EU MP with baby in sling

This made my day!!!

This is a link to the original article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314283/Licia-Ronzulli-brings-baby-EU-Parliament.html and can I be smug? She Italian!!!!

Oh dear...

The baby carrier arrived today and we hated it!!! Uncomfortable to put on and to keep on... I've sent it back. I guess there's a moral to this story, if you already have something that's good and that works why on earth would you want to go searching for the "perfect" thing instead, in our case our lovely connecta is fine, comfy, Mr Baby loves it, yes he is a bit heavy, but I will just have to get used to a back carry instead! No more searching for a perfect that probably doesn't exist.

Done it again...

Bought yet antother baby carrier... But to my defence I have listed an old one on ebay... Anyone interested in a cream padded ring sling? The new one is a patapum in chocolate, can't wait!!! Mr baby is getting very heavy so I like the look of this one.

Mummy wars mark 2

Ok, after careful consideration I have decided to leave all forum groups where I could encounter posts advocating Gina Ford and similar child training stuff, why bother getting upset... A lot of women clearly think this is best for their children, there is a lot of literature out there telling them the opposite but they would rather listen to "experts" who promise an easy ride, what can I do? Getting cross does not seem to work :)

Mummy wars

I feel like Galileo today (well, most days...) having discovered that the earth is round and finding that everyone around him wants him to be quiet as of course the earth is flat and the sun goes around us... The reason for this? Child and baby training. I have just left a group I very much enjoyed on the babycentre forum as the talk of controlled crying and children left to vomit until they fall asleep exhausted has made me as ill as these poor children. I tried this damned cc myself with my first child and not a day goes by that I don't regret it. All the scientific texts that I have read point to the fact that parents need to be very responsive to their babies, this leads to more secure children and adults not the other way round, I was told that attachment parenting is not good as children need to be independent, but silly ignorant woman!! That's what attachment does! It's leaving these poor mites to cry that turns them into needy and clingy children and adults. Why do most parents still believe the earth is flat then, when it comes to childcare? Is it because baby books are big business? Supernanny has great ratings! How sad for all of us...