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Comment on Infant rules have expiry clauses, right? by Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:38:00 +0000

In my mind rules will continuely evolve and change – just wait until A gets to be a pre schooler. I think the best rule of thumb is using your instinct and intuition.

Comment on Infant rules have expiry clauses, right? by clara

clara — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:56:45 +0000

Oh yeah. They expire. I think that’s why there should be multiple caregivers for every child. For example, say one parent doesn’t know “the rule” about whole apples, so watches the kid eat a whole apple and then the next time the kid goes to eat a whole apple, comforts the first parent while he freaks about the kid! Is eating! A whole! Apple! (Not that it’s ever happened to me. Ahem.)

I draw the line at tiny chokeable items and strings but everything else in the crib is fine. Starting about 18 months old, aka when the child has learned how to argue. Coincidence? Hm.

Out of curiosity, what’s wrong with the sheepskin? The worst thing that happened to ours is I stored it in the closet between kid1 and kid2 and the moths destroyed it. (FYI.)

Comment on Infant rules have expiry clauses, right? by Ironic Mom

Ironic Mom — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:51:21 +0000

Yes, rules change, thankfully. We were vigilant with sterilizing soothers and everything until we found William, age 9 months, sucking on the stroller wheel in a airport in Thailand. I see infant rules a bit like New Year’s Resolutions: you keep them for a while, then gradually they get tossed out the window.

Comment on Infant rules have expiry clauses, right? by Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:00:55 +0000

You know when the rules change because you know your kid. You know better than “they” do what she is ready for.
I agree that we have to let go of those “rules” sometimes. And don’t worry, if I took a picture of B’s bed, it would look the same! He has trains, toys, pillows, etc and sleeps just fine

Comment on Infant rules have expiry clauses, right? by Lorry

Lorry — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:44:54 +0000

Bean's bed, shortly before her 2nd birthday. You're not alone. lol I've wondered this too. It's especially interesting in a mixed-culture household since there are two sets of "rules." I was all "nothing in the crib", but shoot, at the hospital nurses kept putting a duvet in Bean's bassinet. It's simply not a rule here. But there is a rule about putting babies outside for naps. Bean outgrew that rule when construction above our flat meant junk kept falling on our balcony, but apparently some people put their two- and three-year-olds outside in prams to nap. I think for me, it's mostly been a case of the rule just not working anymore (like stuff falling on the balcony), or the see-a-kid-of-similar-age method.

Comment on Infant rules have expiry clauses, right? by Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:53:22 +0000

I asked a nurse once at what age a baby could have stuffed toys in his crib and she said a year old. So there are “ages” at which the rules end, for sure. Like nuts and chips. They say 4 years old. But we gave up on some rules earlier than we should, too. Like raw carrots. It’s supposed to be 4 as well, but what do you do when it’s the only veggie that your two and a half year old will eat? I tell you what we did: we watched him carefully and made sure he sat down to eat, and we kinda know what to do if he chokes… All rules have to end, but it’s true that it’s easier to find the rule than find when it ends!

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Comment on Parenting and Political Affiliation… is there a connection? by Lisa Sunbury

Lisa Sunbury — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:01:34 +0000

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Comment on Tuesdays 2 Think: Esperanza by clara

clara — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:04:52 +0000

I love this part, “Each of these women was weaving all the dangling threads of her life into something beautiful and unique” something so compelling about weaving.

Congratulations on your children’s book!