I haven't received it personally, however I really cringe every time I read someone advise mums to ';just put some baby cereal in the 2 week olds bottle, and they will sleep much better.';What's the best and worst piece on advice you've received on Y!Answers N%26amp;B section?
Well technically I didn't actually follow it (thank god) but the perpetual cut %26amp; paste 'information' on breastfeeding from ';kellymom'; and similar sites has recently proven not to be factual at all in many ways for my son -
1) breastfed babies get all the iron they need from breastmilk as milk adapts to suit their needs - false, my son is Iron Deficient at 6 months.
2) Breastmilk should be the main food for baby until they are 1 - false, a pediatric dietician has just put my son on a special high calorie diet as he was failing to thrive on a breastmilk and his weight gain was scarily low.
3) Breastmilk is enough for all babies until they are 6 months - they shouldn't be weaned before this - false, dietician says my son should have been weaned prior to 6 months since his weight issues started way before this.
I have had lots of great advice on this site too, but often see answers that make me shake my head.
I asked once about how moms cope with their babies when the mom is unwell. Most said just try the best you can which is fine, but one person said it was wrong to send baby to their grandparents or ask grandparents to come round to help abit and should not do this every time.
I had food poisoning recently and looked after my baby in between throwing up every hour and just wanting to lie down all day! I got through but it was the worst time ever and realised that if help from family is available then I should have taken it.
The worst::
I just cringe every time I see the 'Castor oil ' advise.
Oh, and a 'A way to get free ultrasounds, more often, is too pretend you have stomach pains, that way you get to see your baby, I've done it before, and will keep doing it';
It sounds like a mouthful, but I've seen a few of these lately.
By far, the BEST:
I was told to by a sling for my son, the one's that look like little hammocks.
My god, it is the greatest invention ever!
Well it was the pregnancy q/a and the worse advice i got was castor oil to induce labor lol, all it did was make me throw up and it tasted sooo horrible, even thinking about it now makes me hack. I tried every single possible way to induce myself at 40 weeks.. no baby until 41 weeks, and that was only because i was indunced.. if i wasnt im sure she would of hung in until she was 18!
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