Comments on: Doing the right thing

By: Top Bird @ Wee Birdy

Top Bird @ Wee Birdy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:22:47 +0000

Incredible advice about condensed milk, unbelievable! Apparently I was brought up on Dr Spock’s advice. Not sure what that means! xx

By: Funny Girl...

Funny Girl... — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:09:48 +0000

I am sooo laughing until i filled my rubber nickers!!!! hahahahahaaaa…we all know they are a yeast infection waiting to happen!!!! LOL

By: Margaret Holtz

Margaret Holtz — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:14:57 +0000

Yes this is a cracker, and a fine example to everyone, just listen to what is right at the time, and most of all girls, go on your instincts! they never really let us down.

Rubber knickers and terry nappies, remember? that wee fat leg of yer baby with a red rubber indent in the shape of the pattern round the side of a pie case! Poor wee things!

I did laugh out loud, thanks!!

By: OTIN

OTIN — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:44:40 +0000

If parents gave their kids today, what we had as children, they would be hauled away by social services!!!

By: Eliane

Eliane — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:50:37 +0000

having a ‘living doll’ in the late sixties in brazil – my little brother – i also was informed that it is important to feed him with sweetened evaporated milk. since that time i myself love it and sometimes even kill hints of nearing depressions with a few spoons of that white and sticky poison… but i never fed it to my kids while they were small.
i am back after two weeks without my beloved mac-laptop (it was really kept for me at cork airport!). when i came home i leant that the storms had taken our new internet line. now we are back to the satellite line, better than nothing but again that third-world-feeling… hugs eliane

By: jane

jane — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:08:55 +0000

great post spud. thanks for that flashback. rubber knickers, carnation milk- classic! you can get up on that soap box as much as you like. besos!

By: NiceLadyDoctor

NiceLadyDoctor — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:43:56 +0000

“holding out” means holding the baby over the potty, to encourage early potty training. Not dissimilar to “elimination-communication” these days.

By: CatLadyLarew

CatLadyLarew — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:12:17 +0000

They really should start tattooing the directions for babies on their butts before sending them home. What’s a mother to do? I was clueless, but managed to keep Vlad alive on breast milk for the first months. It must have worked well because he was at the top of the weight charts… the pediatrician finally told me to lay off the feedings! But Carnation milk? With sugar added? That sounds so 50’s!

By: Christine Bidmead

Christine Bidmead — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:18:35 +0000

Well, well. Fantastic. As a health visitor of today it did make me laugh. Yes, how I remember my mother doing all this will my younger brother and sister. ‘holding your baby out’ refers to the practice of holding them over a potty after every feed to see what you can catch!! I remember my mother’s delight in catching even the smallest wee. You ahve to remember all nappies were hand washed in those days. Not recommended today as potty training should not begin until the child is about two!

By: alison

alison — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:11:36 +0000

I loved this, it made me laugh.And as a health visitor blush a little. What we do to new parents, but we are just trying to give the best advice we have at that time.

I have to agree all you can do is try your best….especially when the goal posts keep moving.

Is the rubber knickers for mum, dad or baby ? Mind you if your feeding them high sugar milk its bound to be needed for the aftermath!

I also heard that back in the days, breastfeeding mums to be were advised to scrub nipples with a nail brush to toughen them up ! Arghh.
That was after the midwife inspected them at antenatal clinics to assess their suitability for breastfeeding.