To all the parents out there, dont you find it such a pain in the arse
now a days about all the "right" and "wrong" things to do with your
childern. Like they take good things like brestfeeding before they said
it was good to do it for at least 3 months. Now a days they are telling
you, that you should do it up to 2 years of age. and hey dont get me
wrong if a mother wants to breastfeed her child untill they are 2 thats
awesome all the power to you. But the doctors and nurses make you feel
like a piece of crap if you dont. When i had my baby I couldnt
breastfeed at all so i was fourmla feeding her in the hospital. the
nurse came into the room and freaked out on me. And refused to give me
fourmal to feed my baby. i ahd to ring three other nurses. Back in the
day my mom was feed carnation milk, and now a dsays it has to be the
best of everything. dont get me wrong I know and understand that there
are good and abd stuff to do with your baby. I took my daughter to the
docs to get her shots when she was almost three months. She is almost 4
months now. She weighed 14 pounds at 3 months the nurse told me she was
to fat. Who says that about a baby? It is sad that weight issuses start
right when you are a baby. I was like what??? And they tell you do this
dont do this, if you do something a certain a way and it is a safe and
effective way than what the hell is the problem.

Older generations had their mothers teach them about babies and then
some had to just wing it. Many babies lived ( how about that) Now adays
everyone is an expert. Mothers have an instinct that should not be ruled
by others.

I totally agree with you 100% wanttachat thats what i say. If you are a
good parent people should just let you be and let you raise your
childern with the morals and values how my parents rasied me. But
everyone has something to say about someone parenting it is sad.

I just can't see how it is right or wrong when it is your own children.
If others feel they want to parent different all the power to them, just
don't push it on me. As long as I am not harming my child it is not
their business.

you two are absolutely correct. It is one thing to say children should
have their shots and by a certain age, but it is completely different to
tell you that you are wrong because you use brand a, instead of brand b.
Or in my case, I started letting my kids "sample" adult food at about 5
or six months of age. I took them through it slow and one step at a
time, just like you would if you followed the drs and waited until they
were 13 months. I was actually told that you COULD NOT safely give a
baby "REAL" food until they were 13 onths minimum. BULLSH!T is what I
told that dr. I then asked him (he was in late 60's) what he thought
his mamma gave him when he was an infant. After that I got up and left.
My kids were both ready sooner when it came to eating. by four months
they were BOTH eating OVER 10 oz milk, and half a cup of cereal four and
five times a day, so it was only natural to start weaning htem towards
"real" food so they could get what they needed.

Well it is kinda like the old saying olny listen to half of what you
hear and half of what you read. Myself I started feeding my kids a
little cereal at 6 weeks old now I did stick with the same kind for a
while to make sure of no reactions. When my kids were little it was you
were to start feeding them at 8months. As far as breast feeding sorry
did not do it told my doctor I had carried them for 9 months was not
gonna have them hanging on me for another 9 months. Besids 2 years old
yah right would like to see the one that wrote that enjoy the teeth
marks. All I can say is they must like pain. The way I see it raise your
kids the way you see fit. You will know what is right and what is wrong
and will do just fine.

So true texas, so true.

My ex and I firly believed in only breastfeeding till they started
teething, but they were both such PIGS (would drain both sides of mommy
within minutes) that it only lasted a couple weeks with both.

I have raised my kids the way that I believe to be best. Not based on
statistics or what worked with a panel of 100 other babies. Pardon me
but not one of those other hundred babies were mine. Every baby is
different and like all people everybody needs different things.

I have 5 children. And every single one of them started eating food at a
different age. It depended on what they need to fullfill them. And as a
parent, you know you children better than a doctor who sees them a few
times a year. My oldest son? Started eating infant cereal at 2 weeks
old. Crazy?!? WEll, he was also drinking 8 ounces of formula and
screaming for more when he was done. Why would I feed him cereal at that
age? His doctor told me too. Yep, thats right. And my son was a
butterball as a baby. He's now 16 years old and 5 foot 11 and weighs
about 170 pounds. Right about where he should be. My oldest daughter?
She didn't start eating cereal until she was 10 months old. Why? she
didn't need it. And everytime ya tried to feed it to her she would gag.
She wasnt ready for it. My point is that every child is different. And
woe to any doctor that thinks he can tell me what is best for my child
without taking care of him or her on a day to day basis.

I always felt when my kids were born , that they should each have their
own manual on how they need to be raised.


I feel what you are saying
autumn

I would think that with someone in your body for nine months would make
you know them better than anybody else. I would wean the experts before
the child.

Roy children are like puzzles most days......and advice is everywhere..