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Afternoon poll: what was the best piece of advice/words of wisdom you've ever been given, baby-related or otherwise?
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08.06.09, 11:59 AM Flag ]
- truly, this is it: don't take other people's advice about babies. Your baby is a unique individual. Getting to know him or her takes time and once you do, you won't be seeking advice anymore.
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  08.06.09, 12:05 PM Flag
  - that's ridiculously stupid advice. next?
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    08.06.09, 12:09 PM Flag
    - well that's not very polite of you now, is it? Who peed in your cheerios this morning?
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      08.06.09, 12:11 PM Flag
    - np: okey dokey, guess she wants to be told how to raise her baby
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      08.06.09, 12:13 PM Flag
- That little babies are only little for so long and it's not long enough. Don't get so overwhelmed and stressed that you end up missing the baby phase because it's gone so quick.
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  08.06.09, 12:10 PM Flag
- stop expecting things from life that it isn't ever going to give you
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  08.06.09, 12:11 PM Flag
- this too shall pass =advice when i am in the midst of a difficult situation.
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  08.06.09, 06:38 PM Flag
- baby related: babies are always changing so don't freak out when something is going amiss, just wait and it will change.
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  08.06.09, 06:39 PM Flag
- Nobody walks down the aisle in a diaper. They will all be potty trained eventually.
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  08.06.09, 07:14 PM Flag
  - That just made my day.
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    08.06.09, 11:11 PM Flag
- there are 3 things you can't control with kids - eating, sleeping and potty training.
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  08.06.09, 07:16 PM Flag
- none baby related: when you get a gift, smile and say thank you. baby/child related: if you spill shampoo or baby wash onto your child's face, do not wash it off; you should wipe it with a dry cloth.
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  08.06.09, 07:27 PM Flag
  - Why? I've never spilled shampoo onto baby's face, what happens?
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    08.06.09, 07:32 PM Flag
    - if you wash it, it suds up and makes a huge mess. if you use a dry cloth, you can just wipe away the bulk of it and then wash off the residue. signed, mom who learned this the hard way.
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      08.06.09, 07:34 PM Flag
      - ^^^the other thing i have learned the hard way is that if your young child sucks on one of those soap mitts and then cries, bubbles will come out of his/her mouth.
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        08.06.09, 07:35 PM Flag
        
        i don't know why but this made me laugh. black comedy.
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        08.06.09, 07:38 PM Flag
        
        lol...this makes me want to do some learning of my own. I won't of course, but it makes me want to just to see for myself. the visual is too funny.
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Afternoon poll: what was the best piece of advice/words of wisdom you've ever been given, baby-related or otherwise?

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Afternoon poll: what was the best piece of advice/words of wisdom you've ever been given, baby-related or otherwise?

truly, this is it: don't take other people's advice about babies. Your baby is a unique individual. Getting to know him or her takes time and once you do, you won't be seeking advice anymore.

that's ridiculously stupid advice. next?

well that's not very polite of you now, is it? Who peed in your cheerios this morning?

np: okey dokey, guess she wants to be told how to raise her baby

That little babies are only little for so long and it's not long enough. Don't get so overwhelmed and stressed that you end up missing the baby phase because it's gone so quick.

stop expecting things from life that it isn't ever going to give you

this too shall pass =advice when i am in the midst of a difficult situation.

baby related: babies are always changing so don't freak out when something is going amiss, just wait and it will change.

Nobody walks down the aisle in a diaper. They will all be potty trained eventually.

That just made my day.

there are 3 things you can't control with kids - eating, sleeping and potty training.

none baby related: when you get a gift, smile and say thank you. baby/child related: if you spill shampoo or baby wash onto your child's face, do not wash it off; you should wipe it with a dry cloth.

Why? I've never spilled shampoo onto baby's face, what happens?

if you wash it, it suds up and makes a huge mess. if you use a dry cloth, you can just wipe away the bulk of it and then wash off the residue. signed, mom who learned this the hard way.

^^^the other thing i have learned the hard way is that if your young child sucks on one of those soap mitts and then cries, bubbles will come out of his/her mouth.

i don't know why but this made me laugh. black comedy.

lol...this makes me want to do some learning of my own. I won't of course, but it makes me want to just to see for myself. the visual is too funny.