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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 734566" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>My mom babysat before she had us, so mom was good at being at the holding, etc.</p><p></p><p>Oh yes... I remember the kerfuffle that bottle-propping caused among those who didn't support it. More so later on... like into the 80's, possibly 90's. Ideally, bottle-feeding truly was centered around holding your baby lovingly, etc, at feeding time. I gather those who wrote the book lived perfect little lives, where nothing else mattered or came into play - other than feeding baby. LOL! Such wasn't the case in our house when I was growing up. My mom had 4 babies within a 7 year period (and that's after I was born), so mom learned how to maximize her time, spreading it around frugally, and bottle-propping was one of her faves.</p><p></p><p>I didn't use sitters per se, unless needed, and I do mean needed, and when I was able to, my mom and other family did the sitting for us, though, in addition to, I did have a couple of older school/college girls that babysat for us (outside of family), and both were dependable, well-experienced, and superb.</p><p></p><p>Yes, it's true, there are differences around the world, even from neighbour to neighbour when it comes to childrearing. I'm perfectly content as to how I handled things when my kids were little. My methods may have not been perfect, but I got the job done and my kids endured no ill-suffering or pain as a result. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 734566, member: 21572"] My mom babysat before she had us, so mom was good at being at the holding, etc. Oh yes... I remember the kerfuffle that bottle-propping caused among those who didn't support it. More so later on... like into the 80's, possibly 90's. Ideally, bottle-feeding truly was centered around holding your baby lovingly, etc, at feeding time. I gather those who wrote the book lived perfect little lives, where nothing else mattered or came into play - other than feeding baby. LOL! Such wasn't the case in our house when I was growing up. My mom had 4 babies within a 7 year period (and that's after I was born), so mom learned how to maximize her time, spreading it around frugally, and bottle-propping was one of her faves. I didn't use sitters per se, unless needed, and I do mean needed, and when I was able to, my mom and other family did the sitting for us, though, in addition to, I did have a couple of older school/college girls that babysat for us (outside of family), and both were dependable, well-experienced, and superb. Yes, it's true, there are differences around the world, even from neighbour to neighbour when it comes to childrearing. I'm perfectly content as to how I handled things when my kids were little. My methods may have not been perfect, but I got the job done and my kids endured no ill-suffering or pain as a result. :) [/QUOTE]
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