Just how bad can parents get?

Shepherd1

My daughter is always hot and I'm always cold, so we dress completely different for the weather I can be in jeans with a top and a cardigan (thin one) and she will be in shorts and t shirt. She also refuses to wear socks and shoes in the garden or car and I have given up telling her to put them on.

My mother used to drive me mad when I first had my daughter as every time she saw her she would say my daughter was not wrapped up enough, you only had to touch her to feel how warm she was. She then did the same with my sister when she had her little boy.

Oldernotwiser

far more worrying are the parents who wrap their children up as if they're going on an Arctic trek in the autumn or spring.

Shepherd1

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

far more worrying are the parents who wrap their children up as if they're going on an Arctic trek in the autumn or spring.

That will be my mother

stiltwalker

My little man (11 weeks) is a toast monster, so's his sister(2). Took him to be weighed at the HV the oher day and the room was so hot he was shrieking. I was taking as many clothes off him as I could (if there was anything I could have taken off myself and remained decent I would have)! But there was one poor little baby in wooly tights!!! Felt so sorry for the little mite, hate it when I see mum's out in skinny tops and shorts when the bairns have tights and cardies on. It's only the last couple of months I've been able to keep a pair of socks on DD - she has boots to wear as she's hypermobile so needs the extra support for her ankles, hence the socks in this weather. Often thought over the winter that superglue might be the only way of keeping socks on her and I do believe it's frowned upon to superglue your kids clothes on!! LOL

Hijabee

Oh My goodness! That is so true! I once saw a man who had a about 2 month baby in a pushchair, turned away from him, nothing on - the baby was slouched down and crying and the man eating a cheesy pasty from greggs!

Hijabee

aww! that is sweet!

MrsE_2

FBaby wrote: »

How horrible to make such quick judgment... Maybe that girl spent the night at her mum unexpectedly, and as it was so nice yesterday, she didn't have warm clothes and rain cover. Maybe she woke up this morning and her baby had a fever. Called the doctor who told her she could see her baby in 10 minutes.... she was running in the rain for her appointment with baby, hoping that she is ok....

Pathetic to jump to conclusion knowing nothing of the circumstances...

But she had a rain coat & hood for herself;)

MrsE_2

Sally_A wrote: »

Well put me down as a crap parent - my faux pas:-

2) Health visitor came, daughter asleep on the settee, legs akimbo, with the dog snuggled up resting her nose (the dogs) on the babies nappy. Health visitor dumbfounded, asked it I trusted the dog - yep totally. About 2 years later, the Dog snapped and growled at my daughter, daughter ran in telling tales, I watched through the crack in the door and saw her tormenting the dog mercilessly - daughter got a telling off, dog got fuss.

You stood there spying? While your daughter was at risk of getting bitten when "tormenting the dog mercilessly"
You took a chance didn't you?

freddie_2

This is how bad parents can get -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14402689

milliebear00001

My first though on reading the baby in the rain story, and the freezer aisle one, is the amount of times we have it rammed home to us, as new parents these days, how important it is not to allow a baby to overheat. I remember being paranoid about this when mine were babies. Perhaps both parents thought they were acting in their child's best interests? Both children are unlikely to come to any long-term harm from either of the actions, which is the most important thing.