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Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head 
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Turn baby upside down and they will reset their internal clock of night and day.
I did it with both girls
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by chikita315
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head
LMAO
My grandma tells me to massage her head to mold it in a circle 
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by chikita315
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head
i was told to put a piece of WET string from dd's clothing on her forehead when she has the hiccups. and i thought it was a spanish thing (im spanish). i thought my mother was going crazy for a second. theres another one but i cant think of it right now, ill ask my mom.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by LuvMy2Girls
Turn baby upside down and they will reset their internal clock of night and day.
I did it with both girls
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chikita315
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by HaileysMom
Posted by chikita315
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head
i was told to put a piece of WET string from dd's clothing on her forehead when she has the hiccups. and i thought it was a spanish thing (im spanish). i thought my mother was going crazy for a second. theres another one but i cant think of it right now, ill ask my mom.
It must be, my mom is Puerto Rican
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LovingLife
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by chikita315
Posted by HaileysMom
Posted by chikita315
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head
i was told to put a piece of WET string from dd's clothing on her forehead when she has the hiccups. and i thought it was a spanish thing (im spanish). i thought my mother was going crazy for a second. theres another one but i cant think of it right now, ill ask my mom.
It must be, my mom is Puerto Rican
My mom did the same thing and everyone in my family swears by it...we are Dominican
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wannabemom
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
no crazy advice, but I've had a lot of BAD advice.
my MIL thought the baby was 'cold' and had to be more covered-up (it was 72 degrees in the room, and he was in a footie pj with a little jacket and wrapped in a receiving blanket.)
she put his hat on and wrapped him in a super thick fleece blanket (so he looked like a fluffy sphere). DH had to politely grab him and unwrap him so he could breathe again.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
My MIL put a pair of dirty red underwear in my sons crib because she said it would make him feel better and ward off "evil" so he would sleep better. BTW, she didn't ask me before she put them there, I found them when I was changing the sheets. Someone is coo-coo for cocoa puffs.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by wannabemom
no crazy advice, but I've had a lot of BAD advice.
my MIL thought the baby was 'cold' and had to be more covered-up (it was 72 degrees in the room, and he was in a footie pj with a little jacket and wrapped in a receiving blanket.)
she put his hat on and wrapped him in a super thick fleece blanket (so he looked like a fluffy sphere). DH had to politely grab him and unwrap him so he could breathe again.
OMG, my MIL does this ALL the time. I live in freakin' Texas and it is still 80+ here but everytime he sneezes, she insists he is cold. 
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by LuvMy2Girls
Turn baby upside down and they will reset their internal clock of night and day.
I did it with both girls
my MIL told me to turn DD a certain way in her crib to re-set her internal clock...i forget what way she said...mainly because she told me this and DD didnt have her nights and days confused!!!
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by LovingLife
Posted by chikita315
Posted by HaileysMom
Posted by chikita315
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head
i was told to put a piece of WET string from dd's clothing on her forehead when she has the hiccups. and i thought it was a spanish thing (im spanish). i thought my mother was going crazy for a second. theres another one but i cant think of it right now, ill ask my mom.
It must be, my mom is Puerto Rican
My mom did the same thing and everyone in my family swears by it...we are Dominican
My Haitian MIL said the same thing.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
No crazy advice, but a LOT of bad (and unsolicited) advice.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by Superkat
Posted by wannabemom
no crazy advice, but I've had a lot of BAD advice.
my MIL thought the baby was 'cold' and had to be more covered-up (it was 72 degrees in the room, and he was in a footie pj with a little jacket and wrapped in a receiving blanket.)
she put his hat on and wrapped him in a super thick fleece blanket (so he looked like a fluffy sphere). DH had to politely grab him and unwrap him so he could breathe again.
OMG, my MIL does this ALL the time. I live in freakin' Texas and it is still 80+ here but everytime he sneezes, she insists he is cold.
My MIL did the same thing to my son!!! It was almost 90 degrees - we were having a heat wave - and she had my son wrapped in a blanket. The poor kid was beet red when I got to him.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by nymommy2be
Posted by LovingLife
Posted by chikita315
Posted by HaileysMom
Posted by chikita315
What is the craziest piece of advice you've received since becoming a parent?
Me: When Nick had the hiccups my mom told me to put a piece of string on his head
i was told to put a piece of WET string from dd's clothing on her forehead when she has the hiccups. and i thought it was a spanish thing (im spanish). i thought my mother was going crazy for a second. theres another one but i cant think of it right now, ill ask my mom.
It must be, my mom is Puerto Rican
My mom did the same thing and everyone in my family swears by it...we are Dominican
My Haitian MIL said the same thing.
I heard this too when I was a child - I'm Dominican.
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Superkat
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
Posted by BRod-Cheng
Posted by Superkat
Posted by wannabemom
no crazy advice, but I've had a lot of BAD advice.
my MIL thought the baby was 'cold' and had to be more covered-up (it was 72 degrees in the room, and he was in a footie pj with a little jacket and wrapped in a receiving blanket.)
she put his hat on and wrapped him in a super thick fleece blanket (so he looked like a fluffy sphere). DH had to politely grab him and unwrap him so he could breathe again.
OMG, my MIL does this ALL the time. I live in freakin' Texas and it is still 80+ here but everytime he sneezes, she insists he is cold.
My MIL did the same thing to my son!!! It was almost 90 degrees - we were having a heat wave - and she had my son wrapped in a blanket. The poor kid was beet red when I got to him.
These Chinese MIL's are crazy about babies being cold.
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Re: Stolen from PG - The craziest advice
To give the baby bourbon for teething.
I know it's an old fashioned thing & maybe it does work but I'm thinking I'll have enough of a hard time keeping them for drinking..
That & telling me that my day old baby doesn't like breast milk & I should opt for formula because he likes it more.
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