a moved to a booster seat in the car at 3. He survived but I still feel guilty at the many ways he was put at risk because I didn’t know better. 
But the fact that Coco can walk places yet Alf still can’t is so sad. He is literally shoehorned into that pram and looks ridiculousThat’s the thing, you didn’t know the risks! These people that apparently have done their research and are aware of the safety guidelines around, sleep, car seats etc, yet still choose to do the opposite. I just do not know how they can justify it. If anything happened and it was their fault for blatantly ignoring all advise, I don’t know how they could live with themselves?When my eldest was a baby I used to let him sleep in his car seat. But guidelines changed since then because we realised how dangerous it was.
he also had a drop side cot
I can’t imagine knowing the risks and still doing those things! You’d think after trusting her *instincts* leaving Alf on the bed and him falling off would have made her reasses those instincts but no. Shows how little she cares about her kids
When my eldest was a baby I used to let him sleep in his car seat. But guidelines changed since then because we realised how dangerous it was.
he also had a drop side cot
I can’t imagine knowing the risks and still doing those things! You’d think after trusting her *instincts* leaving Alf on the bed and him falling off would have made her reasses those instincts but no. Shows how little she cares about her kids
Either Jasmine hasn’t bothered bringing a pram out for Coco because she can walk, or Tommys pushing it, which would be weird
Completely agree. My child is younger than your eldest, but still as a newborn and baby we used a car seat that went into the pram base for longer periods than they would now. I feel sick now when I look at picture of their little body almost bent forward while they slept, neck slouched forward pressing into their chest. I still feel guilty even though I knew no better and actual research didn’t demonstrate it as unsafe. I remember scrambling to get blind chords fixed to the wall after reading a tragic story about the risks. The point being, back then there were no influencers in the way there are now. We relied on evidence based research offered to us by the appropriate people. It some instances it hadn’t been done, but we did our best to keep up to date. The worst part now is that a lot more research has been done and safety/risk advice very readily available. The rub here is that there are also influencers like Ash, who undermine all the hard work that science, evidence based researchers have done in one stupid post and whose ridiculous advice or perceived advice is far more accessible. Sadly there are many people out there who don’t think critically, who wouldn’t think to check that being put to sleep in a Doona is safe and simply follow suit. There are many who would do it just to they could share the story with whichever influencer they idolise in order to get that fix of engagement. The quicker these influencers are heavily regulated the better. And as it’s my favourite subject, the sooner legislation is written to stop children being exploited by their parents, the better.
Just shut up!
Christ! Still running with this. Using Alf to try and debate gender stereotypes. You can bet she chose the pink bobble & probably drummed into him to call the pink one Alf and the blue one Ada.
I find it funny he's wearing a blue jumper
Yes, of course. Mine would have woke the minute I lifted the car seat, so I’d have sat in the car and let them sleep a while. You do not specifically put them into the car seat so that they fall asleep and then leave them in the bedroom for their nighttime sleep though.
