why are people so crazy?

Question

I am just reading some questions that have been asked today to kill time and was reading one about making bottles and some people gave some of the craziest answers!! One person said "well I use 7 ounces of water for 3 scoops of formula because my baby doesn't like water alone." WHAT?? when prepared it IS WATER with added nutrients! No need to supplement. One other person said "I put in 3 scoops of formula and then add water until its up to 6 ounces" AHHH!! WRONG WRONG!!! 3 scoops of formula is meant to be mixed with 6 ounces of water not 5 or however much it would be after the formula takes up room. I know I am loosing 5 points here, but i'm bored and this bothers me.... are these people getting these tips from docs or taking it into their own hands? Are these doctors real?

Answer 1

some days I feel the same, and I don't even have to come on here to read about it.



I don't claim to be a perfect parent by any means. I have a quick temper and get irritated easily, especially now that I am pregnant. But most of the time it is other kids, or my husband, not our son that gets me going. I just have to look outside my front window to see yesterday kids throwing a metal pipe at each other, like what would be used for a stop sign. Or other kids. I had to call the police last month. I live next to a cemetery and 2 boys, 7 and 8 or 9 years old went over with a baseball bat and managed to knock over 2 large granite headstones in the 5 minutes it took from the time I called to the time an officer arrived. As bad as it was, I would have felt aweful if it had of been one of the military stones or crosses because they can't be fixed. The same kids enjoy in playing in the garbage dumpster at the end of the parking lot near our place. As if there isn't enough to do they have to play in the garbage. I am only 26, but I worry for the youth of today if this is how things are turning out. Oh and about the headstone toppling, even under the juvenile act, they still weren't charged with mischeif or anything like that, but if there was enough damage their families were to pay for the repairs.

Answer 2

ya welcome to the world of parenting. Everybody has their way to do it, some make it up, some follow a book, some listen to a doctor who has never had children, some try to make their children hit all the averages and milestones exactly when they are told they should. Luckily most children are pretty resilient and can handle it and survive quite nicely when a parent doesn't meet perfection in parenting skills. And if a parent is that way off base hopefully a doctor or daycare provider or observant bystander will notice and contact the authorities.



I'm trying my best to have a laid back attitude towards raising my first. I am an older Mom, was told I would never have children and was given the most amazing gift this year of my own precious little boy. Does that mean I am going to raise him in a bubble? Heck no, he's 7 weeks old, been camping twice, he loves to lay on a blanket in the grass where his feet can touch the grass. We have 3 cats, a dog (well technically two dogs this week as we are babysitting the neighbor's dog) and my house is far from perfectly clean.



He eats when he is hungry, I try not to force a schedule on him and he has developed his own schedule. He only naps in his swing so I stock up on batteries for it. Curved spine, flat head? Not worried. I follow the instructions on the formula can because they are there for a reason. I listened to my 2 sister in laws and my mother in law and gave my son rice cereal, thinned out in a bottle at night and he loves it, sleeps better and with 4 nephews and a niece that have all followed this and are perfectly healthy and happy I ignore those that freak and say you can't do this, you might cause this to happen!!



So to each their own as long as it is not obviously harmful or dangerous. I try to follow common sense, see what doctors recommend and ask people who are successfully raising children what they did and then follow what I feel is the best course for my son, me and our lifestyle. On here though, I have no way to know if the posters are successful parents or full of **** but sometimes the advice given is good, sometimes it is crap and I have to take the rest of the information I get from other sources and balance it out.



So don't freak about way out there answers, give them a thumbs down and post what you think is right.

Answer 3

My advice is , take any answer with a grain of salt. Allot of kids are on these boards and will answer your questions. You sometimes will find people that do know what they are talking about , due to education or, experience. However when they do respond it can come out that they feel they are repeating themselves so it can come out snotty. However they are newbies to the Internet, and haven't got too much of a clue that people are people. Behind a screen or not dosen't seem to concern them.



So with that being said, take the answers that seem correct for what its worth, but always do research I follow up anything i get from these boards.



I have had several questions answer, and was happy with the answers. It is hit or miss generally.

Answer 4

Some people can't breastfeed...and those people need to read the directions on the formula or ask their doctor. AND ALWAYS follow the directions, too much or too little water can be harmful to the baby.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I breastfed. I never made one bottle of formula in my life.

Answer 7

You do realize you sound a little crazy yourself.