Noisy Baby?

brooklynjack · November 2006

willregistersoon wrote:
I just thought of another slightly different and offi-topic annoying-neighbor situation. What if your neighbor is constantly cooking some ethnic foods with spices that stink up the whole building and go into your apartment? Is it out of line to ask them to stop cooking with certain spices? :shock:

No but if your lease reads like mine it is not out of line to ask them to do as they said they would when they signed the lease and keep the cccooking odors inside the apt.

eggcream · November 2006

Subject: Re: Noisy Baby?

What's the deal with letting a baby "cry it out"? How is an infant supposed to comfort themselves back to sleep? The best thing in the world for a baby is a loving and comforting parent and a feeling of security as they grow older. This time passes very quickly, I have teenagers, and I would enjoy every moment of your waking crying baby. It didn't do my kids or those of my friends kids any harm.

willregistersoon · November 2006

Subject: Re: Noisy Baby?

eggcream wrote: What's the deal with letting a baby "cry it out"? How is an infant supposed to comfort themselves back to sleep? The best thing in the world for a baby is a loving and comforting parent and a feeling of security as they grow older. This time passes very quickly, I have teenagers, and I would enjoy every moment of your waking crying baby. It didn't do my kids or those of my friends kids any harm.

Apparently there are several schools of thought on this. I don't think it's recomended until the baby is at least 2 or 3 months old. They've also done studies that show that babies who learn how to soothe themselves to sleep end up being more self-secure and confident adolescents and adults. From what I've realized so far, this is a hotly debated topic with very differing opinions. The main thing I've learned is that every parent is different and every baby is different. There is no one thing that works for everyone.

raw · November 2006

willregistersoon wrote: And then, on the topic of being considerate - there's the whole issue of breastfeeding in public. Ooops! Maybe I shouldn't go there?

Isn't feeding babies what breasts are for? As long as you have real breats you should be OK.

It's sad that our culture views breasts as sex toys.

anonymous · November 2006

It's awesome that our society views breasts as sex toys.

doctorj · November 2006

Anonymous wrote: It's awesome that our society views breasts as sex toys.

If our species didn't view breasts as sex toys, they would never have evolved into impressively large encumberances over the last few hundred thousand years, rather than small practical devices like on other great apes. Just be thankful ladies that your rear no longer swells and turns bright red or purple around the time of ovulation.

anonymous · December 2006

Subject: crying babies

If your baby is crying and you CAN move the baby in order to spare your neighbors, then OF COURSE you owe them that minor courtesy. Even if this results in more sleepless nights for you, you should still move the baby. And I find that most people are willing to do this. Most parents are good people and good neighbors, but occasionally someone has a child and all of a sudden feels as though s/he no longer has to have even an iota of concern for anyone who is not their biological offspring. By the same token, most neighbors are understanding when you have a baby that's crying at night. It is only occasionally that someone is a jerk and expects you to go to unreasonable lengths to quiet your baby. Bottom line: Show a reasonable degree of concern and courtesy to your neighbors, and everything will work out just fine.

anonymous · December 2006

Subject: We moved the crib....

When our last child was doing serious crying at night, we simply moved his crib into the living room in order to spare our neighbors. This way he could cry without bothering anyone.

Is it so wrong and so anti-child to show just a little bit of consideration to your neighbors?

carnivore · December 2006

Okay, that's 3 different "guests" posting on the same topic from the same IP using 3 different usernames within a span of less than 10 minutes (one has been moved off-site for obvious trollery).

Guest, please do not post under multiple names to bolster your position by agreeing with yourself (see wikipedia under "sockpuppet"). Also, if you register a username, it will allow moderators to PM you rather than addressing you in an open forum as I am doing now.

idlewild · December 2006

doctorj wrote: [quote=Anonymous]It's awesome that our society views breasts as sex toys.

If our species didn't view breasts as sex toys, they would never have evolved into impressively large encumberances over the last few hundred thousand years, rather than small practical devices like on other great apes. Just be thankful ladies that your rear no longer swells and turns bright red or purple around the time of ovulation.

Holy shit! I married a monkey???!!

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