20 Month Old Still On Purees & Barely Self Feeding Spoon

[Lee-Bee]

Baffling. It really is detrimental to the children in these cases. As much as it is there child to raise...they need to understand that other adults (even those they pay for childcare) do not have to do things the same way, especially when it is detrimental to the child.

I know a mom that was afraid to dress her own child because she thought she would hurt him in the process. At 6 months of age she had the father put the child in his swim suit in the morning before work so she wouldn't have to bend his arms to fit him in the shirt. Many days she left him unclothed (with diaper) until dad returned from work rather than change his clothes. Can you imagine having such fears while trying to raise a child? How does a child interpret such behavior? This mom was otherwise a perfectly normal, working lady. She just couldn't handle the responsibility of raising a child.

[bright sparks]

Baffling. It really is detrimental to the children in these cases. As much as it is there child to raise...they need to understand that other adults (even those they pay for childcare) do not have to do things the same way, especially when it is detrimental to the child.

I know a mom that was afraid to dress her own child because she thought she would hurt him in the process. At 6 months of age she had the father put the child in his swim suit in the morning before work so she wouldn't have to bend his arms to fit him in the shirt. Many days she left him unclothed (with diaper) until dad returned from work rather than change his clothes. Can you imagine having such fears while trying to raise a child? How does a child interpret such behavior? This mom was otherwise a perfectly normal, working lady. She just couldn't handle the responsibility of raising a child.

Poor woman!! Hopefully she got help. I'm sure this woman was in fact very far from a perfectly normal working lady. This is a significant problem likely not all she was dealing with. People have a way of putting on a front for the benefit of others while they are quietly suffering on the inside. This breaks my heart.