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Post by Jersey on Sept 21, 2007 14:23:19 GMT -5
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Post by Phil on Sept 21, 2007 14:34:25 GMT -5
Unfortunately most people are concerned about inexpensive. And inexpensive does sacrifice quality.
And I agree with you Jersey you should not skimp where your kids are concerned.
This is the worst though. Three infants have been killed and 7 seriously injured.
As a father of 3 I have to say there's something personally in this you worry about your kids all the time. You just do. You see them running in the back yard you look for tree roots, toys left on the lawn, anything. You watch all the time. When you have your 1st kid you will know exactly what I mean right now.
Well school you think about them, and how they'll respond to preschool, and even if they cough or something when they're very little you open your eyes wide and hesitate.
The 1 place you figure they're safe for sure is in a crib. Once you take away that. I don't know where we go from there.
Our boys were about a year old before we even put the crib in their own room. We're setting up a room for our girl. But our daughter is only 4 months old her crib is at the foot of our bed so my wife or I can monitor at all times. And that's how we have always doen it.
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Post by Mahnarch on Sept 21, 2007 23:44:51 GMT -5
I don't have kids, myself...probably never will, but I WAS a kid once.
I don't remember being in my own crib much, but I do remember climbing into my sister's and stealing her bottle. (THAT'S an early memory.)
The 70s-80s cribs were very hard cornered and usually very tall.
Imagine a 2 year old climbing up a 5ft crib wall and over the top, landing on his infant sister....
Those were the days - like I said in my MSpaint thread I started, "Let him pull the TV down on himself. He'll learn."
Of course, there's 'Your own stupidity' as a child, and 'Outside stupidity' as a child.
It'd be like someone hitting your kid with a baseball bat and saying, "It'll teach him."
Complete opposite.
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Post by Classicblast on Sept 23, 2007 18:20:39 GMT -5
Blastgirl and I talked about that too.
It's amazing how and where people are willing to sacrifice usefulness to save a few dollars.
I understand they don't think the crib will be unsafe but I for one would like to see people say "We bought the safest crib/bed possible for our kid than We got Junior a bed for $50.
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Post by skier1 on Sept 23, 2007 19:11:57 GMT -5
The Chinese forgot to account for how fat American babies are.
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Post by Demona on Sept 23, 2007 19:17:03 GMT -5
How come it's all this stuff from China we hear about? Why even send companies over there that originated in OUR country to do work taken away from us? Another example of trying to save money. Not saying the same mistake could have been made here but holy sh*t.
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Post by jesusaurus on Sept 23, 2007 22:03:06 GMT -5
The Chinese forgot to account for how fat American babies are. sig'd |
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Post by Mahnarch on Sept 25, 2007 1:33:53 GMT -5
It's not the babies faults, guys, it's the parents that give in to the infant's whining and crying just to shut them up.
That builds a thought pattern of "I can get whatever I want if I cry enough".
Today's parents need to learn a simple word: "No."
And, to keep the shopping cart far enough away from the shelves for the kids to reach the Cocoa Puffs and Count Chocula.
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Post by Blastgirl on Sept 26, 2007 23:13:22 GMT -5
Awww, I hate to see my little Angels cry. It's not that I give them things just to shut them up.
My Husband, however, that's another story. ;D
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Post by Mahnarch on Sept 27, 2007 4:08:57 GMT -5
Oh, hoo....interesting teaser, that.
I treat little kids who whine for attention the same as I do my dogs.
If they whine, I turn my back on them until they shut up. Then I'll have a conversation with them.
Whining turns back on, my back comes....back.
It's pretty easy once you do it a few times.
It breaks that certain thought pattern in their minds - otherwise, my dogs will grow up and whine for a new car and expect to get one, you know?
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Post by Demona on Sept 27, 2007 22:38:13 GMT -5
Um, we're talking babies though...you know, they don't know better and crying is the way they get attention because their is a reason but they can't talk. It's natural. If they've already been fed, the haven't crapped their pants, and aren't sick, there's no harm in leaving them alone until they quiet down.
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Post by Classicblast on Sept 27, 2007 23:28:22 GMT -5
- otherwise, my dogs will grow up and whine for a new car and expect to get one, you know? Yeah that's right. |
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Post by Mahnarch on Sept 28, 2007 1:53:46 GMT -5
Um, we're talking babies though...you know, they don't know better and crying is the way they get attention because their is a reason but they can't talk. It's natural. If they've already been fed, the haven't crapped their pants, and aren't sick, there's no harm in leaving them alone until they quiet down. When we're talking 'pre-intelligible' infants, it's the same deal. If you constantly hold a baby they get used to it and cry when you aren't holding them. My mom had to go through this with me and my aunt. My aunt would come over early in the morning and hold me all day long (cuz I was so cute) and when she left in the evening I would cry until my mom held me. She finally put a karate chop to that I learned to live without being held. *** Classic, you the man. You know where I'm coming from. And, when I say 'New car', I'm not talking "New-to-them" but, 'Showroom-New' - 'Zero Miles-New' for those who might have missed that. I went to highschool with a bunch of whiners. |
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