If you don't have children, then you have no right...

[mwdh1]

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Yours get milk? No wonder they are brats you spoil them.

 

[Chicken Fruit]

People like that are a dime a dozen.

The masses are losing their minds. Iam not exaggerating. People are going mad- and this is the proof.

The kind of mother than drowns her children... seriously. Thats just sick of him to say!

We're spankers, in the north east. You should see the looks I get on the RARE occasion I have to spank my toddlers butt in public. My parents are in MO, and I go down there and NO ONE even notices, because iam surely not the only one.

I've had women say things under their breath at me after slapping a butt that were not suitable for my toddler to hear, and things I certainly cant repeat on here. Mean while their kids are slapping other kids, knocking my toddler over, screaming, throwing fits, throwing things, biting and carrying on. We're talking about kids 2 and three times his age!

I will continue to spank my child until my hand falls off if it means making sure he's the last and only well behaved functional child and moral adult out of his generation.

YEESH.

 

[Judy]

My only child was a "6 month colic" baby -- in other words, I had an awful time burping him. Spent many nights in a chair with him lying on me and fussing or crying. Yikes. I tried gas drops and a catnip and chamomile tea which sometimes seemed to help. Didn't have internet then (he is 33.) Wish I had heard of the fennel. I'd sure try it.

As for the jerk in the first post, he definitely has a screw loose, I'm sure some serious emotional problems. Your anger is quite understandable, but in the end, he is the one who will most likely suffer severe emotional distress all his life. So, rant on when it helps, but also remember who is ahead of the game here....

 

[Bettacreek]

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I get this too and then in my case my son is adopted.
Chris

Me too. I had three c-sections, and people always assume I have not had a real 'childbirth experience.' Which, I tend to agree, but then some of those people had c-sections of their own, and man their stories changed! Getting your belly sliced open is not the 'easy way out!!!'

Pfft. I had both of my through a "normal" delivery. Let me tell you, the labor is the worst part, once you start pushing, you don't feel it anymore, ESPECIALLY if you have an epidural. First one, I had an epidural, second one, went without anything. Really, the actual delivery isn't painful, or at least it wasn't for me. The c-section folks have a longer recovery too. I'd take normal delivery over a c-section any day. Certainly don't envy you ladies that have had them.

My SIL had to have one too, poor gal.

 

[jonathansenn]

just texted my wife about burping cause we had the same problem with our oldest (still have a problem with burping ... boys

) Anyway she reminded me that we had a "vibrating massage chair" that we fed him in at home. We also had a "vibrating" little seat thingy that we kept in the truck. hmmm that may be why he can't sit still now

 

[Hens_And_Chicks]

All expert opinions and predisposed thought patterns about kids, child rearing, babies and anything else remotely related to children flushes down the toilet with your very own child when you change the diaper for the first time. All those thoughts of how it's gonna be when *I* have kids dissipate like a vapor in the wind.

You go from being a specialist to an empathist - it used to drive me crazy when people's kids misbehaved in public and cried in a restraunt - then I had a baby and realized those mothers need a break, a helping hand, sympathy, a nap.

It's always easiest to be the backseat driver.

 

[Feathered Wings]

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My friend has a 14 yearold daughter she was very strict about curfews, friends and outings.
Well her daughter's grades weren't the best and the teachers sudgested counseling.
Counseler told her to give her more freedom and she would do better in school.
Against her own judgement and to stop the harrasment she agreed to let her do more sleep overs at friends.

Her daughters baby is due in june and the dad of the babys mom told her to get an abortion.
Told my friend to do away with that thing it was ruining her son's life.

People should mind their own business and let parents raise thier own kids.

 

[MichiganWoods]

Sheesh. I woulda done this to the guy:

. I'm not a perfect mom, and being ADD makes it all that much more difficult to NOT get frustrated with my kids. I'm always frustrated. But I love my kids, and they love me, and we're all doing the best we can. -- I bet that guy is single too. He must be in search of a "perfect mommy" for his future "perfect kids", which will never happen. Besides, if we were all perfect, the world wouldn't be very interesting!

My first DD had extreme colic for the first 4 months or so. We ended up having to give her Mylicon Drops. They were the only thing that worked for her. I really hope you're able to find something to help your DS soon.

 

[gypsy2621]

Betta,
sounds like a colic of some sort, My oldest neice was hard to burp, the mother was naturally very stressed over the situation.
what I would do for the child was sit in a comfy chair knees slightly elivated babys head on my knees, and bounce the knees gently while doing the back tap, for some reason between the bouncing up and down and the patting of the back seems to bring up those hard to get burps.
as for the head case who railed you , cant fix stupid and cant cure ignorant,

 

[jonathansenn]

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