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Okay so the swaddling thread got me to thinking about the things that some hospitals are teaching parents.
The hospital that I had my son in a year ago swaddled infants but didn't actually teach parents how to swaddle. I know this because I asked 6 other friends of mine that have recently (withing a year) had babies there and they were never taught either. I thought this was a little strange because our hospital is a pretty good hospital and is all for educating parents on all sorts of topics however they don't teach safe swaddling. I never even thought of swaddling as dangerous until I read the swaddling thread but it does make sense.
Now the hospital is pro breastfeeding. I had some trouble with my DD when it came to BF and I wasn't really successfull with it and so this time with my son I called to sign up for a BF class before my son was born. It turned out to be an information only class (where I wanted a technique class) and the woman was very strong in her convictions about breast feeding. She pretty much said that people that choose not to BF are harming their babies and that WHEN their un-breastfed babies get older and have health issues due to weak immune systems that they only had themselves to blame. Not kidding, she really said that. She had a lot of really good information however I just thought that her delivery was strong and that she was forcing breast feeding onto everyone. Anyway, has anyone had a BF class where they were like this? She litterally made people feel guilty for not BFing until at least age 1. It shocked many of us in the class.
Also after giving birth to my son I was asked if I wanted to participate in a free informational class on infant health and safety. I was stuck in the hospital and wanted nothing better than to get out of the room and agreed. Oh God, it was the same lady. She did have a lot of great information about aspirators, propper sleep, breast feeding techniques etc but she started talkign about the "correct" way to diaper a child. Instead of wipes she said to get a basin and fill it with clean water and add some baby bath to it then to take a washcloth and soak it in the tub and then squeeze water onto the babies front private area over a sink and then flip the baby over and to the same to it's bottom. Then to take another wet washcloth and wipe the bottom with it especially if it had #2 and then to reapeat the 1st step again with another clean washcloth. Lastly to pad the baby dry and put the diaper on. :confused:
WHO has time for that?! I mean even as a stay at home mom do you want to spend that much time just to change a diaper? The woman said that using baby wipes was unhygienic and it spread feces all over the baby's parts. She also said that wipes were a major source of diaper rash.
Anyone heard of this? I only thought about this because I was thinking about when I gave birth to my son.
Any one else heard of any of these and what are your thoughts? Any other strange or interesting things that you have learned that you would never have imagined or thought twice about?
The hospital that I had my son in a year ago swaddled infants but didn't actually teach parents how to swaddle. I know this because I asked 6 other friends of mine that have recently (withing a year) had babies there and they were never taught either. I thought this was a little strange because our hospital is a pretty good hospital and is all for educating parents on all sorts of topics however they don't teach safe swaddling. I never even thought of swaddling as dangerous until I read the swaddling thread but it does make sense.
Now the hospital is pro breastfeeding. I had some trouble with my DD when it came to BF and I wasn't really successfull with it and so this time with my son I called to sign up for a BF class before my son was born. It turned out to be an information only class (where I wanted a technique class) and the woman was very strong in her convictions about breast feeding. She pretty much said that people that choose not to BF are harming their babies and that WHEN their un-breastfed babies get older and have health issues due to weak immune systems that they only had themselves to blame. Not kidding, she really said that. She had a lot of really good information however I just thought that her delivery was strong and that she was forcing breast feeding onto everyone. Anyway, has anyone had a BF class where they were like this? She litterally made people feel guilty for not BFing until at least age 1. It shocked many of us in the class.
Also after giving birth to my son I was asked if I wanted to participate in a free informational class on infant health and safety. I was stuck in the hospital and wanted nothing better than to get out of the room and agreed. Oh God, it was the same lady. She did have a lot of great information about aspirators, propper sleep, breast feeding techniques etc but she started talkign about the "correct" way to diaper a child. Instead of wipes she said to get a basin and fill it with clean water and add some baby bath to it then to take a washcloth and soak it in the tub and then squeeze water onto the babies front private area over a sink and then flip the baby over and to the same to it's bottom. Then to take another wet washcloth and wipe the bottom with it especially if it had #2 and then to reapeat the 1st step again with another clean washcloth. Lastly to pad the baby dry and put the diaper on. :confused:
WHO has time for that?! I mean even as a stay at home mom do you want to spend that much time just to change a diaper? The woman said that using baby wipes was unhygienic and it spread feces all over the baby's parts. She also said that wipes were a major source of diaper rash.
Anyone heard of this? I only thought about this because I was thinking about when I gave birth to my son.
Any one else heard of any of these and what are your thoughts? Any other strange or interesting things that you have learned that you would never have imagined or thought twice about?
. BTW apparently Desitin burns too, he also tried that. Poor guy but this was still me ---> :
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