I feel compelled to share a recent experience with you...
James and I were in a local restaurant when a mother, father and four children walked in. The kids ranged from about 10 to a baby under a year old. The family ordered their beef (no menu it was beef or beef) and a large bottle of full fat Coke.
As we watched the mother share out the coke amongst her young family, to our complete horror she grabbed her small baby's bottle and filled it with Coke.
Now, I know I don't have kids and armchair parenting is very easy but please...this is surely very wrong?!?
People with small people of their own are most welcome to comment.
Mx
-- Posted from Miranda's iPhone
Following the yellow brick road, since October 27th 2009.
6 comments:
I don't have small children now (as you are aware) but I can't imagine any mother giving coke to a baby . Assuming she did the same to her other children, how did they look?
Oh my God, don't do it!!!!!! That's like giving ectasy to a small child, adding in a few 'old blue' smarties and shaking it up!!!!! Do they have Supernanny there?
The other kids were overweight and seemed a little wired but nothing really out of the ordinary. Thanks for confirmation that we're not completely off the mark with good/bad parenting!!
January 2, 2010 10:22 PM
Presumably teeth are not required for later life in Argentina? Having spent 25 years working with the vile stuff [coke] i'm amazed we're allowed to drink it at all. I assume milk is readily available there Miranda?
OMG! (Happy New Year by the way!) I knew someone many years ago, who gave their 6 week old baby pure orange juice in it's bottle...NO! and that was in this country, it's almost as if the worse the kids fair as babies, the better they thrive, but it definately wasn't ever a top tip in my bounty parenting book! did the kids get any of the beef, or was that just for the parents?
Great pictures of the zoo and vinvards. I am so jealous seeing you both in summer gear. It is so cold here and has been snowing today. May get snowed in tommorw. Hope your bus trip is not too arduous. Putting your parcel on top of my wardrobe Miranda (In case I forget when you get back!) Lots of love Mum & Dad xx
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