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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
My first FFFC
I know it's awful but I completely judge my SIL's parenting. Pretty much everything she says about her parenting makes me wanna side eye her and buy her a book or two, and when DH says "my sister says she did this" or something to that effect I just wanna smack him cause he doesn't even realize she has no idea what she's doing.
A few examples:
Her child was in a forward facing carseat at 9 months and was nowhere near the weight requirements for forward facing at this point.
They lived with us for a month and I never saw her actually feed him a meal. Throughout the day it would be a few apple slices, some cheese, crackers, or a cookie.
This kid has to wake up at 6:30am to go to daycare and has no bedtime or bedtime routine, usually staying up until 10pm when they lived with us.
I know this is completely flame-able so flame away if you want. Sorry so long, I've been keeping it inside for a long time!
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Re: My first FFFC
It is a WA State law that they must be rear facing until 12 months of age, or 20 lbs. He is 17 months now and weighs 22 lbs so I think its safe to say he was not 20 lbs at 9 months!
No flaming here. I somewhat do the same, although my SIL doesn't sound as bad as yours. My thing is that their 7 mos old is still not sttn, and I think it is prob cuz they still co-sleep (in their bed). I've given them plenty of recs, since my 3 mos old does sttn, but they haven't taken any of it. Oh well.
I totally judge my older sister's parenting skills. She has 4 boys that run WILD through her house, literally bouncing off the walls. I once watched them jump from the dresser to the bed to the bookshelf and back again - next to a window - and she didn't do a thing (I pulled them down and distracted them with a game). They beat on each other, throw food all over the house (literally - there are Cheerios covering her kitchen floor every time I visit), and are generally unruly and rude. She complains about their behavior, and when I ask her why she doesn't do anything about it, she says, "Well, they just don't listen. It's just how they are." Um, no. When they're at my house, they go to time-out EVERY time they break a rule, and they listen to me. There's no bouncing off of the furniture or wrestling with the dog. Her response to all of this is that they just like me better. Plus, when she gets overwhelmed by them, her response is to set them in front of the TV. She will call me on the phone and say, "Well, I just got the kids plugged in to the Transformers movie, so I have a little while to chat." WTF?!? You've got them "plugged in"?!?! Nevermind that Transformers wasn't intended for the 6 and under crowd . . .
<sigh> Yeah, I understand. . .
Awesome! My sister tried to take her 3 yr. old to see the 2nd Transformers, cause she wanted to go with a friend! I was like um no I will watch him, he probably would've had nightmares for years!