On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:50:31 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:34:03 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:45:19 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:36:40 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:22:49 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:04:16 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:06:40 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:15:00 +0100, whisky-dave wrote:

On Thursday, 22 June 2017 16:55:57 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:52:14 +0100, whisky-dave wrote:

On Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:47:46 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:34:46 +0100, whisky-dave wrote:

On Thursday, 22 June 2017 14:26:07 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:42:23 +0100, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 21 June 2017 15:46:43 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:04:39 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:46:31 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
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On Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:29:32 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 09:25:04 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

There are different crying types. There is disstress crying and
frustration crying. the latter is one of lifes lessons being learned,
the other is in need of urgent attention.

Agreed, shame that many parents don't seem able to tell the
difference and give the child attention at the meerest whimper.
Result in a kid that thinks the way to get attention for anything is
to wail and if it doesn't work wail harder and longer up to a full
blown tantrum.

Our two tried the tantrum once possibly twice, we laughed, it didn't
work, they gave up on the idea.

M'colleague told me there's a way to stop your kid being needy. You completely ignore it crying as a baby and feed it on a schedule. It soon stops waking you up at night.

Absolute ********.

No it isn't. When they realise that crying achieves nothing, they stop doing so.

It depends on the reason for crying if it's for attention and purely for attention then the crying will stop. But the commenst reason(s) are teeth and the resulting tooth ache amonst other things.

Which cannot be cured with a cuddle. So again, no point in seeing to the baby.

But it can be cured by the parent or anyone else applying medication and even if there is no medication it's been proved that' kissing it better' can have the placebo effect advantage and the pain or whatever was causing crying stops it.

Easier to put the baby in a seperate room where you can't hear it, then the parents can get a solid sleep.

I wonder if any did that in Grenfell Tower.

You're saying a baby started the fire?

No that they ignore a warning noise that something was happening.
Poepl wedge open foire doors, move extinguishers, get annoyed by alarms going off and tend to ignore them.

Because alarms are **** that's why. They go off for false positives 10 times more often than a real positive.

Only 10 times? I'd estimate about 100.

You're most likely correct. I just ignore them, except if they're in the middle of the ****ing night, then I call the police and tell them I saw a burglar, even when I know there isn't one. Hopefully the police bash a clue into the heads of the morons with alarms.

Make sure it's fed with a clean nappy before you go to bed, then it can survive for 8 hours without ****ing moaning!

well no one likes being woken up do they.

No, which is why mothers with the baby in their own room are nuts.

Some people have the ability to care more about others than themselves.

the baby doesn't need 24/7 attention. And giving it 24/7 attention turns it into a useless wimp that cannot take care of itself.

It's not about 24/7 attention. Babies need to be in a safe place and
the carer must be able to recognise quickly if there is a problem.

They don't need cotton wool. They're humans, not plants.

Cotton wool is irrelevant - plants don't need it for a start.

Your wit is unastounding. You know what I meant.

Actually I don't think I do know what you meant, unless you are
proposing that parents leave their babies alone for long periods of
time and ignore any crying.

That is precisely what I'm proposing, and many do.

In the Victorian era maybe.

The babies soon learn that crying won't get them anywhere.

Even if there is something really wrong?

But if you want a moany little needy child, then you carry on wrapping them in cotton wool.

I really hope you never have children as you have the hallmarks of an
abuser.