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Completely 100% agree!! People make mistakes and it seems like all we can do is criticize others, but forget about our own mistake

I don’t think there is ever any need to be rude but in countries where we know better, and are able to, we should do better. Saying that, I do co-sleep. I believe it is completely natural to

Their kidneys can't handle water til like 6mo but water and formula - dilution is the solution. They won't die if they aren't drinking TOO much water. Ive been both for and against cosleeping. Kids have survived much worse for thousands of years 🤷

I come from the Caribbean where cosleeping is done 50% or more, car seats are allowed in the front seat, water is given to babies early on and most babies start on purées around 4-5months. We are most holistic because of our similar cultures. But I also understand that the US is very different from other places. For example, We don’t have as many car accidents as people do in the US mainly because we don’t have much highways or big roads like we do over there. For example, legally car seats are allowed in the front (despite the airbag risk) Western medicine is set up to basically serve big pharma. Whereas us, even though we have western medicine as well, we also stay pretty holistic. A lot of safety measures here are within reason. But people also don’t realize a lot prevention is based on risks that are very very low but are exacerbated as big risks often times. But yeah I agree, a lot of what moms are being shamed for is really crazy!

Car seats for me personally is a non negotiable. But I understand what you are saying. Same thing with weaning, when someone hears you weaned at 4 months they are getting their pitchforks ready

I agree that some stuff is definitely cultural or more based on how their community or country is. Like with some Asian countries cosleeping safely because their beds and sleep environments are different. But some things cannot be excused because of this. Obviously if someone doesn’t know better, then you cannot fault them. When you know better you do better. But saying that some things are okay just because that’s how it is done someplaces, does not inherently make it okay. Things can be popular and not factual or evidence based. For example, some countries still practice female genital mutilation. Just because it is “okay” there or part of their culture, does not make it right

Yeah. VIETNAM 😂 does all 3. Gives their baby warm water to get rid of hiccups. Shoves 5 people on a motorcycle and like 8 in a car, baby on lap. Mums ride motorcycles (well scooters, they call it) w their baby strapped to their back or front. (They only go like 10km though, super slow, have you seen their roads 🤯) And can’t afford bassinets so cosleep or use the hammock w a pillow on the end (to keep the hammock open) to rock their babies for naps, night is always cosleep the whole fam shoved onto 2 mattresses on the floor side by side. Lol

I was told that when the NHS (or any other organisation) makes a blanket statement about something eg cosleeping, it’s usually to prevent those rare cases where it is most likely to happen. They can’t issue a statement that’s long because it has so many caveats (most people won’t remember the message). They are like guidelines but to some mums they take them as book of law not reasoning why or what’s behind that statement.

My baby was born in kenya so we did no car seat it was amazing we also saw 0 car accidents in 2.5 months Now i have them in a carseat in CA soooooo many car accidents and driving 100mph on the freewayaround us is wild. We also rode on a motorbike at 12 days old and have coslept since day 2 when they came home from hospital. My baby is also a belly sleeper. If my baby sleeps 8hrs on their belly and 4 hours on their back.. i choose belly. Im right here if something feels off. We vax we wont circumcise boys or girls. All of that to say we are all different and what works for us may or may not work for you.

I only recently found out car seats aren’t used everywhere when I saw a friend, who lives in Kenya, was driving with his 4 month old baby in his lap. 🤯 He wasn’t driving fast, but I was still like uhhhh.