children rant!

big soft moose said:
Also just re reading the OP why is the brat still being given breast milk at 3 and a half - thats surely not normal >
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When I was a part time Open University I had a student (mid 30s) who was breast feeding her 7year old daughter! She never wore a bra and I found it difficult to look in her direction..... Takes all sorts I suppose?

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Tigger.ufo said:
Just think what brat will be like with its own new sibling!

I suspect bratmum might become a little less tolerant!


Heather
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Sincerely, I worry for her!

Huge Jarse - the average age of weaning is over 4 years old and the world health organisation recommend that children are breastfed for at least 2 years. :thumbs: Personally, I find it more disturbing that people choose to drink milk meant for a baby animal of a different species, not just in infancy and childhood, but their entire lives, but hey, each to their own. :thumbs:
 
MagicMynx said:
Sincerely, I worry for her!

Huge Jarse - the average age of weaning is over 4 years old and the world health organisation recommend that children are breastfed for at least 2 years. :thumbs: Personally, I find it more disturbing that people choose to drink milk meant for a baby animal of a different species, not just in infancy and childhood, but their entire lives, but hey, each to their own. :thumbs:
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I was not demeaning her choice to breast feed her 7 year old. and I am aware of WHO studies so not necessary to lecture an old fart...

All 3 of mine were fed naturally as were my 6 grandchildren as I was.

The difficult issue was her leaking nipples and the sour smell.... I was not going to br graphic above but sometimes needs must

STEVE
 
MagicMynx said:
Lol - smelly student syndrome - nursing mothers don't tend to go around stinking of sour milk lol
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This one was the exception......

She "leaked" constantly! No bra = no pads = wet tee dhirt

Meant to say, I ran a weekend invite study groups at Lippets Hill in Epping Forest and she came along with her dsughter. Tantrum aftrr tantrum, stamping feet - yes the 7 year old wss a little "princess".

Steve
 
MagicMynx said:
Eww!! No bra and screaming brat, no wonder she leaked!
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She leaked when the kid wasn't there too.....

I see breast feeding as a yotally natural and beautiful happenance but this woman pushed my boundaries beyond my comgott xone

S
 
too much info :puke:
 
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Hugh Jarse said:
Julie

You have my sympathy.

My youngest had severe reflux at :-1 month. Was expelling all his milk.

Aweek later we took him to hospital and the prognosis was Pyloric Stenosis

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyloric_stenosis

A little op later and all was sorted.

Good luck

Strve
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Thanks Steve

We're still at the gaviscon/ ranitidine stage. We've been here before with our son. Girls are meant to be less likely to get it but somehow she's worse. Fortunately we have a very good GP who's taking it seriously even though she's not lost any weight.

I think pyloric stenosis is more projectile, this just pours out rather than shoots out.

Note the time of posting :(
 
Julie1979 said:
Thanks Steve

We're still at the gaviscon/ ranitidine stage. We've been here before with our son. Girls are meant to be less likely to get it but somehow she's worse. Fortunately we have a very good GP who's taking it seriously even though she's not lost any weight.

I think pyloric stenosis is more projectile, this just pours out rather than shoots out.

Note the time of posting :(
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Julie

Tes it is more the projectile vomiting end. In our case it was like The Exorcist without a doubt.

It started with reflux though for our baby. A difficult time for sure

Steve.
 
Am I the only one here who thinks this kid is in for a nasty shock as he moves up the school system.
Seen this with my kids when they were that age, and one child in particular.
At the moment he is the big fish in the pond as he goes up the system he is about to become the smaller fish, and other kids won't put up with it, neither will the better trained/qualified teachers.
Although in this kids case, although he no longer bullied etc at school, he did still give his mum hell due to his fathers influence of women being there at the beck and call of the males in the house
 
Gremlin said:
Am I the only one here who thinks this kid is in for a nasty shock as he moves up the school system.
Seen this with my kids when they were that age, and one child in particular.
At the moment he is the big fish in the pond as he goes up the system he is about to become the smaller fish, and other kids won't put up with it, neither will the better trained/qualified teachers.
Although in this kids case, although he no longer bullied etc at school, he did still give his mum hell due to his fathers influence of women being there at the beck and call of the males in the house
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Possibly yes. A friend of mine has a psychotic toddler that we all hated coming to our houses. When he went to nursery he turned into the most timid child ever.

At least at school the mum won't be in charge.
 
I replied earlier in the thread to something Pete said but bit my tongue. The issue I have more is the op continually calling the child a brat along with other posters

I have done several residential trips with my children's schools and have on 2 occasions had children who were possibly classed as not the best behaved children (ok they were older than the ops example) but I found by engaging with them they were really good kids it seemed that because some of the kids and other parents didn't engage with them that they thought there was no point and might as well behave in the way that people thought they should. It also meant they got some attention which is all they really wanted. They have turned into really nice kids now.
 
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Gremlin said:
Am I the only one here who thinks this kid is in for a nasty shock as he moves up the school system.
Seen this with my kids when they were that age, and one child in particular.
At the moment he is the big fish in the pond as he goes up the system he is about to become the smaller fish, and other kids won't put up with it, neither will the better trained/qualified teachers.
Although in this kids case, although he no longer bullied etc at school, he did still give his mum hell due to his fathers influence of women being there at the beck and call of the males in the house
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No, I think that too. Child has constant 1 on 1 attention at the moment, school starting and a new baby around the same time...Mum is gonna have a lot to deal with!
 
MagicMynx said:
No, I think that too. Child has constant 1 on 1 attention at the moment, school starting and a new baby around the same time...Mum is gonna have a lot to deal with!
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Aaaah karma.....

:D



Heather
 
Actually strange though this may sound I feel sorry for the child, lack of parental guidance is going to give him huge problems and as Dave says if no tries who knows what will happen
 
I feel sorry for her too. Her mother is letting her down. If my son plays up at toddler group WE leave.
 
andy700 said:
To be fair, if a 3.5 year old is hitting a 1 year old, and the parent of the older child has been approached but still does nothing, then talking about it is obviously not working, and the authorities would not be interested, so there are two choices - a quick slap for the stupid parent or take the younger child away from the group.
As Cagey pointed out a 3.5 YO could seriously injure a 1 YO.
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As far as I'm aware all such groups have to be licensed by the local council so tell the errant mother she either keeps her child under control or you will complain to Social Services.

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petersmart said:
As far as I'm aware all such groups have to be licensed by the local council so tell the errant mother she either keeps her child under control or you will complain to Social Services.

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Also we have only heard one side of the story. How do we know the op isn't an over protective parent and raps their child up in cotton wool. ( I am not saying this is the case but as I said earlier we have only heard one side of the story)
 
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its hardly wrapping in cotton wool to protect a 1 year old from being hit by a child 2 years older
 
Pete,
What I am saying is the OP has said hitting, it may have been an accidental knock which the OP has seen as hitting, as I said we are only hearing one side of the story. everyone has been very quick to carry on calling the child in question a brat, and that is what I find most worrying in the thread.
 
even if it were accidental (which if repeated seems unlikely) we are talking a large toddler vs what's basically still a baby

a 3 year old could kill a 1 year old by accident , without even thinking about it - so the risk is still unacceptable to a responsible parent
 
petersmart said:
As far as I'm aware all such groups have to be licensed by the local council so tell the errant mother she either keeps her child under control or you will complain to Social Services.

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100% not true.

And God forbid the day that overreaching local authorities have anything to do with this industry.
 
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big soft moose said:
even if it were accidental (which if repeated seems unlikely) we are talking a large toddler vs what's basically still a baby

a 3 year old could kill a 1 year old by accident , without even thinking about it - so the risk is still unacceptable to a responsible parent
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Apart from any risk of injury, the more likely outcome is that babies and the older toddlers would find the classes less enjoyable and something being missed, these classes should be about development too (a good group should at least).

This is why I mentioned earlier that we have separate classed for babies. I can't possibly see how you can provide fun and development focused classes in a large group for a 1 month olds and 3.5 year olds at the same time.
 
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