really?!

minervacullen

So I posted an article on FB about grandparents and how they have a lot of out of date info when it come to caring for babies. I didn't do it to single out anyone, I simply found it interesting. Dear Lord, I woke up today to see certain relatives leave very rude comments. This is one "Seriously Jennifer, Most PARENTS do not follow these "Guidelines"...What an insult to grandparents!! What a shame you posted this!!!"

For real? I just can't believe someone would react like that. And you know what, I do follow most of these, especially the car seat and milk one.

Here is the article https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/24/grandparents-need-to-be-better-informed-when-caring-for-kids/#comments

I don't know how to make things clicky.

yinyang124

Your family sounds a little overly sensitive. I didn't think the article was attacking grandparents or calling them incompetent, just stated that guidelines have changed and showed that a lot of grandparents are unaware. 

myskyegirl

minervacullen:

So I posted an article on FB about grandparents and how they have a lot of out of date info when it come to caring for babies. I didn't do it to single out anyone, I simply found it interesting. Dear Lord, I woke up today to see certain relatives leave very rude comments. This is one "Seriously Jennifer, Most PARENTS do not follow these "Guidelines"...What an insult to grandparents!! What a shame you posted this!!!"

For real? I just can't believe someone would react like that. And you know what, I do follow most of these, especially the car seat and milk one.

Here is the article https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/24/grandparents-need-to-be-better-informed-when-caring-for-kids/#comments

I don't know how to make things clicky.

I know this has nothing to do with your posting, but in case you wanted to know how to make a link clicky.....

Once the URL http link is in the message space,

1. highlight the whole LINK URL.

2. The link thingy on the Tool Bar should then be visible.

3. You should be able to then click on that and a new box will pop up.

4. Paste the URl Link in the "Link URL box and then hit "Insert"

And voila  your URL link will be clicky. 

ShellShockedMama

i think my family would take that article as an insult too. and that one comment about parents not following those rules, true.

I mean that article isn't wrong, nor are you for posting it but it is kinda rude focusing on just grandparents when many other child care givers, including parents, make these same mistakes.

at target or any shopping center I see alllllll the time parents with a child's car seat set up on the top of the cart which is 100000 wrong wrong wrong and potentially deadly. the car seat should be in the basket area of the cart, where one puts purchases.

I've also seen parents with INFANTS forward facing. in an infant carrier! in fact, I wrote a little note and left it on the mothers car because OMG that baby would die in an accident. I was very polite and not judgey at all. just trying to inform the mother that infant seats are never, ever, ever meant to be forward facing, ever. I assume she is a loving and caring mother with limited knowledge on safety.

in any event I see both sides of the upsetness. because failure to recognize common safety knowledge is not specific to just grandparents or older relatives.

awolloff

Thanks for sharing this article. 

Since I will either have to go back to work full/part time and the grandmas will have her for a good portion of the day, this reminds me how I need to form my own opinion and make them stick to it.  

SummerOH

I don't find it offensive, but I do think it's a universal problem - not just grandparents.  A lot of parents should be better educated about these things, too.

mama2many

That stinks - but several of my family probably would have reacted the same way. I can't even post many things that contain elements of my faith-led beliefs, or several of them take offense. Um, hello, MY FB. I feel like if people don't like or agree with what I put, they can just scroll on down. Apparently, others take things as a personal challenge/affront.

burgergirl13

People need to learn how to calm the hell down. Really this article is not bad at all. Just shows statistics. My mother says stuff all the time about how everything had changed since I was a baby, but she understands why its that way.

rmaxim

I totally agree with that article, though I'm pretty sure my parents and inlaws would not be happy to read it!

NoeliaV

I saw the article yesterday, but dude. Your relatives sound oversensitive to me.

RissKay

Lol. I had a status about caffeine earlier in my pregnancy and someone likened the caffeine withdrawal on baby to a drug addict.

I think they overreacted, but I think family always will.

minervacullen

I decided not to even reply. They'd probably think I was lying if I said I just posted it because I found it interesting. Oh well. Hopefully someone will read it and see something they didn't know and learn something.

 

Dimples0101

This is good information.  Thanks for sharing.  I definitely think your relatives are being overly sensitive. 

Mom2aBoy

I'd say an overreaction for sure.  That article was very informative and has shown me that my mother and MIL are still living in the past. 

sschwege

Sounds like a major overreaction!  

SingleMom31

I do plan to follow most of the recs in that article, especially the car seat ones. My family has already told me that I'm being overprotective and often use the excuse, "...but you were just fine." Yes, and just because cars once didn't have seatbelts and not everyone died doesn't mean we should all stop wearing them now. Kinda bugs me.

hellopoppyseed

My MIL is talking all the time about how she was told to give her babies water. Stuff like this freaks me out so badly. Yeah they did things differently and it's not ok. To me all of these are super obvious and important.