Parents buy stuff like this and then wonder why they end up with needy babies who never learn to self soothe. I don’t get it!
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There’s nothing wrong with a ‘needy baby’ and expecting a baby to learn to self soothe is ridiculous when it’s near impossible for adults to do it without using drugs or alcohol.
If you need drugs and/or alcohol to feel content I think maybe it’s time to seek help!
Parents these days are run ragged because the art of teaching your Children to be content has disappeared.
Nah when you’re out and about and there’s kids screaming or sudden noises then the shusher is perfect to drown it out and help your baby stay asleep.. nothing to do with teaching your child to be content. Would you stay asleep with such noise going on around you?
A few of you are so angry at this post
I’d be willing to bet you’re the same kind of parents who moan that you don’t have time to shower, haven’t washed your hair in a week, your houses are a mess etc. 
No not at all, i manage all of those things with my 4 month old. It infuriates me seeing people make comments on how children should be robots/trained instead of responding to their needs.A few of you are so angry at this post
Teaching Children to self soothe and be content in themselves does not equal raising ‘robots’. At some point all parents need to leave their Children in the care of other people, when you return to work, nursery, school etc and trust me the ones who have been held constantly, never left to cry for a moment, never played on their own, find it one hundred times harder. It’s actually a selfish thing but parents regularly justify it to themselves that they’re being an attentive parent.
You start as you mean to go on though, so many make a rod for their own back in the early days. If you’re able to think ahead things end up being much easier for parents and baby.
Not always though every baby is different. I rocked my little one and fed him to sleep for 6 months. He slept all night and self settled for naps at 6 months, slept at nursery and for grandparents when I went back to work. It’s the early days, what works for one doesn’t always work for the other.
I’m not saying my way would work for everyone but I can assure you that it results in happy, secure, confident, content Children.
In the parenting World it seems that it’s a given that you’re going to be completely exhausted and run ragged, if you say there is another option your deemed to be judging those other parents.
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You’re completely missing my point, if you don’t go to these lengths in the first place almost all babies will learn to sleep through different noises all around them just fine.
I’m not judging for saying there’s another option? It seems like you’re almost judging people for using methods to get their children to sleep. I don’t need told what leads to secure , confident children as i have a degree in that and do it in my job
DittoI’m not judging for saying there’s another option? It seems like you’re almost judging people for using methods to get their children to sleep. I don’t need told what leads to secure , confident children as i have a degree in that and do it in my job
Confused so one minute shes out xmas shopping with Ted, the next hes in hospital and shes telling people to stay away as his RSV has got worse all in the same day
Even more confused now shes posted theyve been in hospital since sunday, but a couple of days ago said Ted was at home. I cant keep up with her.
He was also at mrs FTB's a few days ago
He was also at mrs FTB's a few days ago
I wonder if she asked permission to post that pic? I can’t see Gemma happily agreeing to it what with her acting like a big time celeb when it comes to baby pics.
She posted one a couple of days ago too
Just out of curiosity does anyone know how old Gemma is? The last couple of years heartbreak seem to have aged her a lot, but aside from that I always think her make up makes her look much older than she actually must be.
Hasnt she recently turned 30?