Posted on 04/01/2012 4:50:49 PM PDT by Altariel
"Something," yes. THAT thing, no fricken way!
All things do not get the same level of attention and concern, at least in my world. When I pick up my Glock, it is with a much different comportment than when I pick up my toothbrush: same with my kid.
But that's been my point all along; Moses didn't come down off the mountain with tablets stating the "correct" position for the toilet seat is "down." Women do not, or at least should not, get to define what is and is not acceptable parenting and childcare using themselves as the model.
Ooh, I did this a few times with my baby. So glad I have switched to wearing her in a pouch now when shopping. Scary. Prayers up for that mom. Some car seats kind of snap in and some really just hover there. You have to keep your hand on it at all times. Better get some form of baby carrier and wear your baby.
I’m not all that far from Compton but I’ve slept with all 4 of my kids at times and would never roll over onto them. Insane.
Really? I could be totally out of the loop: I’ve never heard that. Have you a link that could point us to some evidence thereof?
OK freedumb, we are square on this one. Accidents happen, often tragically, with no fault. Not the fault of the mom, not the fault of the store, not the fault of the shopping cart manufacturer.
Just a tragic accident.
It isn’t hyperbole. Every accident in childrearing to you is negligence. Therefore you expect perfection in childrearing. I do not believe that this case is a CLEAR case of negligence. We do not have all the details. It MAY have been a case of negligence. I would NEVER excuse a clear case of negligence. However, you allow NO room for human error in raising children. That is impossible. I can’t help it if reality doesn’t fit into your thus far mistake free parenting life.
Please answer this, did you and your wife have to deal with pregnancy, childbirth, sleep deprivation, nursing, colic etc? Or did you adopt an older child from China? How many children do you have? These are VERY relevant questions. I also noticed that you have a mother in law that lives with you. Does she offer help with your child/children?
I always carried my babies in slings in public. It keeps them close to you and it keeps strangers from trying to touch them. I never could carry around those heavy carseats with the baby inside. ‘Baby wearing’ is the best!
First of all, I did not FORGET to take precautions to buckle my daughter in to her carseat. I had NO KNOWLEDGE of the fact that her carseat was not strapped in the car. I can’t MAKE myself remember something of which I have no prior knowledge. If the carseat jostled around when my daughter was getting into it, I did not see it because she climbed into the carseat by herself and buckled her straps. I imagine at that point, her weight was holding her carseat firmly in place Therefore, I took for granted that it was strapped into the car just like every other day of my life as her mother. The circumstance was unusual and it has happened only once in 12 years of parenting. That isn’t negligence, that is human error. It could have ended tragically but thank God it did not. My older daughter noticed the carseat sway slightly when I went around a curve and we immediately pulled over and secured it into the car.
Yes I agree that some things get more attention than others. Children are the top priority. I did not handle her safety carelessly. I did not leave her unstrapped in her carseat or allow her to roam free in the car while I was driving. I reasonably assumed that I had secured my daughter into the car properly.
No women do not get to define acceptable parenting using themselves as models. Neither do men. God defines for my family what is and is not acceptable parenting. Do I always live up to His standards? No and do you know why? Because I am human and imperfect. I am thankful for His grace.
I love the business analogy....perfect....
“Babies go to day care at six months old and even get potty trained there.”
I think you mean six weeks old.
Google Milwaukee co-sleeping deaths
We’ve just had this year a repeat mom crush her kid to death sleeping. They do this because it’s not the kid of the current boyfriend. Nobody gets charged. It only happens with minorities here. The mayor’s response is to put billboards on buses about avoiding co-sleeping - the week this stupid campaign started we had 2_3 co-sleeping deaths.
What it is is infanticide but nobody has the balls to call it that because it is a 100% minority - almost all black - “problem”.
They will get rid of a baby if the current boyfriend says it’s me or the other guys’ baby. As you said they will just have another one with the current boyfriend.
Thanks—what a horror.
I learn something every day at FR.
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