely on a comfort level - ginger bears, warm showers and good shoes made my pregnancy that bit more comfortable. :) I hope they will for you, as well. Because being pregnant is not a *comfy* magical experience, not by a long shot!
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I have a very, very stubborn little girl. I'm not looking forward to the toddler years.
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I look at the desperate need for foster carers etc in our bit of the world today and feel an outrageous urge to smack people that think things like whether a well-cared for child should or shouldn't have a dummy, matter and should be used as a bludgeon on good parents.
Also, I'd ask them to cite medical double-blind studies re: the effects of dummies, but that's because I'm a scientist and I bite.
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As to the dummy...ALL my kids had one. They all had a very high need to suck things. I went with the dummy because as my own mother told me "You had a pacifier because the world frowns on chopping off thumbs" When the child is older you can take the dummy away. You can not take thumbs away.
As to people giving advice just tell them that Kielle is YOUR child who you are going to raise YOUR way thank you very much.
As for the stubborn um look at her parents and her namesake you brought the stubborn on yourselves. You could have a child like Annie.
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