Washing baby clothes

BowWowBowie · October 2015

pintobio said:

Well, my goodness, I guess I'm surprised that my child has lasted to two years old: some of her clothes have flame retardants and we use dryer sheets. :-$
Check back in with us in 20 years...

What a disgusting, completely awful thing to say/insinuate. Way to be a winner there.

TomekiaB · October 2015

Flame retardants are a personal choice. Many people do not have the financial privilege to be able to afford products that are all naturally flame retardant. I understand some of the concerns about the toxicity but flame retardants are added to certain products because not being flame resistant also is a risk.

Flame retardants exist in certain products by law for a safety reason--because children were getting injured. The reason certain things are required to be flame retardant is because there were enough children that ended up with burns that were made much worse by the flammability of baby gear in a fire. For example serious burns like 60% total body surface area that are deep are very hard to recover from metabolically and leave bad scars that may cause mental health issues. Severe burns require a very complex level of care to treat because it becomes very hard to fight infections and maintain body temperature with significant burns in fact according to wikipedia there are only 54 credentialed burn units in the USA the level of care is considered so complex.

FinePlacentaPie · October 2015

Catching on fire is also pretty dangerous and toxic, so there is that....

CanadAli · October 2015

If the pj's have anything screen-printed onto the fronts, they will tell you to wash inside out. That's standard procedure for anything screen-printed to protect the design and help it last.

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fitmama89 · October 2015

Guys! I have been looking everywhere for an organic bubble to stick my baby in to keep him safe from the chemicals that SURROUND us in life. Any luck? Whole foods has been out.

CharminglySouthern · October 2015

fitmama89 said:
Guys! I have been looking everywhere for an organic bubble to stick my baby in to keep him safe from the chemicals that SURROUND us in life. Any luck? Whole foods has been out.

I've had mine ordered for months. Get it together already @fitmama89

CharminglySouthern · October 2015

pintobio said:
An organic bubble is not necessary or even possible in this world. But it's not difficult or impossible to make changes in order to be healthier. It's really not difficult to check a clothing tag for fire retardants. I'd hardly call that an "organic bubble," and I think you know that. But snide remarks get attention and apparently make you feel really good about yourself. So please do whatever you need to do to maintain self esteem.

Here's the thing: when someone makes a suggestion or shares a personal experience, you can make a choice. You can do one of 4 things, generally:
1. Take the suggestion to heart and understand that the person is trying to help; learn from their mistakes
2. Quietly disregard the suggestion because you don't believe in it
3. Have an intelligent discussion about the topic, ask questions or convey your routines and specify why you do things that way (respectfully)
Or
4. Make a snide/rude/sarcastic remark.

I'm just going to leave it at that and keep a healthy disposition here.

Your comment was pretty effing rude and disgusting . Own it, maybe be a halfway decent human and apologize, but don't sit here and try to justify yourself.

There's a difference between being a little snarky and being a downright see you next Tuesday.

adecembermom2015 · October 2015

D15 was getting boring. Nice to see a change.

CharminglySouthern · October 2015

pintobio said:

CharminglySouthern said:

pintobio said:
An organic bubble is not necessary or even possible in this world. But it's not difficult or impossible to make changes in order to be healthier. It's really not difficult to check a clothing tag for fire retardants. I'd hardly call that an "organic bubble," and I think you know that. But snide remarks get attention and apparently make you feel really good about yourself. So please do whatever you need to do to maintain self esteem.

Here's the thing: when someone makes a suggestion or shares a personal experience, you can make a choice. You can do one of 4 things, generally:
1. Take the suggestion to heart and understand that the person is trying to help; learn from their mistakes
2. Quietly disregard the suggestion because you don't believe in it
3. Have an intelligent discussion about the topic, ask questions or convey your routines and specify why you do things that way (respectfully)
Or
4. Make a snide/rude/sarcastic remark.

I'm just going to leave it at that and keep a healthy disposition here.
Your comment was pretty effing rude and disgusting . Own it, maybe be a halfway decent human and apologize, but don't sit here and try to justify yourself.

There's a difference between being a little snarky and being a downright see you next Tuesday.
I did own it. Maybe you should go back and read the apology. Right now I am addressing you, "southern charmer."

Right now all I see is waa waa I was attacked. And you trying to justify your completely disgusting comment.

urby87 · October 2015

All I'm getting here is, 'My comment may have been extremely uncalled for, but it was justified because she gave me some lighthearted sarcasm first!'

BostonBaby1 · October 2015

Snarky, sarcastic and unnecessary replies are what makes this community so entertaining!

@redfallon is such a productive and helpful member. Her stats prove that.

*brevity

adecembermom2015 · October 2015

urby87 said:
All I'm getting here is, 'My comment may have been extremely uncalled for, but it was justified because she gave me some lighthearted sarcasm first!'

Right? She just said her 2 year old is just fine and she gets an extremely uncalled for comment that suggests horrible things will happen to her child. Not cool.

Mother0fDragons · October 2015

breezypip · October 2015

adecembermom2015 said:

urby87 said:
All I'm getting here is, 'My comment may have been extremely uncalled for, but it was justified because she gave me some lighthearted sarcasm first!'
Right? She just said her 2 year old is just fine and she gets an extremely uncalled for comment that suggests horrible things will happen to her child. Not cool.

I was reading down the thread and saw that snarky comment implying she was doing harm to her children because she uses dryer sheets and thought "whoa now!". Nothing was out of line until then.

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