No, we’re referring to those ubiquitous baby gifts: parenting books. Aïe, aïe, aïe! In the two weeks we’ve been parents (!), we’ve read seven books, several pamphlets and countless web sites. Topics we’ve researched include dry skin, breastfeeding, poop, and pacifiers. What we’ve learned: no two information sources agree. Let’s take an example: pacifiers.
Pacifiers are either the spawn of the devil or a parent’s best friend, depending on the ‘authority’. They will confuse your baby and interfere with breastfeeding or they will provide for a baby’s natural inclination to suck. A pacifier might or might not interfere with tooth development. It can become a crutch so a baby won’t pacify herself at night… or it might not.
In honor of the confusion, we present more gratuitous photos of Baby Jeneric!
1 comment:
found your blog via the blue blog.....Awww she is cute......both my 2 had pacifiers.....and were breast fed........my son until HE decided to stop just before his first birthday......neither have had teeth trouble........only trouble was my daughter 'lost' her pacifier too soon........and started to suck her thumb......still does at 33!!!!!!!(lol has 4 kids of her own now!!!)
Excuse the long message.....you do what YOU want to do....listen to your instinct....
love Anne
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