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Do you ever wonder how we all survived?

Ash123Ash123
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Seriously.  With all of the "don't do thats" out there, I sometimes have to wonder how I ever got to be an adult.  My mom gave us rice cereal in our bottles, and gave us water sometimes.  She said that's what they were told to do by the doctor. Now we aren't supposed to do that.  So... I have to wonder how we ever made it.  I also wonder what it is we're doing that our children will be talking about with other new moms when they have babies.
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  • MrsPreKMrsPreK
    I often wonder the same things...
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  • phanaticphanatic member

    i slept on my belly, was never even offered BM, watched sesame street starting at 4 months, etc, etc.

    it's a wonder i'm able to hold down not one, but two jobs, plus be a mommy!

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  • June_Bug08June_Bug08
    Well there are some babies that did die out there and are not here to say "I wonder how I survived."  Like riding w/o a carseat or sleeping on their stomach.  But I get what you are saying :)
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  • Mrs.ProvostMrs.Provost

    Sure, we survived.

    But I bet the kids/babies who didn't make it would disagree with you. 

    I'm sure as new discoveries and studies are done, some of the things we do now will be "no-no's" when our kids are parents. 

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  • bellpeppersbellpeppers
    absolutely.  that's why i think we need to take everything with a grain of salt.
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  • JessMil10JessMil10
    I slept on my belly with a blankie. By the time our kids have kids there will be contraptions to have baby's sleeping sitting up.
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  • AmberliAmberli
    Don't forget about tummy sleeping! 
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  • chrisnj0614chrisnj0614

    yes!  we all belly slept, got rice cereal in our bottles at 2 months, were FF (gasp) and had water in between feedings...how my brothers and I survived is beyond me...LOL
    DH was left to CIO as a newborn and cry when he was hungry "because it wasn't time to eat"...NICE 

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  • Parks2BeParks2Be

    My poor mom thinks were all a bunch of paranoid freaks.?

    We slept in our crib, on our belly, with blankets and our favorite toys.

    Her Dr. told her to have a cocktail from time to time and *gasp* my mom smoked WHILE she was pregnant and afterwards. (She has since quit by the way)

    So, I do sometimes wonder how we did survive.?

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  • Ash123Ash123
    I'm not saying there were babies who didn't die.  But... there are babies who die now too.  I'm just saying we all need to relax a little.  I promise you there will be things that we are doing right now that will be big no no's when our kids have children. It's just the way it is. 
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  • candrecocandreco
    I sometimes wonder how the human race has survived this long....
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  • Marie TourvilleMarie Tourville
    But even though we survived how many have health issues that could have been avoided?
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  • smi905smi905
    How about, the health issues are worse off now it seems. I swear most of the stuff, including pg warnings like no lunch meat, is just stupid (yea there is a small chance but come on!) OBVIOUSLY it was done & worked for our generation & the ones before. I think we over analyze everything & this is why SO many kids are in counseling....because their parents are worried paranoid freaks!
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