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What's some bad advice you've heard?
What's some bad advice you've heard?
Worst Parenting Advice Ever Heard...
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My cat just smacks Eli in the head as he walks by. haha
Here's a pretty stupid one. My mom always told me you should splash a baby in the face with water (even if it scares them and makes them hold their breath and/or cry) so that they will get used to having water in their face.
I mean wtf. I don't even like getting water in my face. I thought that was pretty normal. I don't know about her, but I'm pretty sure most people get in the shower facing away from the spray. But then again, maybe our moms didn't splash enough water in our faces as babies. lmao (yeah right)
Here's a pretty stupid one. My mom always told me you should splash a baby in the face with water (even if it scares them and makes them hold their breath and/or cry) so that they will get used to having water in their face.
I mean wtf. I don't even like getting water in my face. I thought that was pretty normal. I don't know about her, but I'm pretty sure most people get in the shower facing away from the spray. But then again, maybe our moms didn't splash enough water in our faces as babies. lmao (yeah right)
Also, directly along the lines of "don't pick your baby up or you'll spoil him", my mom and her mom (along with oodles of other people) also think that a baby MUST be allowed to cry for periods of time with no parental response in order to develop their lungs. How dumb is that.
Oh and a kind of funny, obviously not true one is my grandma told us that if a baby is off schedule (sleeping during the day, up at night) all you have to do is wait for a full moon and when he's asleep grab him by the heel and flip him over. And he's fixed. lmao I could be wrong but I could swear she said she did it to my uncle.
Oh and a kind of funny, obviously not true one is my grandma told us that if a baby is off schedule (sleeping during the day, up at night) all you have to do is wait for a full moon and when he's asleep grab him by the heel and flip him over. And he's fixed. lmao I could be wrong but I could swear she said she did it to my uncle.
Xero said:
wow, I love the full moon flip...DS2's been a little off schedule lately, I think I missed a full moon opportunity last night, damn! So, does it matter which heel? just one heel? And do you flip them in bed, or pick them up by the heel and flip them? Does it matter if you flip them front to back or back to front? So many questions, I want to to do it right....(I don't think I could pick him up buy the heel and flip him, he's almost 44 pounds now...)
IADad said:
Damn...I just spit potato soup all over the place! :biglaugh:
I can think of a lot of misinformation, but none that top the "worst" scenerio. I am just thankfull Zero's family didn't raise me
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:biglaugh::biglaughall the funny posts, too many to mq.
we were once told that to help make the kids leave stuff alone when they were rugrats to get a spray bottle of water and git 'em with it every time they mess with the nick nacks or something they've been told to leave alone. :yikes:
doesn't work. just starts a big ole messy water fight.:twitcy:
(we tried it at the time since it works on pets. what the hell were we thinking????? )
i like the moon thing too. the crazy stuff folks come up with...:goofy:
all the funny posts, too many to mq.we were once told that to help make the kids leave stuff alone when they were rugrats to get a spray bottle of water and git 'em with it every time they mess with the nick nacks or something they've been told to leave alone. :yikes:
doesn't work. just starts a big ole messy water fight.:twitcy:
(we tried it at the time since it works on pets. what the hell were we thinking????? )
i like the moon thing too. the crazy stuff folks come up with...:goofy:
there's an old wive's tale about keeping an onion in a bowl all year long. the onion is supposed to soak up the nasty germs floatin' around. i'm trying it right now (an experiment and every tip helps). its not working yet. we still keep getting sick.